Our Firm
Leeds Equity has been a leading investor in the Knowledge Industries for over 25 years. Our total sector immersion, experienced investment team, active Board of Advisors, shared ecosystem of portfolio companies and vast network of relationships enable us to uniquely partner with management teams to build companies, create value and drive superior outcomes.
To-date, we have invested six private equity funds and deployed over $2.7 billion of capital. Our investors include many leading institutions, including endowments, foundations, insurance companies, public and private pension funds, family offices and individuals.
Domain Expertise
Our 25-year exclusive sector focus enables us to apply unique strategic insights throughout the investment process and over the course of our partnerships.


- 25-years of industry expertise
- Shared ecosystem of portfolio companies
- Active Board of Advisors
- Vast network of industry executives
- Unmatched business assessment capabilities
- Greater investment conviction, speed of execution and certainty of close
- Viewed as “strategic capital”
- Track record of partnership with founders and management teams
- Strategic guidance
- New customers and key relationships
- New market opportunities and solutions
- Strategic acquisitions
- Best practices from across the portfolio
- Greater product efficacy driving higher customer ROI
- Increased innovation
- Entrenched as a thought leader
- Accelerated company growth
- Larger scale
- 25-years of industry expertise
- Shared ecosystem of portfolio companies
- Active Board of Advisors
- Vast network of industry executives
- Unmatched business assessment capabilities
- Greater investment conviction, speed of execution and certainty of close
- Viewed as “strategic capital”
- Track record of partnership with founders and management teams
- Strategic guidance
- New customers and key relationships
- New market opportunities and solutions
- Strategic acquisitions
- Best practices from across the portfolio
- Greater product efficacy driving higher customer ROI
- Increased innovation
- Entrenched as a thought leader
- Accelerated company growth
- Larger scale
Value-Added Resources
We leverage our value added resources to assist management teams in developing and executing strategic growth objectives.








Investment Criteria
We provide patient capital customized for each opportunity in order to meet the needs of management and current shareholders. Our goal is always to partner with management to create aligned interests among all stakeholders.
Control investments
Select structured minority investments
Leveraged buyouts
Buy-and-builds
Founder transitions
Corporate carve-outs
Public to private
Companies, including with add-on acquisitions, with the capacity to utilize $40M plus of equity capital
Partner company add-on acquisitions and buy-and-builds - no minimum size