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Middle market private equity firms navigate unprecedented challenges from geopolitical disruption to AI transformation. Winston Taylor's exclusive 2026 survey of 100 GPs and LPs reveals how industry leaders are adapting their strategies for dealmaking, fundraising, and LP alignment over the next 24 months.
Welcome to the 2026 Winston Taylor US & European Middle Market Investment report.
Middle market PE firms have faced complex challenges on multiple fronts during the last 24 months. Deals, on the buy and sell side, have been difficult to execute in the face of near constant geopolitical and macroeconomic dislocation. Pressure from LPs to generate distributions is building and rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are disrupting business models and upending tried and trusted playbooks.
For this exclusive report, we surveyed 100 GPs and LPs based in the US and Europe on how they are responding to the challenges middle market firms face, exploring what the future may hold for dealmaking, fundraising and GP/LP alignment in the next 24 months.
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