# Cerberus Capital Management: portfolio, investments and team

> Cerberus Capital Management is a private equity based in United States. 6 investments on record, latest May 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Cerberus Capital Management

Last cheque observed May 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Private equity

Buyout Debt Enterprise Software Manufacturing Financial Services

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record

Since the last cheque **530** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$45M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Cerberus Capital Management highlights

- 01 6 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Growth and Debt: 50% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $164M

## What they do

> Cerberus is an established alternative investment advisor with approximately $70 billion in assets across complementary credit, private equity, and real estate platforms. From their own website

- **Type:** Private equity
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Buyout Debt
- **Sectors:** Enterprise Software Manufacturing Financial Services
- **Based in:** Minneapolis, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances**

- **2025** 1 round
- **May** **[Avicena](https://millionrounds.com/company/avicena)** Series B · US · Prosperity7 Ventures **$65M** With 8 others
- **2022** 1 round
- **Sept** **[AvicenaTech Corp.](https://millionrounds.com/company/avicenatech-corp)** Series A · US · Clear Ventures **$25M** With 3 others
- **2013** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Highwinds](https://millionrounds.com/company/highwinds)** Debt · US · techcrunch.com **$205M** With 2 others
- **2010** 1 round
- **Sept** **[GeoEye](https://millionrounds.com/company/geoeye)** Growth · US · fis.dowjones.com **$78M** Sole investor
- **2007** 1 round
- **Dec** **[REVA Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/reva-medical)** Venture · US **$42M** With 5 others
- **2004** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Air Canada](https://millionrounds.com/company/air-canada)** Growth **$250M** Sole investor

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 **8 named**

AD **Alexander David Benjamin** Senior Managing Director, General Counsel i Form ADV

AI **Andrew Irwin Kandel** Senior Managing Director, Global Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Legal Officer i Form ADV

DO **Deirdre Oconnor** Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV

FW **Frank William Bruno** Senior Managing Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer i Form ADV

JW **John William Snow** Chairman and Senior Managing Director i Form ADV

MA **Mark Alan Neporent** Senior Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Legal Officer i Form ADV

SP **Seth Phillip Plattus** Senior Managing Director, Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Legal Officer i Form ADV

SA **Stephen Andrew Feinberg** Senior Managing Director, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer and Limited Partner i Form ADV

We also hold **179** 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

**$92B** assets it manages Oct 2026

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

- **Legal name:** Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.
- **SEC number:** CRD 152175

Funds on its Form ADV

**203** private funds, **$98B** in gross assets · filed Dec 2024

Hedge **169** Securitised assets **21** Private equity **13**

- Cerberus Global Residential LOAN Strategy Fund, L.P. *Hedge* 83 investors $4.9B
- Cerberus Institutional Partners VI, L.P. *Hedge* 304 investors $4.8B
- Sonoran Private Credit Opportunities Fund, LLC *Hedge* 4 investors $4.0B
- Cerberus Institutional Real Estate Partners V, L.P. *Hedge* 94 investors $3.1B
- Sevetti Fund L.P. *Hedge* 31 investors $3.0B
- Cerberus Global NPL Fund, L.P. *Hedge* 389 investors $3.0B
- Cerberus SFR Opportunistic QF Partners, L.P. *Hedge* 9 investors $2.2B
- Cerberus Redwood Levered LOAN Opportunities Fund A, L.P. *Hedge* 5 investors $2.0B
- Cerberus Global Residential Mortgage Opportunity Fund, L.P. *Hedge* 91 investors $2.0B
- Cerberus Offshore Levered LOAN Opportunities Master Fund IV, L.P. *Hedge* 85 investors $2.0B

And 193 more on the filing.

Who backs their funds

## 2 LPs on record in Cerberus Capital Management's funds

- **Committed:** $3.0B
- **Funds:** 10
- **Vintages:** 2007 to 2025

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

- [**California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)** 8 funds *$2.4B*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-public-employees) Fund Vintage Committed Cerberus CAL Strategic Partners 2025 $102M Cerberus CAL IV Partners 2025 $50M Cerberus Ventures One 2025 $50M Cerberus Supply Chain Fund 2023 $200M Cerberus CAL III Partners 2019 $500M Cerberus CAL II Partners 2017 $500M Cerberus CP Partners 2013 $570M Cerberus Institutional Partners V 2012 $400M
- [**California State Teachers Retirement System** 2 funds *$651M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-state-teachers-retirement-system) Fund Vintage Committed Cerberus Institutional (INTL) Series 1 2008 $151M Cerberus Institutional (Series Four) 2007 $500M

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**Guilford Mills** **$107M** Mar 2004

**ANC Rental Corporation** **Undisclosed** Jun 2003

## The cheque

Buyout Debt

Median round joined **$45M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$164M**

Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** May 2025

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Growth *2*
- Debt said *1*
- Series A *1*
- Series B *1*
- Venture *1*
- Buyout said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Cerberus Capital Management put money into.

[**Avicena** $65M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/avicena)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Cerberus Capital Management in their description, not their title.

- [Venture Unlocked](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/venture-unlocked) 6 Apr 2022 · 49 min 8VC's Drew Oetting on their decision-making culture, building talent at firms, and his most critical learnings as an investor With [Drew Oetting](https://millionrounds.com/person/drew-oetting) Mentions [Cerberus Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cerberus-capital-management)[Joe Lonsdale](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joe-lonsdale) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Cerberus Capital Management

### What does Cerberus Capital Management invest in?

Cerberus Capital Management invests most often at Growth and Debt (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Enterprise Software, Manufacturing and Financial Services.

### How active is Cerberus Capital Management?

6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2025.

### What has Cerberus Capital Management invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Avicena (Series B, May 2025) and AvicenaTech Corp. (Series A, Sept 2022).

### How big are Cerberus Capital Management's cheques?

The median round it joins is $45M.

### Does Cerberus Capital Management lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Cerberus Capital Management invest?

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

### Is Cerberus Capital Management investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2025.

### What kind of investor is Cerberus Capital Management?

Cerberus Capital Management is a private equity firm based in Minneapolis, United States.

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