equity founded 1991 founder michael cronin michael lazarus headquarters john hancock tower boston massachusetts united states products growth capital late stage venture total assets 3.2 billion number of employees 20 website www.westonpresidio.com weston presidio is an american private equity firm focused on growth capital investments in late stage companies across a range of industries with a specific focus on the consumer products business services industrial media publishing healthcare and technology sectors . the firm which is based in boston massachusetts has offices in san francisco and menlo park california . weston preisido was founded in 1991 by michael cronin who had previously run the boston office of security pacific venture capital group and michael lazarus who had previously been managing director of the private placement department of montgomery securities . the firm has raised approximately 3.21 billion since inception across five funds . weston presidio s fifth fund was raised in 2005 with approximately 1 billion of investor commitments and has been focused primarily on investments in more mature companies . 1 weston presidio historical logo through the years weston presidio has shifted its focus from earlier stage venture capital to investments in more mature companies and occasionally through leveraged recapitalizations and leveraged buyouts . among weston presidio s most notable investments are associated materials azul brazilian airlines bluearc boston herald 2 3 casella waste systems cybertrust dts digital theater systems evenflo fender musical instruments corporation learning curve brands jetblue airways 4 jimmy john s lion brewery inc. macdermid 5 mapquest morris air nebraska book company nextmedia group papyrus party city aka amscan 6 restoration hardware robb report 7 scene7 thomas weisel partners tweeter home entertainment and wild oats markets . references edit us vc fundraising up in q1 2005 compared with q1 2004 . altassets april 18 2005 boston confidential . boston globe february 20 2004 herald to finalize community newspaper deal . boston herald feb 1 2001 a new low fare airline is relying on a heavy dose of new york attitude to get its message across . new york times january 12 2000 group to buy macdermid for 1.3 billion . new york times december 16 2006 360 million deal to buy party city . reuters september 28 2005 magazines for the superrich are no longer up for sale . new york times october 11 2006 weston presidio . business week profile weston presidio capital raises new 1.3 billion fund . november 28 2000 external links edit weston presidio 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title weston presidio & oldid 593499029 categories private equity firms of the united states 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 february 2014 at 22 54 . 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