WASHINGTON, DC (October 25, 2025) – We are delighted to announce that Sutton Place Strategies (SPS) by With Intelligence has once again recognized HCI as a top quartile deal originator in its peer group of quasi-generalist, lower middle market firms! This peer group includes deals with a $10-249 million enterprise value range.

Released annually, the Deal Origination Benchmark Report is an industry standard for private equity deal sourcing analytics. This report enables objective analysis of each firm’s sourcing performance in granular detail, alongside comparable firms and the industry at large. The LTM (Latest Twelve Months) June 2025 edition includes 176 qualified PE firms, segmented into eight different peer groups. SPS by With Intelligence has published this report for more than a decade, and this marks the fourth year in a row that HCI has been recognized.

At HCI, we are very proud to have sourced over 1,500 deals in the last year alone, and we want to acknowledge the outstanding work by Tim Frend and Michael Allen in leading our business development efforts.

Learn more about HCI’s investment strategy at www.hciequity.com or reach out to Tim Frend at tfrend@hciequity.com or Michael Allen at mallen@hciequity.com.