BluWave, the leading market network and enablement platform that connects private equity firms and their portfolio companies with top-tier vetted service providers, independent consultants, senior adv...
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BluWave’s fifth annual awards program recognizes the top 2% of North America’s most innovative private equity firms each year.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.: BluWave, the leading market network and enablement platform that connects private equity firms and their portfolio companies with top-tier vetted service providers, independent consultants, senior advisors, and interim executives, today announced the recipients of the fifth annual Top Private Equity Innovator Awards and the Private Equity Innovator of the Year*.
The Top Private Equity Innovator Awards recognizes the top 2% of private equity firms that differentially embrace proactive due diligence, transformative value creation, modern private equity firm operations, and corporate citizenship practices.
San Francisco-based private equity firm Bertram Capital was selected as the 2026 Private Equity Innovator of the Year for its innovative use of data and technology through Bertram Labs, paired with a distinctive firmwide investment evaluation process.
“The 2026 Top Private Equity Innovators stand out for their ability to pair innovation with disciplined execution,” said Sean Mooney, Founder and CEO of BluWave. “Their leadership is empowering business growth, expanding employment, and reinforcing private equity’s role as a catalyst for economic progress and value creation.”
The Top Private Equity Innovator awardees were selected by a cross-functional committee that assessed candidates in consultation with a broad universe of limited partners, investment bankers, industry thought leaders, and service providers in the private equity ecosystem. As part of their selection process, the committee evaluated more than 6,000 private equity firms and utilized more than 75 different factors, incorporating more than 400,000 data points.
The complete list of 105 recipients includes the following private equity firms listed in alphabetical order:
As the go-to connector for private equity-grade resources across due diligence and value creation, BluWave brings a unique vantage point on best practices and innovation in the private equity industry. BluWave recently completed its sixth year of sharing key trends across the private equity industry via its Private Equity Insights Report series.
For further information on the BluWave 2026 Top Private Equity Innovator Awards, including the selection process, selection criteria, and recipients, please visit bluwave.net/awards.
About BluWave
BluWave is the execution and value creation resources platform of the private equity industry. Trusted by hundreds of PE firms and thousands of their portfolio companies, BluWave connects the exact-fit third-party resources business builders need to assess, create, and grow value. The company combines proprietary AI technology, data-driven insights, and a concierge-grade experience to help PE firms and their portfolio companies execute with speed, precision, and confidence.
To learn more about BluWave, visit BluWave.net.
About BluWave Private Equity Insights Report
The BluWave Private Equity Insights report is derived from an analysis of BluWave’s proprietary data involving thousands of projects across due diligence and value creation made by the private equity industry and its dealmakers as they contact BluWave for their third-party resource needs. Given that hundreds of private equity firms and their substantial pool of affiliated portfolio companies leverage BluWave for resource needs at the onset of thousands of due diligence and value creation projects, the proprietary data captured in the BluWave PE Insights Report is a market-leading indicator of both dealmaker sentiment and portfolio strategy. When paired with relevant market trends and economic data, the BluWave PE Insights Report is a valuable empirical indication of dealmaker historical and future behavior.
*BluWave, LP has not received investment capital from and holds no ownership interest in the PE firms recognized under the Top Private Equity Innovator awards program. BluWave received no compensation from any of the PE firms in connection with this awards program. However, BluWave may otherwise provide services to the PE firms and/or their portfolio companies, but BluWave confirms that its assessment of the PE firms was independent of any such service arrangements. Top 2% in the PE industry is based on BluWave’s review of the more than 6,000 PE firms in the U.S. and Canada from which the 105 PE firms were selected as award recipients.
Fonte: Business Wire