H.I.G. Capital


H.I.G. Capital is a Miami, Florida–based private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $39 billion of equity capital under management. The firm operates a family of private equity, growth equity, credit/special situation, primary lending, syndicated credit, and real estate funds. The company provides both debt and equity capital to small and mid-sized companies.

History

H.I.G. was founded in 1993 by Sami Mnaymneh, formerly a managing director at The Blackstone Group and Tony Tamer, previously a partner at Bain & Company.
Since its founding, H.I.G. has raised several funds, including most recently:
H.I.G.’s equity funds invest in management buyouts, recapitalizations and corporate carve-outs of both profitable as well as underperforming manufacturing and service businesses.
H.I.G.’s debt funds invest in senior, unitranche and junior debt financing to companies across the size spectrum, both on a primary basis, as well as on the secondary markets. H.I.G. is also a CLO manager, through its WhiteHorse family of vehicles, and manages a publicly traded BDC, WhiteHorse Finance.
Other H.I.G. funds invest in various real assets, including real estate and shipping.
According to its website, H.I.G.'s team includes more than 350 professionals. Since inception, H.I.G. has invested in and managed more than 300 companies and has a current portfolio of more than 100 companies.

Offices

The company is headquartered in Miami, and has offices in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Atlanta in the United States, as well as affiliate offices in London, Hamburg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.