equity founded 1973 headquarters new york new york united states products leveraged buyouts total assets 2.0 billion website www.charterhouseequity.com see also charterhouse capital partners charterhouse group is private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments in the us . the firm which is based in new york city was founded in 1973 and is one of the oldest buyout firms in the us . since inception the firm has raised more than 2 billion of capital from institutional investors across six private equity funds and has invested in over 100 companies . history edit charterhouse group was founded in 1973 as the us based investment arm of charterhouse bank based in london . in the 1980s . charterhouse completed a spinoff from its parent bank and became an independent investment firm . in 1989 the firm raised its first private equity fund charterhouse equity partners with outside investors . between 1989 and 2005 the charterhouse group invested more than 2 billion in at more than 100 companies and completed some 400 acquisitions . 1 in 2012 bloomberg reported that charterhouse group had called off fundraising for new fund pools to focus on deal by deal investments . the firm s last fund closed in 2005 . 2 in june 2014 charterhouse group sold its interest in tierpoint a data center service provider . 3 4 among charterhouse s most notable investments since its founding in the 1970s are dreyer s grand ice cream holdings cencom cable television charter communications cornell companies del monte corporation fleer corporation insignia financial group lason amerifit brands suddenlink communications and mxenergy . external links edit charterhouse equity advisors u.s. private equity arm charterhouse bank u.k. parent company references edit charterhouse group to sell newpath networks to crown castle in a 115 million transaction pr newswire july 30 2009 . charterhouse group abandons fundraising after two years by luisa beltran pe hub august 1 2012 . verge jason 12 june 2014 . tierpoint management teams up with investors to buy recapitalize the company . data center knowledge . retrieved 1 september 2015 . charterhouse announces sale of its interest in tierpoint . http www.charterhouseequity.com . retrieved 1 september 2015 . external link in website help 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 this article about a private equity or venture capital firm based in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title charterhouse group & oldid 678963511 categories private equity firms of the united statescompanies based in new york citycompanies established in 1973united states private equity firm stubshidden categories cs1 errors external linksall stub articles 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 1 september 2015 at 18 01 . 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