# 1st & Main Growth Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> 1st & Main Growth Partners is a private equity based in United States. 3 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# 1st & Main Growth Partners

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 3 cheques on record.

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Growth Buyout Financial Services Fintech Banking

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**100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **17** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$8.0M** Rounds led **0 of 3**

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## 1st & Main Growth Partners highlights

- 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> becoming a leading private equity investor in subregional financial services companies for over 38 years From their own website

- **Type:** Private equity
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Growth Buyout
- **Sectors:** Financial Services Fintech Banking
- **Based in:** Chicago, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2026** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Prism Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/prism-data)** Series A · US · Fintech Global **$20M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[Thrive Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/thrive-financial)** US · 1st & Main Growth Partners **$7.0M** With 3 others
- **2025** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Verdata](https://millionrounds.com/company/verdata)** Series A · US · 1st & Main Growth Partners **$8.0M** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

CJ **Charles Joseph Moore** President/Chief Executive Officer i Form ADV

TP **Terrence Paul Murphy** Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV

We also hold **13** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$680M** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** The BANC Funds Company, L.L.C.
- **SEC number:** CRD 106305

Funds on its Form ADV

**3** private funds, **$1.1B** in gross assets · filed Oct 2024

- BANC Fund IX L.P. *Private equity* 46 investors $583M
- BANC Fund X L.P. *Private equity* 48 investors $456M
- TBFC Financial Technologies Fund L.P. *Private equity* 17 investors $38M

Who backs their funds

## 2 LPs on record in 1st & Main Growth Partners's funds

- **Committed:** $388M
- **Funds:** 2
- **Vintages:** 2014 to 2018

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2026.

- [**Washington State Investment Board** 2 funds *$200M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/washington-state-investment-board) Fund Vintage Committed Banc Fund X 2018 $100M Banc Fund IX 2014 $100M
- [**Minnesota State Board of Investments** 2 funds *$187M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/minnesota-state-board-of-investments) Fund Vintage Committed Banc Fund X 2018 $80M Banc Fund IX 2014 $107M

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**16** of 45 we have independently watched raise

[Bushelpowered](https://millionrounds.com/company/bushel)[Confidence](https://millionrounds.com/company/confidence)[Finexio](https://millionrounds.com/company/finexio)[Kasisto](https://millionrounds.com/company/kasisto)[Lama](https://millionrounds.com/company/lama-ai)[Neuralpayments](https://millionrounds.com/company/neural-payments)[Nymbus](https://millionrounds.com/company/nymbus)[Ocrolus](https://millionrounds.com/company/ocrolus)[Proof](https://millionrounds.com/company/proof)[Scamnetic](https://millionrounds.com/company/scamnetic)[Synctera](https://millionrounds.com/company/synctera)[Tilled](https://millionrounds.com/company/tilled)[Treasuryprime](https://millionrounds.com/company/treasury-prime)[Truelinkfinancial](https://millionrounds.com/company/true-link)[Verdata](https://millionrounds.com/company/verdata)[grasshopper.bank](https://millionrounds.com/company/grasshopper-bank) Abingtonbank Anchorbank Backbase Bankofcentralflorida Diamond-hill Docfox Iqpay Lexalign Mercbank Merchantsbankofindiana Moveris Myfw Oldsecond Partnerwiththrive Sccountybank Seacoastbank Southernbank Stifel Stoiclane Stpaulfcu Tassat Tfin Unitybank Yadkinbank americanbb.bank andover.bank/Andover-Bancorp-Inc bead.xyz calprivate.bank firstbusiness.bank

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## The cheque

Growth Buyout

Median round joined **$8.0M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A *2*
- Growth said *-*
- Buyout said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies 1st & Main Growth Partners put money into.

[**Prism Data** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/prism-data)[**Verdata** $8.0M · Aug 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/verdata)

## Quick answers about 1st & Main Growth Partners

### What does 1st & Main Growth Partners invest in?

1st & Main Growth Partners invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Financial Services, Fintech and Banking.

### How active is 1st & Main Growth Partners?

3 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has 1st & Main Growth Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Prism Data (Series A, Oct 2026), Thrive Financial (Undisclosed round, Jun 2026) and Verdata (Series A, Aug 2025).

### How big are 1st & Main Growth Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $8.0M.

### Is 1st & Main Growth Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is 1st & Main Growth Partners?

1st & Main Growth Partners is a private equity firm based in Chicago, United States.

### How much does 1st & Main Growth Partners manage?

About $680M, as regulatory assets under management (Oct 2026).

### When was 1st & Main Growth Partners founded?

1st & Main Growth Partners was founded in 1986.

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