WAYNE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Renovus Capital Partners (“Renovus”), a Philadelphia-area buyout firm focused on businesses in the Knowledge & Talent industries, has been recognized for the fourth consecutive year (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) as the top performer on the HEC-Dow Jones Small-Cap Private Equity Performance Ranking. Renovus achieved the highest performance score among the 695 private equity firms analyzed in the study.
Now in its fifth year, the HEC-Dow Jones ranking is based on a quantitative performance analysis of the world’s top private equity firms over a 10-year period. HEC analyzed comprehensive performance data from 695 private equity firms and the 1,439 funds they raised between 2012 and 2021 with aggregate equity volume of $2.5Tn.
“To be recognized as the top small-cap private equity fund for the fourth year in a row is a tremendous honor,” said Atif Gilani, Founding Partner of Renovus. “This achievement reflects the exceptional work of our team and the outstanding leadership of our portfolio companies. We are deeply proud of what we have built together.”
Founding Partner Jesse Serventi added, “We are grateful for the trust our investors have placed in us. Our success is a function of intentionally staying focused on the lower middle market and building a deep, talented team. We believe our best chapters are still ahead, and we look forward to continuing to deliver for our investors and partners.”
About Renovus Capital Partners
Founded in 2010, Renovus Capital Partners is a lower middle-market private equity firm specializing in the Knowledge and Talent industries. From its base in the Philadelphia area, Renovus manages over $2 billion of assets across its several sector focused funds. The firm’s current portfolio includes over 30 U.S. based businesses specializing in education and workforce development and services companies in the technology, healthcare, and professional services markets. Renovus typically makes control buyout investments, leveraging its industry expertise and operator network to make operational improvements, recruit top talent and pursue add-on acquisitions. Visit us at https://renovuscapital.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
About the Study
This ranking is the opinion of the party conferring the ranking and not of Renovus. The 2025 HEC-Dow Jones Private Equity Performance Ranking was based on funds raised between 2012 and 2021. Rankings based on data compiled from Preqin or sourced from PE firms using a proprietary methodology that calculates aggregate performance of a PE firm across vintage years and considers relative and absolute returns. Renovus Capital Partners did not provide any compensation to HEC Paris-Dow Jones to be included in the study. There can be no assurance that other providers or surveys would reach the same conclusion as the foregoing. Past performance and prior rankings are not indicative of future results. This release contains forward-looking statements based on Renovus’ current expectations and assumptions, which are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially.
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