ICG plc is a private equity firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. Within direct it specializes in private debt, venture debt, credit and equity investments. It invests in middle market, mature, growth capital, reinvestment, industry consolidations, bridge financing, restructuring of a shareholder base, acquisitions, public to private transactions with or without private equity backing, leveraged and acquisition finance, leveraged credit, partnership equity, management buyouts and management buyins, secondary (direct) and secondary (indirect) investments, traditional, development capital, public quoted company finance, off-balance-sheet finance, refinancing and recapitalizations, and pre-IPO financing. The firm does not invest in property companies, early-stage funds or start-ups. Within fund of fund, it specializes in secondary investments. It also invests in the debt, fixed income and alternate asset markets. The firm's alternative capital solutions invest in mid-market companies, in Europe, the United States and Asia Pacific. It invests in corporate businesses through private debt, senior, junior and sub-ordinate debt, mezzanine, structured loans and equity in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America. The firm prefers to invest in all sectors with a focus on insurance, energy, materials, environmental and facilities services, human resources and employment services, leisure products, consumer staples, healthcare, infrastructure services, media and entertainment, utilities, equity real estate investment trusts, education and childcare. The firm seeks to invest in life sciences in Western Europe and the United States. The firm invests in a diversified portfolio of senior secured loans to established companies in Australia and New Zealand. The firm focuses on European senior direct lending, investing in a diversified portfolio of mid-market and upper mid-market corporate borrowers in Western and Northern Europe. The firm is focused on limited partnership liquidity solutions in North America and E
