Birch Hill Equity Partners

Birch Hill is a Canadian mid-market private equity firm, with a long history of driving growth in our portfolio companies and delivering returns to our investors. Based in Toronto, Birch Hill currently has over $6 billion in assets under management. Since 1994, the firm has invested in 74 portfolio companies with 60 fully realized. Today, Birch Hill’s 14 partner companies collectively represent one of Canada’s largest corporate entities with over $9 billion in total revenue and more than 40,000 employees. We partner with growth-oriented companies in Canada and the United States to build leading global businesses across a diverse set of industries. We are focused on the mid-market, working with companies valued between $75 million and $3 billion. To make more informed investments, drive improved decision-making, and accelerate portfolio company growth, Birch Hill has developed a robust internal Data Science Team. The team, whose members possess a unique combination of technical and business acumen, provides support throughout all stages of the Birch Hill investment process, including deal sourcing, company building, and exit. Their work focuses on creating value for our companies by enabling data-driven decision-making through timely data and advanced analytics. Key Data Science workstreams include data infrastructure and foundational analytics development, market mapping and strategy formulation, and sales enablement and operational efficiency improvement projects. The Data Science Team is also responsible for effectively incubating analytics departments at our portfolio companies, better positioning our investments for long-term success. Since 1994, Birch Hill has achieved an 18% cumulative average rate of EBITDA growth on actively employed capital. Our latest fund, Birch Hill Equity Partners VII, raised $2.6 billion and is currently being deployed.