private industry private equity founded 1990 founder donald hebb headquarters 400 east pratt street baltimore maryland united states products venture capital growth capital aum n a total assets 2.1 billion number of employees 20 website www.abscapital.com abs capital partners is an american private equity firm focused on investments in companies across a range of industries including business and education services information and communications technology and health care . the firm which is based in baltimore was founded in 1990 . the firm has raised approximately 2.5 billion since inception across seven funds . abs capital partners is a member of the national venture capital association 1 and the mid atlantic venture association . 2 history edit abs capital partners was founded in 1990 and was originally the investment arm of alex. brown & sons later bt alex. brown . the firm s founder donald hebb spent more than 20 years with alex. brown where he was ceo from 1986 to 1991 leading the initial public offering in 1986 . abs is an acronym representing the firm s predecessor organization alex. brown & sons . among the firm s notable investment holdings include rosetta stone american public education captivate network itok and doubleclick . 3 4 5 6 references edit nvca member directory mava venture capital members archived october 16 2009 at the wayback machine . rosetta stone completes initial public offering above the range business wire . www.businesswire.com . retrieved 2016 07 20 . inc. captivate network . investment in captivate network climbs to 100 million with 17 million in fourth round . www.prnewswire.com . retrieved 2016 07 20 . itok raises 18m in series b equity financing . 2014 07 24 . retrieved 2016 07 20 . doubleclick nabs 40 million in financing . retrieved 2016 07 20 . bbn to sell majority stake in software unit . new york times july 3 1996 superior vision services inc. completes 54.25 million recapitalization with abs capital partners orix venture finance llc and dca capital partners . market wire february 2007 baltimore based abs capital partners invests in payformance corp. daily record the baltimore jul 23 2002 restaurant oil supplier strikes gusher 60m . minneapolis st. paul business journal february 17 2006 restaurant oil supplier reaps 25m . minneapolis st. paul business journal april 6 2007 leading consumer & small business technology support provider itok inc. secures 18 million investment . abscapital.com july 23 2014 abs s fearlessness pays off . washington post november 21 2005 captivate network closes second round of financing ; top tier venture capital firms fund new media company . business wire july 7 1999 external links edit abs capital partners company website abs capital partners . business week profile . 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 abs capital partners & oldid 744214997 categories private equity firms of the united statescompanies based in baltimoreventure capital firms of the united statesamerican companies established in 1990financial services companies based in maryland1990 establishments in marylandfinancial services companies established in 1990hidden categories articles with wayback machine links 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 13 october 2016 at 20 43 . 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