# Castanea: portfolio, investments and team > Castanea is a private equity based in United States. 6 investments on record, latest Sept 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/castanea-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Castanea Last cheque observed Sep 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet New fund $135M, Oct 2015 Private equity Growth Cosmetics Marketing Consumer Packaged Goods Follow Castanea and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fcastanea-partners) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record Since the last cheque **4051** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$30M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Sole investor **3 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Castanea ## Castanea highlights - 01 6 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Growth and Series B: 67% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 3 rounds, median undisclosed ## What they do > Castanea is a private equity firm that helps owners of great consumer brands realize their vision. From their own website - **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Growth - **Sectors:** Cosmetics Marketing Consumer Packaged Goods - **Based in:** Newton, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances** - **2015** 3 rounds - **Sept** **[4moms](https://millionrounds.com/company/4moms)** Series D · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **Jun** **[Proenza Schouer](https://millionrounds.com/company/proenza-schouer)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Feb** **[Thymes](https://millionrounds.com/company/thymes)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **2014** 3 rounds - **Sept** **[4moms](https://millionrounds.com/company/4moms)** Series B · US **$40M** With 1 other - **Sept** **[Aurora Brands](https://millionrounds.com/company/aurora-brands)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Jun** **[Drybar](https://millionrounds.com/company/drybar)** Growth · US **$20M** 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 **6 named** BJ **Brian Jonathan Knez** Executive Officer i Filing they signed CP **Colleen Patricia Love** Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV PF **Paul Francis Gibbons** Chief Operating Officer i Form ADV RA **Robert Alan Smith** Executive Officer i Filing they signed ST **Steven T. Berg** Executive Officer i Filing they signed TL **Troy L. Stanfield** Executive Officer i Filing they signed We also hold **17** 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 **$239M** assets it manages Oct 2026 **Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC - **Legal name:** Castanea Partners Inc. - **SEC number:** CRD 160229 Funds on its Form ADV **6** private funds, **$423M** in gross assets · filed Mar 2024 - Castanea Partners Fund IV L.P. *Private equity* 22 investors $263M - Castanea Partners IV Coinvestment Fund L.P. *Private equity* 14 investors $90M - Castanea Partners Fund III L.P. *Private equity* 22 investors $37M - Castanea Family Holdings IV LLC *Private equity* 9 investors $19M - Castanea Family Holdings LLC *Private equity* 10 investors $7.0M - Castanea Family Investments LLC *Private equity* 2 investors $7.0M New fund on file **$135M** raised in Oct 2015 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Growth Median round joined **$30M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-** Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 3 rounds - **Last cheque:** Sept 2015 Rounds by stage said on their site - Growth said *1* - Series B *1* - Series D *1* Cheques by year Led Joined 2014 2015 Often in the room with - [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) 2 **Pitching Castanea?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Castanea. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Bain Capital Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) ## Quick answers about Castanea ### What does Castanea invest in? Castanea invests most often at Growth and Series B (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Cosmetics, Marketing and Consumer Packaged Goods. ### How active is Castanea? 6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2015. ### How big are Castanea's cheques? The median round it joins is $30M. ### Does Castanea lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Castanea invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is Castanea investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2015. ### Who does Castanea invest alongside? Most often Bain Capital Ventures (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Castanea? Castanea is a private equity firm based in Newton, United States. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=castanea-partners) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=castanea-partners)