Berkshire Partners
Snapshot
- HQ: Boston, MA
- Stage: Middle-market private equity (control + minority buyouts)
- AUM: Multi-billion (specific figure not surfaced ^[ambiguous])
- Founded: 1986
- Cap-table conflict for Init Intelligence: None direct — Berkshire is a PE firm doing buyouts, not minority VC checks.
Thrive co-investment
Jan 14, 2025: Berkshire Partners joined Court Square Capital Partners as co-investor in Thrive (PE-backed NextGen MSP rollup, ~1B by 2029). The PE-co-investor structure suggests Thrive needed additional growth capital + a potential pathway to a larger exit valuation.
Related
- thrive-msp — the MSP rollup Berkshire co-owns
- court-square-capital — lead PE owner since 2021