Baird Capital is an investment advisory firm based in Chicago, Illinois. Established in 1989, the firm makes sector-focused venture capital, growth equity, and private equity investments in high-potential growing companies across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. The firm invests in small companies in the business service, healthcare, technology & services, products, industrial, and consumer products sectors. The firm operates four fund families-U.S. private equity, venture capital, U.K. private equity, and china private equity. The assets of the firm are managed and governed by the executive management team.