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What does Argonaut Private Equity invest in?
Argonaut Private Equity invests most often at Venture and Series C (45% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Biodiversity, Cleantech and Waste.
Argonaut Private Equity highlights
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13 rounds on record
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Mostly Venture and Series C: 45% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $11M
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2 exits from the portfolio
What they do
We are one of the largest private equity firms in the Central U.S.From their own website
- Type
- Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- BiodiversityCleantechWaste
- Based in
- Tulsa, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first13 appearances
- 2019
1 round
- Jun
- 2016
1 round
- Jan
- 2015
1 round
- Feb
- 2014
2 rounds
- Oct
- Feb
- 2011
2 rounds
- May
- Mar
- 2010
3 rounds
- Oct
- Jul
- Feb
- 2007
1 round
- Apr
- 2006
1 round
- May
- 2005
1 round
- May
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 registration5 named
KRKelby R. HagarPresident of BW Investment Management, Inc., the GP of Argonaut Fund V GP, LP, each Issuer's General PartneriFiling they signed
PJPatrick Joseph SullivanChief Compliance Officer of BW Investment Management, Inc., the GP of Argonaut Fund IV GP, LP, each Issuer's General PartneriFiling they signed
PRPhil R. VanTreaseChief Financial Officer of BW Investment Management, Inc., the GP of Argonaut Fund IV GP, LP, each Issuer's General PartneriFiling they signed
PDPhilip Dean VantreaseChief Financial Officer; General Counsel; SecretaryiForm ADV
SRSteven Ryan MitchellPresident & CEO of BW Investment Management, Inc., the GP of Argonaut Fund IV GP, LP, each Issuer's General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 35 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
$3.0Bassets it managesOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- Argonaut Private Capital, LP
- SEC number
- CRD 283878
Funds on its Form ADV
8 private funds, $3.8B in gross assets · filed Mar 2024
- ARG Private Equity, LLCPrivate equity1 investor$1.0B
- Argonaut Private Equity Fund IV, L.P.Private equity64 investors$667M
- Argonaut Private Equity Fund III, L.P.Private equity30 investors$650M
- Argonaut Private Equity Fund V, L.P.Private equity103 investors$550M
- ARG Private Equity II, LLCPrivate equity1 investor$519M
- Argonaut Private Equity Fund III AIV, L.P.Private equity30 investors$216M
- Argonaut Private Equity Fund IV-A, L.P.Private equity10 investors$124M
- Argonaut Private Equity Fund V-A, L.P.Private equity16 investors$67M
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
0 of 2 we have independently watched raise
Investor PortalStation8branding
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.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed2 in all
CordysBought by OpenText Corporation$33MAug 2013
Luminus DevicesBought by Lightera$22MJun 2013
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.