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Baird Venture Team
Announcing the Close of Our Sixth Venture Capital Fund

We’re pleased to share we recently closed our largest venture fund to date. Learn more about the news and our Venture Capital team.

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Gordon Pan, President of Baird Capital, Looks Back on 2023

Thoughts on last year and what's ahead for Baird Capital.
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‘AEGIS Hedging’ Makes Strategic Acquisition of ‘Ancova Energy’

The acquisition will add colleagues with over 300 years of collective experience.
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Baird Capital Shares Leadership Update

Skie to retire, Schoen and Jelenchick assume co-leadership positions
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Portfolio Company ‘Cleanwater1’ Acquires ‘Velocity Dynamics’

This acquisition aims to solve for better water at lower cost.
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Baird Capital Announces Close of Sixth Venture Capital Fund

Chicago-headquartered firm raises $218MM for Fund VI, exceeding previous Venture fundraise.
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Kingston Discusses 2024 Outlook with PE Hub Europe

Louise Kingston, Director, discusses a 2024 outlook with PE Hub Europe.
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Baird Capital Portfolio Company 'Osano' Acquires 'WireWheel'

Osano announced the acquisition of WireWheel, an enterprise provider of data privacy solutions.
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Portfolio Company Cleanwater1 Announces Strategic Partnership

Partnership with TriOS will bring suite of proven optical sensor products to the U.S. water and wastewater markets
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Freemarket Announces Significant EUR Expansion

Freemarket has unlocked the company’s next expansion stage in Ireland.
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Baird Capital Exits Portfolio Company CAV Systems

Baird Capital’s Private Equity team announced its exit from CAV Systems and sale to Loar Group Inc.

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Dennis Hall Talks Diversity in Leadership at Value Creation Summit

Hall discussed how leveraging diversity and inclusion policies at PE firms can help drive value.
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Baird Capital Invests in Osano

The Chicago-based Venture Capital team led the $25 million Series B funding round.
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Looking Back at 2023

Gordon Pan, President, shares his thoughts on last year and what's ahead for Baird Capital.
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Our Outsourced IT Services Investment Thesis

Learn more about our Global Private Equity team’s thesis in outsourced IT, as well as our sectors of interest, investment criteria and relevant experience.
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The Changing Office of the CFO

Our team shares why we see a long-term growth opportunity in the CFO suite software and services landscape.
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Behind Our Investment: ecube

Occasionally we discover an opportunity that really captures the imagination. Baird Capital’s portfolio company ecube is one such company. 

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The Beginnings of a Global B2B Circular Economy Boom

Since the turn of the millennium, consumer attitudes worldwide have changed immeasurably.
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Gridlocked

How Increasing Unreliability of the Global Power Grid is Sparking Demand for Distributed Power Solutions
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Behind Our Investment: HSP Group

Benedict Rocchio, Partner, shares the unique backstory to Baird Capital's relationship with HSP Group, a tech-enabled global expansion services firm.
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A Closer Look at Opportunities in Outsourced Pharmaceutical Services

As the global pharmaceutical and biotech market continues to grow, so does its reliance on outsourced services.
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Warehouse Automation

The Enablement of “Frictionless” Fulfillment Creates a Unique Opportunity in Industrial Investing
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Behind Our Investment: ChurnZero

As we continue our journey to become the undisputed leader in the Customer Success market our conviction in ChurnZero’s opportunity seems to have no limits.
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Additive Manufacturing

Changing Manufacturing One Layer at a Time
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Baird Capital Insights: Industrial Automation

Read our perspectives on developments in the sector or contact us directly to share an investment opportunity.