The merits and drawbacks of private equity are taking on a new resonance in the channel following an influx of PE investment into UK resellers and MSPs. Led by the likes of LDC, August Equity and Horizon Capital, private equity houses have made at least 18 platform investments and 72 add-on acquisitions of UK resellers or MSPs since the start of 2020, with activity accelerating in 2021, according to the CRN Private Equity Report. As a consequence, they now back at least 69 UK resellers and MSPs, with no fewer than 38 PE houses on our radar boasting at least one UK reseller or MSP investment (see the top five here).