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Investment Firm
Overview
Vestar Capital Partners is a middle-market private equity firm specializing in management buyouts, recapitalization, and growth equity investments.
Headquartered in New York, with offices in Denver and Boston, we invest in companies with valuations from $100 million to $1 billion. Our target equity investment is $50 million to $150 million.
Since our founding in 1988, Vestar has maintained a prudent, long-term approach to investing that has served us well throughout numerous business and economic cycles. We have completed 78 investments, in companies with a total value of more than $40 billion.
We credit much of our success to a strong culture of partnership both within the firm and with our portfolio company management teams. We value transparency and collaborative decision-making. And with four founders continuing to manage the firm, we know first-hand the entrepreneurial spirit that drives our management teams to want to run a business as their own.
Supporting that spirit has been the business of Vestar for over 25 years.
Highlights
1988
Financial Services
1001-5000
15
13
4
Early Stage Venture, Private Equity
Private Equity Firm
Location
New York, New York, United States, North America
Contact Information
Social
Profile Resume
Vestar Capital Partners, established in 1988 and headquartered in New York, New York, United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Private Equity investments across Food and Beverage, Organic Food, Venture Capital, Health Care, Fitness, Hospital, Medical, Financial Services, Finance, Risk Management. The organization boasts a portfolio of 15 investments, with an average round size of $296.7M and 4 successful exits. Their recent investments include Bhakti, The Colorado Impact Fund, Veritas Collaborative, Essent Healthcare, Thoma Cressey Equity Partners. The highest investment round they participated in was $39.5B. Among their most notable exits are Bhakti and The Colorado Impact Fund. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.
Investment portfolio
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Investments
15
Annouced Date | Organization Name | Industry | Money Raised |
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Nov 30, 2022 | Nox Health | Health Care | null |
Jan 05, 2023 | Titan Frozen Fruit | Retail | null |
Oct 05, 2023 | - | - | null |
Apr 23, 2024 | Circana | Market Research | 1200.0M |
Exits
4
Funding Timeline
15
2
3
Funding Rounds
15
Vestar Capital Partners has raised 15 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Apr 23, 2024 from a Funding Round - Circana round.
Annouced Date | Transaction Name | Number of Investors | Money Raised | Lead Investor |
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Nov 30, 2022 | Private Equity Round - Nox Health | - | 0 | - |
Jan 05, 2023 | Private Equity Round - Titan Frozen Fruit | - | 0 | - |
Oct 05, 2023 | Private Equity Round - Tech-24 | - | 0 | - |
Apr 23, 2024 | Funding Round - Circana | - | 1200.0M | - |
Investors
2
Vestar Capital Partners is funded by 2 investor(s). HarbourVest Partners and Antares Capital Kantor are the most recent investors.
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round | Money Raised |
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Antares Capital | Yes | Debt Financing - Vestar Capital Partners | 260.0M |
HarbourVest Partners | Yes | Venture Round - Vestar Capital Partners | 3.9M |
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 Date | Fund Name | Money Raised |
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May 10, 2013 | OTPPLESS | 1.0M |
May 11, 2013 | OTPPLESS | 1.0M |
Invest in industries
Recent Activity
News
Sep 05, 2024
PRNewswire - Vestar Capital Partners Promotes Caroline Ptacek to Vice President
News
May 13, 2024
Global Legal Chronicle - Vestar Capital Partners’ $1.2 Billion Continuation Vehicle for Circana
News
Apr 25, 2024
Pulse 2.0 - Vestar Capital: $1.2 Billion Continuation Vehicle For Circana Closed
News
Apr 23, 2024
PR Newswire - Vestar Capital Partners Closes $1.2 Billion Continuation Vehicle for Circana
Funding Round
Apr 23, 2024
Circana raised $1200000000 on 2024-04-23 in Funding Round
News
Apr 03, 2024
Buyouts - Mid-Market Deal of the Year: Vestar Capital Partners and Edward Don & Co