HCI Equity Partners Recognized as a 2025 Top Private Equity Innovator by BluWave

HCI among top 2 percent of North America's most innovative private equity firms

WASHINGTON and NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- HCI Equity Partners ("HCI"), a leading lower-middle-market private equity firm, announced today that it has received a 2025 Top Private Equity Innovator Award from BluWave, which recognizes select private equity firms for innovation and leadership.

BluWave's fourth annual Top Private Equity Innovator Awards recognize the top 2% of private equity firms that embrace proactive due diligence, transformative value creation, modern private equity firm operations and corporate citizenship practices. Firms were selected by a cross-functional committee that assessed candidates in consultation with a broad universe of limited partners, investment bankers, industry thought leaders and service providers in the private equity ecosystem. As part of their selection process, the committee evaluated more than 6,000 private equity firms and utilized more than 75 different factors, incorporating more than 400,000 data points.

"Creating value and providing operational expertise to our portfolio companies are fundamental components of HCI's strategy and approach as we help build businesses, and it is an honor to be recognized by BluWave for our leadership," said Doug McCormick, Managing Partner at HCI. "Our goal is to support our companies as they pursue transformative growth, and we are proud to play a part in our business partners' success."

"The 2025 top private equity innovators are providing differential leadership in the world of business," said Sean Mooney, founder and CEO of BluWave. "Their innovative practices are strengthening companies, creating jobs and catalyzing our economy."

About HCI Equity Partners
HCI Equity Partners is a lower middle market private equity firm focused on partnering with family and founder-owned distribution, manufacturing, and service companies. HCI is headquartered in Washington, DC. For more information, please visit www.hciequity.com.

About BluWave
BluWave is the Business Builders' Network for private equity-grade service provider needs. The company's market network platform combines AI, technology, and data with concierge-like consultative support to expertly connect businesses with differential providers across due diligence, value creation, and prep for sale. The BluWave Vetted™ network is an invite-only, pre-certified ecosystem of top-tier service-providing groups, independent consultants, and interim executives. Based in Nashville, Tenn., BluWave ranks as one of America's fastest-growing companies and today serves many hundreds of leading private equity firms and thousands of proactive companies.

For further information on the BluWave 2025 Top Private Equity Innovator Awards and the recipients, Visit BluWave.net.

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Disclaimer: BluWave, LP has not received investment capital from and holds no ownership interest in the PE firms evaluated or recognized under the PE Innovator awards program. BluWave received no compensation from any of the PE firms in connection with this awards program. BluWave, however, may otherwise provide services to the PE firms and/or portfolio companies, but BluWave confirms that its assessment of the PE firms was independent of any such service arrangements. Top 2% in the PE industry is based on BluWave's review of the more than 6,000 PE firms in the U.S. and Canada, from which the private equity firms were selected as award recipients.

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