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portco

portco noun: a company owned in whole or part by an investment firm.

Noun

portco (countable and uncountable, plural portcos)

  1. A company owned in whole or part by an investment firm.
    • PORTCO 12025, Claudia Zeisberger, Bowen White, Micahel Prahl, “Private Equity Secondaries”, in Mastering Private Equity: Transformation via Venture Capital, Minority Investments & Buyouts, second edition...
    • 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

Forms of portco

pluralportcos

Origin of portco

Blend of portfolio + company.

Questions about portco

What does portco mean?
Portco means a company owned in whole or part by an investment firm.
What part of speech is portco?
Portco is a noun.
What is the plural of portco?
The plural of portco is portcos.

Words near portco in the dictionary

  1. Portch
  2. Portches
  3. Portchester
  4. portcluse
  5. portcluses
  6. portco
  7. portcos
  8. portcrayon
  9. portcrayons
  10. portculis
  11. portculises

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