TA Associates

Whether TA is a minority or a majority investor, we partner with owners and management teams to build outstanding businesses. We focus on profitable businesses with strong management teams and proprietary products and services. We take a long-term approach, and provide flexible financial structures that are driven by your objectives. INDUSTRY FOCUS We invest in companies within five core sectors, offering deep domain experience and demonstrated success across business services, consumer, financial services, healthcare and technology industries. GROWTH STAGE FOCUS We partner with profitable, growing companies with an identified opportunity to grow organically and/or through acquisitions. GLOBAL FOCUS Our extensive international team invests in companies across North America, Europe and Asia, providing access to a broad global network of resources. USES OF OUR CAPITAL Our capital is commonly used to provide liquidity to shareholders, working capital for growth and/or financing for acquisitions. INVESTMENT SIZE Our investments range from $50-$500 million in equity (less in Asia) and $10-$50 million in subordinated debt transactions that value businesses generally from $100 million - $3 billion. Our $24 billion raised and $7 billion in actively investing funds support your growth objectives. OWNERSHIP POSITIONS We take minority or majority positions typically ranging from 15% - 90%. We are always an active, value-added investor, generally working with management on key objectives at the board level; whatever ownership position, we leave the day-to-day operations to you. INVESTMENT PERIOD We are a long-term, patient growth investor looking to build value over time, with a holding period that has averaged more than 5 years over the past 15 years. LEVERAGE We use leverage judiciously and, when needed, offer flexibility in capital structures through access to TA's captive subordinated debt.