Strategies

Our investment teams have distinct strategies and focus on investing in mid-market companies in a variety of sectors in the US and Europe.

Our investment teams have distinct strategies and focus on investing in mid-market companies in a variety of sectors in the US and Europe.

Flexible capital and strategic assistance for market-leading companies in high-growth sectors in North America and Europe

Equity capital for mid-sized companies in the DACH region and Italy

Growth capital and strategic assistance to software companies throughout Europe

Impact platform investing in climate and nature-based solutions

Equity capital for founder-owned companies in consumer and multi-unit, food and beverage, and business services

Private equity primaries, co-investments, and secondaries across North America and Europe

Based in New York, the group will invest globally in both LP and GP-led transactions, leveraging Bregal’s GP relationships and network of eight offices worldwide

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Jens Brenninkmeyer

Chief Executive Officer

Jens Brenninkmeyer

Chief Executive Officer

Jens Brenninkmeyer is Chief Executive Officer of Bregal, a global GP solutions platform for the private markets. He leads the firm’s investment strategies and operations teams across New York and London, spanning primaries, secondaries, co-investments, seeding, and staking.

Jens joined Bregal in 2023 as Chief Strategy Officer, helping to shape the firm’s evolution while overseeing its principal investment portfolio. Before Bregal, he led financial technology investing at Sixth Street, and earlier was an investment professional in Goldman Sachs’ Special Situations Group.

Jens holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSBA from Georgetown University, where he graduated magna cum laude.

About the Bregal team

Our experienced global investment team seeks to create long-standing relationships and drive lasting impact within our portfolio companies, which are active across Europe and North America. The firm consists of over 250 professionals, from the investment teams to finance, ESG, investor relations, tax and legal, and marketing and communications. We employ people from diverse backgrounds across the organisation and we believe we are a better firm because of it.[[1]]

Meet the full team