Castanea

Castanea

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Investment Firm

Overview

Founded in 2001, Castanea Partners is a $500 million committed fund built on the belief that both industry expertise and operating experience drive long-term investing success. They provide equity capital to industry sectors where they have leadership, advisory, and investing experience. Castanea is principally focused on investing in dynamic consumer brands and marketing services companies that enable such brands to connect with their customers. The firm also seeks to invest in select business-to-business providers of key information. Within these sectors, they typically invest between $20M to $75M of equity capital.

Highlights

Founded

2001

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

11-50

Investment

27

Lead Investment

12

Exits

11

Stages

Private Equity, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Castanea, established in 2001 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Private Equity, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture investments across Internet, E-Commerce, Retail, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Lifestyle, Leisure, Home Decor, Handmade. The organization boasts a portfolio of 27 investments, with an average round size of $30.2M and 11 successful exits. Their recent investments include Drybar, Partnership Capital Growth Investors, Aurora Brands, 4moms, Bain Capital Ventures. The highest investment round they participated in was $10.9B. Among their most notable exits are Drybar and Partnership Capital Growth Investors. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Jeffrey Rayport

Operating Partner

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Ron Frasch

Operating partner

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Tim Burke

Partner

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Robert Smith

Managing Partner

Investment portfolio

Castanea has made 27 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 15, 2016, when Memebox raised $60.0M.

Castanea has made 10 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Oct 16, 2017, when Tatcha raised $15.0M.

investments

27

Diversity investments

10

Lead investments

12

Number of exits

11

Investments

27

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Oct 16, 2017
Tatcha Tatcha
E-Commerce15.0M
Jan 18, 2018--null
Feb 06, 2018--null
Sep 10, 2018--null

Exits

11

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

27

Investors

0

Funds

1

Funding Rounds

27

Castanea has raised 27 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 10, 2018 from a Private Equity Round - Orangetheory Fitness round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jan 18, 2018
Private Equity Round - Yasso Private Equity Round - Yasso
-0-
Feb 06, 2018
Private Equity Round - Townshend's Tea Company Private Equity Round - Townshend's Tea Company
-0-
Feb 06, 2018
Private Equity Round - Brew Dr. Kombucha Private Equity Round - Brew Dr. Kombucha
-0-
Sep 10, 2018
Private Equity Round - Orangetheory Fitness Private Equity Round - Orangetheory Fitness
-0-

Investors

1

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
-No
Debt Financing - Castanea
1.1M

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
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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