portfolio news contact guided by an operating approach to creating value and a commitment to true partnership with management calera capital has established itself as a premier private equity firm . founded in 1991 calera capital has invested more than 2.9 billion of equity capital in the middle market predominantly in family founder and management driven businesses . calera seeks to build long term sustainable value in these companies by working with management to enhance business strategy grow the business through organic and acquisition driven initiatives and strengthen core operating infrastructure and processes . our investment approach has a track record of creating substantial equity value across economic and investing environments driven by our history of consistently building larger better positioned and more strategically valuable operating companies . calera capital home site map