private industry private equity knowledge industries founded 1993 founder jeffrey t. leeds robert a. bernstein headquarters new york ny united states products leveraged buyout growth capital total assets 1.2 billion number of employees 18 website www.leedsequity.com leeds equity partners is a private equity firm focused on investments in the knowledge industries . the firm is investing its fifth private equity fund leeds equity partners v l.p. the largest fund focused exclusively on investing in this sector . the firm s investors include a broad range of leading institutions public and private pension plans endowments foundations financial institutions family offices and high net worth individuals . contents 1 history 2 investment funds 3 references 4 external links history edit the firm was founded in 1993 by jeffrey t. leeds and robert a. bernstein and raised its first private equity fund in 1995 . 1 in 2010 the firm established leeds global partners which provides education advisory and implementation services . 2 a distinguished group of individuals serves on the advisory board 3 general colin l. powell gaston caperton timothy j. fitzpatrick thomas f. mclarty barry a. munitz guillermo nigaglioni roderick r. paige richard w. riley alec ross timothy p. shriver investment funds edit advance capital partners l.p. leeds equity partners ii l.p. leeds equity partners iii l.p. leeds equity partners iv l.p. leeds equity partners v l.p. leeds novamark capital i l.p. references edit investors see room for profit in the demand for education . new york times november 4 1999 http www.leedsequity.com team.cfm section sub id 4 & team id 36 http www.leedsequity.com team.cfm section sub id 5 external links edit leeds equity 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title leeds equity partners & oldid 736175249 categories private equity firms of the united statescompanies based in new york citycompanies established in 1993 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 25 august 2016 at 18 08 . 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