private ownership industry private equity founded 1998 headquarters boston massachusetts united states products private equity funds leveraged buyouts recapitalizations growth capital total assets 3 billion website www.charlesbank.com charlesbank capital partners is a private equity investment firm focusing on leveraged buyout transactions involving middle market companies . the firm typically invests 50 million to 150 million of equity per transaction in companies with enterprise values of 100 million to 750 million . charlesbank s strategy emphasizes investing across a broad range of industries transaction types and levels of the capital structure . the founders of charlesbank came together in 1991 as harvard private capital group to manage the private equity investment portfolio for harvard management company . 1 2 in 1998 the founders launched charlesbank capital partners an independent firm also based in boston ma . in 2000 the firm raised 600 million for charlesbank equity fund v its first fund to include outside institutional investors . subsequent funds include charlesbank equity fund vi 1 billion raised in 2005 charlesbank equity fund vii 1.5 billion raised in 2009 and charlesbank equity fund viii 1.75 billion raised in 2014 . 3 4 the firm s founders include ceo michael r. eisenson kim davis tim palmer mark rosen and michael thonis . charlesbank is currently led by the founding team and fellow managing directors jon biotti sam bartlett ryan carroll michael choe president andrew janower joshua klevens and brandon white . the firm employs more than 40 people between its boston and new york offices and has over 3.0 billion of capital under management . see also edit nantucket nectars references edit strom stephanie . harvard s invisible fund raising . new york times july 25 2004 . harvard s endowment fund cuts reliance on bonds international herald tribune december 15 2006 witkowsky christopher private equity online charlesbank raises 1.5 bn in blink of an eye september 10 2009 wee gillian bloomberg harvard s crimson cubs with 43 b dwarf their former endowment home march 2 2011 external links edit charlesbank capital partners 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 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 charlesbank capital partners & oldid 686908633 categories private equity firms of the united statescompanies established in 1991harvard university1991 establishments in massachusettsunited states private equity firm stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall 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 22 october 2015 at 02 50 . 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