16 Facts About Advent International

Advent International is a global private equity firm focused on buyouts of companies in Western and Central Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia.

Since its inception in 1984, Advent International has invested $56 billion in private equity capital and, through its buyout programs, has completed more than 375 transactions in 42 countries.

Advent International operates from 14 offices in 11 countries, with affiliates in additional countries, and employs over 240 investment professionals.

In 1985, Advent International raised its first fund – a $14 million corporate venture capital program for Nabisco.

Advent International continued its expansion in the 1990s, opening offices in Frankfurt and Milan and merging with UK-based Trinity Capital Partners.

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In 1994, Advent International completed fundraising for the first of its flagship series of funds, Advent International Global Private Equity II, with $415 million.

In 1996, Advent International expanded into Latin America raising a dedicated Advent International Latin American Private Equity Fund and opening offices in Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Sao Paulo.

Advent International crossed the billion dollar mark in 1997, with the raising of the $1.

In March 2016, Advent International raised its eighth global private equity fund with $13 billion of investor commitments.

In 2004 Advent International-owned fund Viva Ventures bought the Bulgarian state-owned telecoms monopoly Bulgarian Telecommunications Company .

Advent International bought a majority ownership of Bradco Supply, a leading distributor of building products in 2008.

In 2007 its Asia affiliate Seavi Advent International led the restructuring of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, one of China's largest privately owned shipbuilders, and successfully listed the company on the Singapore Exchange; making it one of the largest IPOs by a foreign company in Singapore.

In March 2009 Advent International announced the acquisition of a controlling interest in Fifth Third Processing Solutions, the payment processing business of Fifth Third Bank in a $2.

Advent International has no equity investment stakes in the takeover according to published sources.

Advent International acquired a significant minority ownership of Noosa Yoghurt, a Bellevue-based company, for an undisclosed amount.

In October 2018 Advent International acquired the pharmaceutical company Zentiva, previously owned by Sanofi.