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Wind Point

Wind Point acquires controlling stakes in established, profitable businesses, from Chicago, Illinois, USA. It states a focus on consumer & retail, food & beverage, industrials & manufacturing and materials & chemicals.

Capital raised$6.6bnacross 12 SEC-filed vehicles
Most recent fund2025filing since 2016
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, USA
Stated fund size~$9B AUM; Fund XI closed at $3.2B (2026)

Stated investment criteria

What Wind Point says it buys

Read from Wind Point’s own website in August 2026. This is what the firm says it buys, not what anyone has recorded it buying, and figures are shown in the currency the firm itself used - nothing here is converted. Every line links to the page it was read from.

EBITDA it states$10m to $75m1
Transaction typesCarve-out, Platform, Add-on, Buy-and-build1
Founded19843
People listed on its team page752

A stated mandate is a firm’s description of itself and was true of the page on the day it was read; firms widen and narrow what they will look at without updating the site. Wind Point states that it takes majority or outright ownership. The team figure counts the people the firm shows on one team page, so it is a floor rather than a headcount: firms that split their team across tabs or load it in pages will read low. Nothing here is a commitment by Wind Point to consider any particular business, and nothing on this page is represented as being for sale.

SEC filings

What Wind Point has raised

From this firm's own Form D filings. A fund files one within fifteen days of its first sale, under penalty of perjury, which makes these the hardest numbers on the page.

Vehicles filed12
Total capital raised$6.6bn
Largest single vehicle$1.3bn
Filing history2016 to 2025
Smallest accepted commitmentNone stated
Filed fromILLINOIS

Form D covers US-domiciled vehicles raised from accredited investors. It will not capture a fund raised outside the United States, separately managed accounts, or capital deployed off balance sheet, so treat these as a floor rather than a total.

Regulatory record

How Wind Point is registered

From this firm's Form ADV, the annual filing every registered and exempt investment adviser makes to the SEC.

Adviser statusSEC registered
Regulatory assets under management$8.6bn
Employees50
Private funds advised15 · $8.6bn gross
SEC adviser numberCRD 156485

Valuation context

Transaction values in Consumer & Retail

What companies have actually sold for in consumer & retail, across 837 recorded transactions.

Median consideration$90m
Middle 50%$25m-$280m
Revenue multiple1.2×
EBITDA multiple8.05×

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