We invest in Agility Equity Partners (formerly Tail End Capital Partners) is a Midwest-focused secondary specialist that is well-positioned to deploy capital into GP-led/sponsor-led continuation vehicles and other secondary transactions for lower-middle-market, asset-light, cash-generative businesses — an allocation that offers diversified, sponsor-backed private equity exposure in the United States (Midwest focus: Pittsburgh/Cleveland) via the Secondary stage. Agility’s own website and press materials emphasize that the firm is an independent, specialized private equity firm “focused exclusively on sponsor-led investments in the lower end of the middle market,” and the firm recently rebranded from Tail End Capital Partners while remaining headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh (5th Avenue Place) — underscoring its local Midwest roots and continuity of strategy (see https://www.agilityep.com/ and https://www.agilityep.com/news/tail-end-capital-partners-rebrands-as-agility-equity-partners). Public reporting and the firm’s newsflow show repeated GP-led and continuation vehicle activity (examples include participation in continuation vehicles and GP-led secondaries across multiple sponsor transactions), and the firm has executed deals in the region such as its announced investment in Cleveland-based TPI Efficiency — confirming both the geographic fit and practical experience executing Secondary-stage, sponsor-led transactions (https://www.agilityep.com/news/agility-equity-partners-invests-in-tpi-efficiency-to-energize-the-next-phase-of-growth). PitchBook and the firm’s LinkedIn profile characterize Agility’s strategy as focused on GP-led secondaries and sponsor-led equity solutions for independent sponsors and lower-middle-market managers, which supports thesis credibility (https://pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/439084-27; https://www.linkedin.com/company/agility-equity-partners). Given this positioning, an investor seeking targeted Secondary exposure in the U.S. Midwest — particularly to continuation vehicles and sponsor-led liquidity solutions in the lower-middle market around Pittsburgh and Cleveland — should consider allocating to Agility Equity Partners’ vehicle(s) or co-investing alongside its GP-led transactions to capture sponsor-aligned upside while benefiting from the firm’s demonstrated local dealflow and specialist secondary expertise (sources above).