with oaktree equity partners oak hill capital partners oaktree capital management . oak investment partners type private equity investment firm industry private equity founded 1978 headquarters greenwich connecticut united states products venture capital website www.oakvc.com oak investment partners is a private equity firm focusing on venture capital investments in companies developing communications systems information technology new internet media healthcare services and retail . contents 1 history 2 investments 3 references 4 external links history edit the firm founded in 1978 is based in greenwich connecticut with offices in norwalk connecticut minneapolis and palo alto california . since inception oak had invested in more than 480 companies and had raised more than 8.4 billion in investor commitments across 12 private equity funds . 1 in may 2006 oak raised its 12th fund at 2.56 billion reportedly the largest venture capital fund ever raised . 2 in 2015 indian born employee iftikar ahmed was sued by the u.s. securities and exchange commission on suspicion of stealing us 65 million from the firm . 3 ahmed was believed to have fled to india . in august 2015 fortune reported that mr. ahmed had been detained in an indian prison from may 22 until july 23 and that his passport had been confiscated . 4 investments edit oak invests across a range of stages funding startup companies funding spinouts of existing divisions and assets and providing growth capital to later stage companies . oak also selectively invests in public companies through pipe investments . in december 2008 oak invested 25 million in the online media outlet huffington post . 5 other notable oak investments include evoice 6 dick s sporting goods p.f. chang s china bistro office depot petsmart polycom nlight sandisk and seagate . references edit mass high tech the journal of new england technology july 21 2006 oak s 2.5 b fund closed in q2 is nation s largest thomson july 17 2006 mega funds drive private equity fundraising to new heights in second quarter of 2006 das anupreeta ; eaglesham jean october 7 2015 . harvard goldman sachs venture capital fugitive . the wall street journal . retrieved october 10 2015 . http fortune.com 2015 08 07 ifty ahmed vc charged with fraud spent past two months in india jail huffington post nabs 25 million in funding here s a boomtown interview with oak investment s fred harman all things digital december 1 2008 http www.ianbell.com 2001 07 23 its official external links edit oak investment partners company website v t e private equity and venture capital basic investment types buyout venture mezzanine growth secondaries equity co investment 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 terms and concepts buyout financial sponsor management buyout divisional buyout buy sell agreement leveraged recapitalization dividend recapitalization venture angel investor business incubator post money valuation pre money valuation seed money startup company venture capital financing venture debt venture round structure private equity firms and funds limited partnership limited liability company carried interest management fee publicly traded private equity business development company venture capital trust private investment in public equity pipe pledge fund investors corporations institutional investors pension funds insurance companies fund of funds endowments foundations investment banks merchant banks commercial banks high net worth individuals family offices sovereign wealth funds crowdfunding related financial terms aum cap table capital call capital commitment capital structure distribution waterfall ebitda envy ratio high yield debt ipo irr leverage liquidation preference m & a pme taxation of private equity and hedge funds undercapitalization vintage year private equity and venture capital investors private equity firms venture capital firms angel investors portfolio companies v t e largest private equity investment firms 3i group aac capital partners advent international alpinvest partners american capital apax partners apollo global management ares management bain capital bc partners berkshire partners the blackstone group bridgepoint capital candover the carlyle group ccmp capital cerberus capital management charterhouse capital partners cinven clayton dubilier & rice cvc capital partners doughty hanson & co encap investments eqt partners first reserve corporation fortress investment group general atlantic goldman sachs capital partners gtcr hellman & friedman h.i.g. capital jrk property holdings kkr trilantic capital partners leonard green & partners madison dearborn partners nordic capital oak investment partners oaktree capital management onex teachers private capital pacific equity partners pai partners permira providence equity partners sentinel capital partners silver lake partners summit partners sun capital partners ta associates terra firma capital partners thomas h. lee partners tpg capital warburg pincus welsh carson anderson & stowe private equity 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 oak investment partners & oldid 711440672 categories private equity firms of the united statesventure capital firms of the united statescompanies established in 1978life sciences industryunited states private equity firm stubshidden categories all 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 fran aissuomi edit links this page was last modified on 22 march 2016 at 22 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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