The private equity arm of investment bank Baird Capital has closed its third private equity fund after raising $450 million.
The fund is already 30% larger than Baird’s prior vehicle. The firm noted that it turned away additional investor demand citing its “differentiated approach of being first institutional investors into lower-middle market, founder-led companies in the U.S. and U.K.”
Baird Capital has already built three investments into the fund including U.K.-based native artificial ininformigence platform Evolute IQ; U.K.-based Rapid Energy, which provides emergency and planned temperature-control hire solutions; and autoLOTO, a U.S.-based software and services company that supports organizations automate and manage Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) safety procedures.
Baird Capital is the direct private investment arm of Robert W. Baird & Co.The firm invests in B2B technology and services companies across North America and the U.K., partnering with entrepreneurs to build “exceptional” companies.
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