stanley capital partners 1985 2004 type subsidiary industry private equity founded 1985 2004 as metalmark founder howard hoffen headquarters new york new york united states products leveraged buyout growth capital total assets 8.5 billion 1 owner citigroup number of employees 25 parent morgan stanley 1985 2004 citi alternative investments 2007 present website www.metalmarkcapital.com metalmark capital formerly morgan stanley capital partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments in middle market companies across a range of industries . metalmark was acquired by citigroup alternative investments in december 2007 . 2 3 the firm which is based in new york city traces its roots back to 1985 . metalmark was founded as an independent firm in 2004 . the firm has raised approximately 8.5 billion since inception across four funds at morgan stanley and one fund raised since the firm s spinout . history edit from 1985 to 2004 morgan stanley capital partners invested over 7 billion through four funds . morgan stanley leveraged equity fund i was raised in 1985 followed two years later by morgan stanley leveraged equity fund ii which was raised in 1987 with 2.2 billion of investor commitments . in 1991 the group raised 1.87 billion of investor commitments for morgan stanley capital partners iii . 4 the most recent fund morgan stanley capital partners iv was raised in 1999 with total commitments of 3.3 billion . in 2004 the morgan stanley capital partners team began preparations to separate itself from morgan stanley . 5 the spinout of mscp came at the same time as the spinouts of private equity groups from other leading investment banks including jpmorgan chase ccmp capital citigroup court square capital partners deutsche bank midocean partners and credit suisse first boston avista capital partners diamond castle holdings . in december 2007 metalmark was acquired by citigroup alternative investments as one of a series of investments in merchant banking and hedge funds by the bank s ceo vikram pandit . 6 7 citigroup s middle market private equity group cvc equity partners had completed a spinout from citigroup in 2006 to form court square capital partners . citigroup disposed of its remaining interest in court square following the purchase of metalmark . 8 references edit includes 7.3 billion of capital raised by morgan stanley capital partners metalmark s direct predecessor citi to buy buyout firm metalmark . new york times december 10 2007 citigroup agrees to buy an equity firm . reuters december 11 2007 morgan stanley executive shift . new york times february 10 1996 making the venture capitalists play by the parents rules . new york times april 21 2006 citi to buy buyout firm metalmark . new york times december 10 2007 citigroup agrees to buy an equity firm . reuters december 11 2007 kreutzer laura . citigroup shutting down vc arm after metalmark buy . dowjones private equity news may 29 2008 a golden alley on wall street ; merchant banking s midas touch reaches even mundane enterprises . new york times october 23 1997 external links edit metalmark capital company website v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s investors angel investor corporate venture capital commercial bank crowdfunding institutional investor insurance company investment bank endowment family office fund of funds high net worth individual merchant bank pension fund sovereign wealth fund private equity firms venture capital firms portfolio companies v t e merchant banking private equity groups current and prior abn amro aac capital partners bank of america ridgemont equity partners merrill lynch global private equity barclays capital barclays private equity barings bank baring vostok capital partners gp investments bear stearns irving place capital fka bsmb cibc world markets trimaran capital partners citigroup metalmark capital court square capital partners cvc capital partners credit suisse dlj merchant banking avista capital partners diamond castle holdings deutsche bank midocean partners first chicago bank defunct madison dearborn partners gtcr goldman sachs goldman sachs capital partners jpmorgan chase ccmp capital fka jpmorgan partners one equity partners lazard lazard alternative investments lehman brothers defunct trilantic capital partners morgan stanley metalmark capital morgan stanley capital partners nomura terra firma capital partners ubs ubs capital affinity equity partners capvis lightyear capital wells fargo norwest venture partners pamlico capital william blair & company chicago growth partners william blair capital partners list of investment banking private equity groups retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title metalmark capital & oldid 743542207 categories private equity firms of the united statescompanies established in 1985investment banking private equity groups navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 03 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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