Brentwood Associates

Brentwood Associates

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Investment Firm

Overview

Brentwood Associates is a middle-market private equity investment firm with a 30+ year history of investing in leading growth companies. Brentwood focuses on investments in growing businesses where it can leverage its extensive experience in areas such as consumer products and services; multi-location growth strategies, including specialty retail and restaurants; direct marketing, including direct mail and e-commerce; health and wellness; education; and business services.

Since 1984, Brentwood’s dedicated private equity team has invested in over 50 portfolio companies with an aggregate transaction value of over $6 billion. With significant experience in both investing and brand building, Brentwood is a value-added partner with entrepreneurs and senior management teams building world-class companies.

Highlights

Founded

1972

Industry

Internet

Employees

11-50

Investment

22

Lead Investment

12

Exits

7

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Brentwood Associates, established in 1972 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed investments across Food and Beverage, Restaurants, Cooking, Hospitality, Plant-Based Foods, Software, Telecommunications, Communications Infrastructure, Network Hardware, Financial Services. The organization boasts a portfolio of 22 investments, with an average round size of $25.2M and 7 successful exits. Their recent investments include Veggie Grill, Soapstone Networks, Polaris Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Accel. The highest investment round they participated in was $12.5B. Among their most notable exits are Veggie Grill and Soapstone Networks. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Craig Milius

Craig Milius

Partner

imagePlace Jay Sung

Jay Sung

Operating Partner and CMO

imagePlace Rahul Aggarwal

Rahul Aggarwal

Partner

imagePlace Keith Gordon

Keith Gordon

Operating Partner

imagePlace Laura Boyd

Laura Boyd

Investment Associate

imagePlace James Hays

James Hays

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer

Investment portfolio

Brentwood Associates has made 22 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 07, 2023, when L Nutra raised $47.0M.

Brentwood Associates has made 5 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Apr 27, 1998, when Soapstone Networks raised $55.3M.

investments

22

Diversity investments

5

Lead investments

12

Number of exits

7

Investments

22

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jan 28, 2022
Pacifica Beauty Pacifica Beauty
Manufacturingnull
Oct 25, 2023
LegalMation LegalMation
Information Technology15.0M
Nov 07, 2023
L Nutra L Nutra
Information Technology47.0M
Nov 08, 2023
Wingstop Wingstop
Food and Beveragenull

Exits

7

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

22

Investors

3

Funds

3

Funding Rounds

22

Brentwood Associates has raised 22 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 08, 2023 from a Post-IPO Equity - Wingstop round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jan 28, 2022
Private Equity Round - Pacifica Beauty Private Equity Round - Pacifica Beauty
-0-
Oct 25, 2023
Series A - LegalMation Series A - LegalMation
-15.0M-
Nov 07, 2023
Series D - L Nutra Series D - L Nutra
-47.0M-
Nov 08, 2023
Post-IPO Equity - Wingstop Post-IPO Equity - Wingstop
-0-

Investors

3

Brentwood Associates is funded by 3 investor(s). Owl Rock Capital and Audax Private Debt Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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