AEA Welcomes Jenna Schlageter as Head of Business Development for AEA Growth

March 21, 2025 – AEA Investors (“AEA” or the “Firm”), a leading global private investment firm, today announced that Jenna Schlageter has joined the Firm as Head of Business Development for AEA Growth, AEA’s growth equity strategy. In this new role, Ms. Schlageter will oversee the AEA Growth team’s origination strategy, manage intermediary relationships, and drive deal sourcing efforts.

“We are thrilled to welcome Jenna to the AEA Growth team,” said Bobby Bassman and Ravi Sarin, Co-Heads of AEA Growth. “With her deep business development experience and connectivity in the lower middle market, Jenna will help build upon our intermediary relationships and drive a rich pipeline of investment opportunities.”

“AEA is a recognized leader in the mid-market private equity space and, consistent with that reputation, AEA Growth has established itself as a trusted partner to tech-enabled professional services, healthcare services, and software companies that are looking to accelerate their growth,” said Ms. Schlageter. “I’m excited to join this skilled, collaborative group and look forward to contributing to the ongoing success of the team.”

Prior to Joining AEA, Ms. Schlageter led business development for Bow River Capital’s Private Equity strategy, where she focused on service companies in tech-enabled business, industrial, and healthcare end markets. Previously, she spent 14 years in banking roles at BMO and NBH Capital Finance, providing financing solutions to closely held businesses and private equity firms for growth capital, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and syndications. Ms. Schlageter holds a B.S. from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

About AEA Investors
AEA Investors was founded in 1968 by the Rockefeller, Mellon, and Harriman family interests and S.G. Warburg & Co. as a private investment vehicle for a select group of industrial family offices with substantial assets. AEA has an extraordinary global network built over many years which includes leading industrial families, business executives, and leaders, many of whom invest with AEA as active individual investors, join its portfolio company boards, or act in other advisory roles. Today, AEA’s over 120 investment professionals operate globally with offices in New York, Stamford, San Francisco, London, Munich, and Shanghai. The Firm manages funds that have approximately $19 billion of invested and committed capital including the leveraged buyouts of middle market and small business companies, growth capital, and private debt investments. For more information, visit www.aeainvestors.com.

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