Comvest Partners Celebrates 25 Years of Investment Management Leadership

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comvest Partners (“Comvest”) is proud to recognize its 25^th anniversary in 2025. Since its inception, Comvest has become one of the nation’s premier middle market private investment firms, managing more than $15 billion of assets across tailored private equity, direct lending, and opportunistic credit capital solutions on behalf of investors worldwide.

“We have continuously invested in our teams to expand our investment capabilities and scale deployment while remaining steadfast in our investment approach,” said Michael Falk, Comvest’s Founder and Executive Chairman.

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“Celebrating 25 years of investment management leadership is extremely rewarding,” said Michael Falk, Comvest’s Founder and Executive Chairman. “Comvest began as a private equity investor focused on partnering with entrepreneurs to help drive value creation in their businesses. We launched our direct lending strategy nearly 20 years ago to capitalize on our private equity insights and resources. We have continuously invested in our teams to expand our investment capabilities and scale deployment while remaining steadfast in our investment approach. I am grateful to our Limited Partners, management teams, intermediaries and employees, including many long-tenured, who have been part of our journey.”

Since its inception, Comvest has invested over $16.8 billion in more than 350 middle-market companies across its investment strategies. The firm’s product line now spans private equity funds, private credit funds, opportunistic credit funds, business development companies, and collateralized loan obligations, among other investment vehicles.

Robert O’Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Comvest Credit Partners, said, “We have been diligent about building our credit business to earn the reputation as a go-to source of flexible non-bank debt financing solutions for both sponsored and non-sponsored middle-market companies. Comvest’s highly collaborative investment strategies, extensive network of executive partners and operating resources, deep sector expertise and high-quality investment team continue to be key success factors in our differentiated strategy.”

Added Maneesh Chawla, Managing Partner and head of Comvest Private Equity, “We are passionate about fostering real partnerships with founders and management teams — leveraging our operational resources to build businesses for lasting growth. The future is bright, and we’re excited about the opportunities ahead.”

Comvest’s focus areas include business services, consumer and retail, financial services, healthcare, industrials, infrastructure and field services, professional and managed services, software and technology services, and specialty finance.

The firm’s diversified global investor base includes foundations, insurance companies, public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers, consultants and family offices in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

Comvest employs approximately 130 professionals across its offices in West Palm Beach, Chicago and New York City.

About Comvest Partners

Comvest Partners (“Comvest”) is a private investment firm that has provided equity and debt capital to well-positioned middle-market companies throughout North America since 2000. Through its private equity, direct lending and opportunistic credit investment platforms, Comvest offers tailored investment solutions across the capital structure along with deep industry expertise, operating resources, a collaborative approach, and significant transaction experience as an active investor. In 2025, Comvest Partners proudly celebrates 25 years of investment management leadership, and today manages $15.7 billion in assets, with over $16.8 billion invested since inception. Comvest Partners is based in West Palm Beach, with offices in Chicago and New York City. For more information, please visit comvest.com.