# ClearLight Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> ClearLight Partners is a private equity based in United States. 1 investment on record, latest Sept 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/clearlight-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# ClearLight Partners

Last cheque observed Sep 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Private equity Quiet Last fund $300M, Nov 2012

Seed Series A Growth Cloud Computing Software Venture Capital & Private Equity

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 1 on record

Since the last cheque **4082** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Cheque size, as they say **$10M – $50M** Rounds led **0 of 1** Sole investor **1 rounds**

Pitch ClearLight Partners

## ClearLight Partners highlights

- 01 1 rounds on record
- 02 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median undisclosed

## What they do

> We’ve been investing in private companies for over 20 years From their own website

- **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $10M – $50M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Growth
- **Sectors:** Cloud Computing Software Venture Capital & Private Equity
- **Based in:** Newport Beach, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **1 appearances**

- **2015** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Walker Advertising](https://millionrounds.com/company/walker-advertising)** US **Undisclosed** 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 **5 named**

AJ **Andrew John Brennan** Member i Form ADV

HQ **Huy Quang Dangvu** Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV

JF **Jay F. Shepherd** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

MS **Michael Stuart Kaye** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

PJ **Patrick J. Haiz** 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

**$390M** assets it manages Oct 2026

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

- **Legal name:** Clearlight Partners Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 157610

Funds on its Form ADV

**2** private funds, **$310M** in gross assets · filed Feb 2024

- ClearLight Partners III, LLC *Private equity* 2 investors $307M
- ClearLight Partners II, LLC *Private equity* 2 investors $2.6M

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**1** of 23 we have independently watched raise

[Walkeradvertising](https://millionrounds.com/company/walker-advertising) Adt Apollo College Appleandeve Bocchilabs Futurelogicinc Getgenea Handelsicecream Intoxalock Katzkin Moorelandscapes Paulfredrick Pepperball Planetfitness Purewatertech Richardson Scs-ref Switchcraft Tasigroup Techmd Theoutsourcegroup Useducationcorp Western Career College

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

**Switchcraft** **Undisclosed** Apr 2005

Latest fund on file

**$300M**

raised in Nov 2012

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A Growth

Median round joined **-** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-**

Led 0 of 1 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $10M – $50M
- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2015

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*
- Growth said *-*

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## Quick answers about ClearLight Partners

### What does ClearLight Partners invest in?

ClearLight Partners says it invests in Cloud Computing, Software and Venture Capital & Private Equity.

### How active is ClearLight Partners?

1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2015.

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

It says it writes cheques of $10M to $50M.

### Is ClearLight Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2015.

### What kind of investor is ClearLight Partners?

ClearLight Partners is a private equity firm based in Newport Beach, United States.

### How much does ClearLight Partners manage?

About $390M, as regulatory assets under management (Oct 2026).

### Has ClearLight Partners raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Nov 2012, reporting $300M raised.

### When was ClearLight Partners founded?

ClearLight Partners was founded in 2000.

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