December 15, 2025 – We are delighted to announce that Sutton Place Strategies has once again recognized HCI as a top quartile deal originator in its peer group of quasi-generalist, lower middle market firms! This peer group includes deals with a $10-249 million enterprise value range.

Released annually, the SPS Benchmark Report is the industry standard for private equity deal sourcing analytics. This report enables objective analysis of each firm’s sourcing performance in granular detail, alongside comparable firms and the industry at large. The 2024 edition includes 176 qualified PE firms, segmented into eight different peer groups. This marks the twelfth year that SPS has published its Deal Origination Benchmark Report and the third year in a row that HCI has been recognized.

At HCI, we are very proud to have sourced over 2,000 deals in the last year alone, and we want to acknowledge the outstanding work that Tim Frend and Michael Allen do leading our business development efforts.

Learn more about HCI’s investment strategy here or reach out to Tim Frend at tfrend@hciequity.com or Michael Allen at mallen@hciequity.com.