private industry private equity predecessor dlj merchant banking partners founded 2004 founder lawrence schloss 1 headquarters new york new york u.s. key people ari benacerraf michael ranger andrew rush david wittels products leveraged buyout total assets 1.9 billion number of employees 25 website www.dchold.com diamond castle holdings is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle market companies across a range of industries including the media healthcare financial services power and industrial sectors . the firm which is based in new york city was founded in 2004 . the firm has raised approximately 1.9 billion since inception . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit in 2004 dljmb co head larry schloss along with four senior members of dlj merchant banking partners led a spinout from credit suisse to form a new private equity firm which would come to be known as diamond castle holdings . 2 3 in december 2006 the firm announced it had completed fundraising for a 1.85 billion private equity fund known as diamond castle partners iv a reference to the three dljmb funds previously raised . 1 see also edit dlj merchant banking partners references edit a b after the summit a different path . new york times december 15 2006 moore heidi n. dlj wall street s incubator wall street journal march 10 2008 former csfb execs to launch new private equity firm . altassets september 22 2004 external links edit diamond castle holdings 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 diamond castle holdings & oldid 647097406 categories private equity firms of the united statescompanies established in 2004investment 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 14 february 2015 at 13 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view