portco

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noun

A company owned in whole or part by an investment firm.

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Meanings

nounportco (countable and uncountable, plural portcos)

plural portcos

  1. countableuncountableA company owned in whole or part by an investment firm.

    PORTCO 1

    2025, Claudia Zeisberger, Bowen White, Micahel Prahl, “Private Equity Secondaries”, in Mastering Private Equity: Transformation via Venture Capital, Minority Investments & Buyouts, second edition, Wiley, page 328
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    Portfolio company (PortCo) Companies owned by private equity funds that represent the core investments generating fund returns.

    [2026, Marc Kitten, Gilles Chemla, “Glossary of Private Equity and Healthcare”, in Private Equity in Healthcare and Life Sciences, Wiley, page 562

Origin

Blend of portfolio + company.

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APA

portco. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portco

MLA

“portco.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portco. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “portco,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portco.

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