# CIVC Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> CIVC Partners is a private equity based in United States. 3 investments on record, latest Sept 2008. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# CIVC Partners

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Mar 2024, closing $10M. Last cheque observed Sep 2008.

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Private equity Quiet Last fund $10M, Mar 2024

Seed Series A Series B Business Services

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **6649** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$10M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Sole investor **1 rounds**

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## CIVC Partners highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 67% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $10M

## What they do

> CIVC Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm investing in leading middle-market companies in the business services sector. From their own website

- **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Business Services
- **Based in:** Chicago, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2008** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Jinko Solar Holding](https://millionrounds.com/company/jinkosolar-holding)** Series B · CN **$23M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Keen High Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/keen-high-technologies)** Venture **$10M** Sole investor
- **2007** 1 round
- **Jan** **[3Nod](https://millionrounds.com/company/3nod)** Series A · CN **$5.3M** With 2 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**

CH **Chris H. Geneser** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

CJ **Christopher James Perry** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

CM **Christopher Martin Geneser** Partner - Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV

DG **Daniel G. Helle** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

DW **Douglas W. Potters** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

JD **John David Wright** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

JH **John Henry Compall** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

KH **Keith H. Yamada** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

MM **Marc Matthew Mcmanus** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

MD **Marcus D. Wedner** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

MJ **Michael J. Miller** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

SM **Scott Michael Schwartz** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed

We also hold **29** 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

**$2.3B** assets it manages Oct 2026

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

- **Legal name:** CIVC Partners, L.P.
- **SEC number:** CRD 157330

Funds on its Form ADV

**16** private funds, **$2.3B** in gross assets · filed May 2024

- CIVC Partners Fund VII, L.P. *Private equity* 65 investors $553M
- CIVC Partners Fund VI, L.P. *Private equity* 52 investors $476M
- CIVC Partners Fund V, L.P. *Private equity* 105 investors $334M
- CIVC Partners Fund VII-A, L.P. *Private equity* 31 investors $307M
- CIVC SIB CF, L.P. *Private equity* 38 investors $220M
- CIVC Partners Fund VI-A, L.P. *Private equity* 19 investors $197M
- CIVC Partners Fund V-A, L.P. *Private equity* 12 investors $77M
- CIVC Partners Fund IV, L.P. *Private equity* 30 investors $38M
- CIVC Partners Fund IV-A, L.P. *Private equity* 11 investors $20M
- CIVC Partners Executive Fund V, L.P. *Private equity* 15 investors $13M

And 6 more on the filing.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**1** of 2 we have independently watched raise

[Kpa](https://millionrounds.com/company/kpa) 829studios

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.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**[KPA](https://millionrounds.com/company/kpa)** **Undisclosed** Sept 2014

**Track Utilities** **Undisclosed** Jun 2014

Latest fund on file

**$10M**

raised in Mar 2024

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$10M**

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2008

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *1*
- Series B said *1*
- Venture *1*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2007 2008

Often in the room with

- [Shenzhen Capital Group Co.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shenzhen-capital-group) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as CIVC Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Shenzhen Capital Group Co.** Government **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shenzhen-capital-group)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name CIVC Partners in their description, not their title.

- [Growth Investor](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/growth-investor) 4 Oct 2023 · 29 min Becoming The Market Leader: GPRS’ Matt Aston Mentions [CIVC Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/civc-partners) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about CIVC Partners

### What does CIVC Partners invest in?

CIVC Partners invests most often at Series A and Series B (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Business Services.

### How active is CIVC Partners?

3 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2008.

### How big are CIVC Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $10M.

### Is CIVC Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2008.

### Who does CIVC Partners invest alongside?

Most often Shenzhen Capital Group Co. (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is CIVC Partners?

CIVC Partners is a private equity firm based in Chicago, United States.

### How much does CIVC Partners manage?

About $2.3B, as regulatory assets under management (Oct 2026).

### Has CIVC Partners raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Mar 2024, reporting $10M raised.

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