# Bison Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Bison Capital is a private equity based in United States. 7 investments on record, latest Jul 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Bison Capital

Last cheque observed Jul 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet New fund $299M, Dec 2022 Private equity

Growth Healthcare Media Manufacturing

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record

Since the last cheque **2645** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$26M** Rounds led **0 of 7** Sole investor **4 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Bison Capital highlights

- 01 7 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B and Venture: 80% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $17M

## What they do

> Bison Capital invests in leading middle-market businesses that have significant opportunities for value creation and strong, entrepreneurial management teams which are able to capitalize on their long term potential. From their own website

- **Type:** Private equity
- **Cheque size:** From $10M as they say
- **Stages:** Growth
- **Sectors:** Healthcare Media Manufacturing
- **Based in:** Santa Monica, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Jul** **[FinFit](https://millionrounds.com/company/finfit)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$7.0M** Sole investor
- **2018** 1 round
- **Jan** **[HNI](https://millionrounds.com/company/hni)** Series E · US · FinSMEs **$33M** With 1 other
- **2016** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Midwestern BioAg](https://millionrounds.com/company/midwestern-bioag)** **$26M** With 4 others
- **2014** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Clinical Research Laboratories](https://millionrounds.com/company/clinical-research-laboratories)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Ease Entertainment Services](https://millionrounds.com/company/ease-entertainment-services)** Venture · US **$17M** Sole investor
- **2003** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Helinet](https://millionrounds.com/company/helinet)** Venture · US **$21M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Targacept](https://millionrounds.com/company/targacept)** Series B · US **$14M** 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 **7 named**

AT **Andreas Todd Hildebrand** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

DB **Douglas Byron Trussler** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

KJ **Kurtis James Pilecki** Managing Member i Form ADV

LN **Lou Nissen Caballero** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

PS **Peter Scott Macdonald** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

RA **Richard Allen Herdegen** Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV

YC **Yee-Ping Chu** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

We also hold **19** 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

**$962M** assets it manages Oct 2026

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

- **Legal name:** Bison Capital Asset Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 160562

Funds on its Form ADV

**5** private funds, **$888M** in gross assets · filed Mar 2024

- Bison Capital Partners V, L.P. *Private equity* 35 investors $321M
- Bison Capital Partners VI, L.P. *Private equity* 28 investors $312M
- Bison Capital Partners IV, L.P. *Private equity* 33 investors $180M
- Bison Capital Partners VI-A, L.P. *Private equity* 3 investors $45M
- Bison Capital Partners V-A, L.P. *Private equity* 4 investors $30M

New fund on file

**$299M**

raised in Dec 2022

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

## The cheque

Growth

Median round joined **$26M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$17M**

Led 0 of 7 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** From $10M
- **Sole investor:** 4 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B *2*
- Venture *2*
- Series E *1*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2003 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Bison Capital put money into.

[**FinFit** $7.0M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/finfit)[**Midwestern BioAg** $26M · Mar 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/midwestern-bioag)

## Quick answers about Bison Capital

### What does Bison Capital invest in?

Bison Capital invests most often at Series B and Venture (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Healthcare, Media and Manufacturing.

### How active is Bison Capital?

7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2019.

### What has Bison Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: FinFit (Series B, Jul 2019), HNI (Series E, Jan 2018) and Midwestern BioAg (Mar 2016).

### How big are Bison Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $26M.

### Does Bison Capital lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Bison Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Bison Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2019.

### What kind of investor is Bison Capital?

Bison Capital is a private equity firm based in Santa Monica, United States.

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