# American Securities: portfolio, investments and team

> American Securities is a family office based in United States. 2 investments on record, latest Apr 2011. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# American Securities

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Mar 2024, closing $1,112M. Last cheque observed Apr 2011.

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Quiet New fund $1.1B, Mar 2024 Family office

Buyout E-Commerce Information Technology Venture Capital & Private Equity

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record

Since the last cheque **5685** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$58M** Rounds led **0 of 2** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio**

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## American Securities highlights

- 01 2 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Growth: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median undisclosed
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Filed 1 private fund offering with the SEC, the most recent in 2016-03 From their own website

- **Type:** Family office (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Buyout
- **Sectors:** E-Commerce Information Technology Venture Capital & Private Equity
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances**

- **2011** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Presidio](https://millionrounds.com/company/presidio)** US · marketwire.com **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2006** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Potbelly Sandwich Works](https://millionrounds.com/company/potbelly-sandwich-works)** Growth · US · business.highbeam.com **$58M** 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 **12 named**

AG **Anthony Grillo** Managing Member of ASOF Associates II, LLC, General Partner i Filing they signed

AD **Ashish Dodia** Manager of the Issuer's Managing Member i Filing they signed

DJ **David Jude Maue** COO i Form ADV

DL **David L. Horing** Managing Member of American Securities Associates VIII, LLC, the general partner i Filing they signed

EL **Eric Lowell Schondorf** Chief Compliance Officer of American Securities Opportunities Management, LLC i Filing they signed

JB **Jeremy Brainard Maco** CCO i Form ADV

JF **Jody Flaws** Manager of the Issuer's Managing Member i Filing they signed

JP **John P. Fitzsimons** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

JA **Joseph Anthony Domonkos** CFO i Form ADV

LA **Lawrence A. First** Officer of Ascribe Energy Associates, LLC, the General Partner i Filing they signed

MG **Michael Gerald Fisch** Officer of the sole member of Ascribe Energy Associates, LLC, the General Partner i Filing they signed

RR **Richard Ruffer** Manager of the Issuer's Managing Member i Filing they signed

We also hold **109** 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

**$19B** assets it manages Oct 2026

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

- **Legal name:** American Securities LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 160648

Funds on its Form ADV

**18** private funds, **$21B** in gross assets · filed Dec 2024

- American Securities Partners VIII, L.P. *Private equity* 374 investors $9.2B
- American Securities Partners VII, L.P. *Private equity* 203 investors $3.2B
- American Securities Partners VI, L.P. *Private equity* 221 investors $3.1B
- American Securities Partners Vii(b), L.P. *Private equity* 86 investors $2.8B
- ASP VIII Alternative Investments L.P. *Private equity* 206 investors $1.9B
- American Securities Partners IX, L.P. *Private equity* 35 investors $392M
- American Securities Partners Viii(b), L.P. *Private equity* 142 investors $304M
- American Securities Partners Ix(b), L.P. *Private equity* 16 investors $192M
- American Securities Partners Vii(c), L.P. *Private equity* 80 investors $78M
- American Securities Partners Vi(c), L.P. *Private equity* 59 investors $31M

And 8 more on the filing.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[Presidio](https://millionrounds.com/company/presidio)** Bought by Apollo Global Management, LLC **Undisclosed** Dec 2014

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**Royal Adhesives and Sealants** **Undisclosed** Apr 2015

**Emerald Performance Materials** **Undisclosed** Jun 2014

**Learning Care Group** **Undisclosed** May 2014

**Grede Holdings** **$800M** Apr 2014

**SeaStar Solutions** **Undisclosed** Jan 2014

**Frontier Spinning Mills Holding** **Undisclosed** Dec 2013

**Tekni-Plex** **Undisclosed** Nov 2013

**GenTek** **$673M** Oct 2009

**Unifrax Corporation** **Undisclosed** Sept 2003

New fund on file

**$1.1B**

raised in Mar 2024

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Buyout

Median round joined **$58M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-**

Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Apr 2011
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Growth *1*
- Buyout said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2006 2011

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## Quick answers about American Securities

### What does American Securities invest in?

American Securities invests most often at Growth (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as E-Commerce, Information Technology and Venture Capital & Private Equity.

### How active is American Securities?

2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Apr 2011.

### How big are American Securities's cheques?

The median round it joins is $58M.

### Is American Securities investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2011.

### What kind of investor is American Securities?

American Securities is a family office based in New York, United States.

### How much does American Securities manage?

About $19B, as regulatory assets under management (Oct 2026).

### Has American Securities raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Mar 2024, reporting $1.1B raised.

### When was American Securities founded?

American Securities was founded in 1994.

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