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Ascentivelab Group · Private Capital Markets

Acquisitions. Capital formation. Ownership transition.

Advisory and origination in the private capital markets. The Firm serves investment firms, family offices, and private lenders, and companies and their owners, across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

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The Firm's Clients

Capital Partners

Private equity firms, family offices, private credit and direct lenders, wealth management and private investors, and project finance sponsors. Advisory and origination conducted under mandate, within a defined thesis, in confidence.

Capital Partners

Companies & Owners

Companies raising capital, pursuing a sale or acquisition, or navigating ownership transition. Counsel from the first conversation through close, in negotiated processes rather than auctions.

Companies & Owners
$5B+
Principal & Advisor Transaction Record
$1B+
Qualified Mandate Pipeline
$250M
Qualified Transaction Pipeline
50,000+
Companies & Capital Providers Under Coverage
As of July 2026. Transaction record reflects the combined career records of the Firm's principals and Advisory Board. Supported by underlying documentation available upon request.
The Market
$3.7T

Committed private capital undeployed entering 2026, roughly double the 2019 level.

Source: Preqin, 2025 Global PE Report.
~65%

Share of transactions reaching that capital through intermediated auctions, with seven to eight bidders on the average deal.

Source: Firm analysis, 2026.
15 to 25%

Cost advantage historically associated with proprietary, negotiated transactions over auction outcomes.

Source: Firm analysis, 2026.
Sector Coverage

Six sectors, covered on both sides.

Digital Infrastructure & Data CentersEnergy & Project FinanceTechnologyHealthcareIndustrialsBusiness & Financial Services

Coverage

In Their Words
“The value isn't the intro itself. It's access to the right opportunity at the right time. We're now having sell side conversations on the first call because the timing was already verified.”
Timothy P. Reidy, Managing Partner
“They understood our criteria before they made a single introduction. That's rare. We were talking terms on the first call.”
Huzaifa Sial, CEO & Founder
“We stopped searching. Ascentive Lab placed us in front of the right decision-makers three weeks before they issued an RFP. The deal closed before anyone else knew it existed.”
William C. Stonehouse III, President
Selected Engagements

Retained by 5th Line Capital, Boston, on a $100M non-dilutive private credit origination mandate. Facilities of $2M to $50M. One in four qualified opportunities progressed.

Retained by a software-focused private equity firm, San Francisco, name withheld. $750M qualified pipeline. 220+ qualified expressions of interest. 15 to 18 in late-stage dialogue.

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