Our Competitive Advantage
Long-Term Capital
Most private equity firms are bound by their Limited Partnership Agreements to exit their investments and generate returns for investors within a set time frame, usually three to five years. This creates an artificial exit point where the business must be sold to satisfy those agreements, often to another private equity firm.
API, Inc. enjoys access to its own source of capital and is committed to a patient, long-term approach. Simply put, this means freedom to hold investments for the long term and generate value with a long-dated view. We enjoy the flexibility to make rational decisions that benefit the business in each portfolio company. For founders this has meant respect for what they built and an ability to amplify their business plans through the added resources of our team.
Experience Building Value
Our firm was founded with a strategy that has remained consistent and continues today. That strategy is simple: invest in high quality, top-performing businesses and rely on the expertise of the founders and current leaders of those businesses. As a reflection of the quality of the businesses we invest in, our overall performance puts us in the top tier of investment returns worldwide. We attribute our returns to the quality of the companies we invest in, and in the continual leadership of the exceptional management and founders of those companies.
