BluWave Recognizes Top 50 Private Equity Firms with Inaugural 2022 Innovator Awards

MiddleGround Capital Earns “Top Innovator of the Year” Award

BluWave, a private equity-focused B2B Intelligent Marketplace, announces today the recipients of the inaugural 2022 Top 50 Private Equity Innovator Awards. The awards were created by BluWave to recognize private equity firms for exemplary innovation and leadership. The BluWave 2022 Top 50 Private Equity Innovator Awards recognizes firms that represent the top 1% in the private equity industry as determined by BluWave for innovative practices in due diligence, value creation, PE firm operations, and ESG.*

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The BluWave Top 50 Private Equity Innovator Award recipients were selected based upon a rigorous assessment in consultation with leading limited partners, investment bankers and other thought leaders in the private equity ecosystem. BluWave partners with more than 500 leading private equity firms and has a unique perspective that enables the company to understand best practices and innovation in the private equity industry.

The private equity firms considered for this recognition were assessed across the following criteria:

• Proactive Due Diligence Practices
• Transformative Value Creation
• Progressive Private Equity Firm Operations
• ESG

“Private equity is a driving force in the economy, supporting the growth and development of virtually every type of business and providing more than 11 million jobs in America,” says Sean Mooney, Founder and CEO, BluWave. “We congratulate these top 50 private equity firms that are taking uniquely innovative approaches to building businesses and creating sustainable value for a wide range of stakeholders.”

BluWave also recognizes Lexington, Kentucky headquartered MiddleGround Capital with the Innovator of the Year Award due to the company’s achievements across due diligence, value creation, PE firm operations, and ESG. MiddleGround makes control equity investments in B2B industrial and specialty distribution businesses. The firm was founded by John Stewart, Lauren Mulholland, and Scot Duncan in 2018. MiddleGround partners with small and mid-sized businesses, providing extensive operational resources to help them build and grow. The firm is a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, which provides a framework for investing responsibly and integrating ESG practices into investment practices.

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