# Generation Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Generation Partners is a private equity based in United States. 9 investments on record, latest Apr 2013. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Generation Partners

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Jun 2026, closing $15M. Last cheque observed Apr 2013.

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Quiet New fund $15M, Jun 2026 Private equity

Seed Series A Series B Healthcare Business Services Industrial

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 9 on record

Since the last cheque **4952** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$68M** Cheque size, as they say **$20M – $100M** Rounds led **0 of 9** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 88%**

Pitch Generation Partners

## Generation Partners highlights

- 01 9 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series C and Series A: 56% of its rounds
- 03 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> The page title states 'Growth Equity Firm | Private Equity Investments', and the team member background references 'a growth equity investment firm'. From their own website

- **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $20M – $100M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Healthcare Business Services Industrial
- **Based in:** Greenwich, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **9 appearances**

- **2013** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Donuts](https://millionrounds.com/company/donuts)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **2012** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Donuts](https://millionrounds.com/company/donuts)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$100M** With 5 others
- **2009** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Ausra](https://millionrounds.com/company/ausra)** Series D · US · solarindustrymag.com **$26M** With 4 others
- **2007** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Demand Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/demand-media)** Series D · US · liquidscenarios.com **$100M** With 4 others
- **2006** 3 rounds
- **Oct** Series C **$14M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Demand Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/demand-media)** Series C · US · liquidscenarios.com **$100M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Demand Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/demand-media)** Series A · US · liquidscenarios.com **$122M** With 2 others
- **2005** 1 round
- **Jul** **[iCrossing](https://millionrounds.com/company/icrossing)** Series C · GB · generation.com **$13M** With 1 other
- **1999** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Snowball](https://millionrounds.com/company/snowball)** Growth · US **$35M** With 9 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 **4 named**

AP **Andrew Paul Hertzmark** Managing Member of Generation Partners Product Labs LLC, the Issuer's General Partner i Filing they signed

JA **John Arnold Hawkins** Managing Member of Generation Partners Product Labs LLC, the Issuer's General Partner i Filing they signed

LM **Louis Michael Marino** Non-Managing Member of Generation Partners Product Labs LLC, the Issuer's General Partner i Filing they signed

ME **Mark Edward Jennings** Managing Member of Generation Partners Product Labs LLC, the Issuer's General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **10** 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

**$402M** assets it manages Oct 2026

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

- **Legal name:** Generation Partners Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 160589

Funds on its Form ADV

**8** private funds, **$405M** in gross assets · filed Apr 2024

Venture **4** Private equity **4**

- Generation Partners Real Estate LLC *Venture* 54 investors $139M
- Generation Capital Partners II L.P. *Private equity* 36 investors $71M
- Generation Capital Partners Captivate L.P. *Private equity* 48 investors $51M
- Generation Capital Partners Payactiv L.P. *Venture* 44 investors $50M
- Generation Capital Partners HGR L.P. *Venture* 74 investors $45M
- GCP Captivate Secondary L.P. *Venture* 75 investors $44M
- Generation Members' Fund II L.P. *Private equity* 16 investors $3.9M
- Generation Capital Partners Agility L.P. *Private equity* 31 investors $1.3M

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

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

[Agilityrecovery](https://millionrounds.com/company/agility-recovery)[Donuts](https://millionrounds.com/company/donuts)[Icrossing](https://millionrounds.com/company/icrossing)[Payactiv](https://millionrounds.com/company/payactiv)[Rightside](https://millionrounds.com/company/rightside)[Shopwiki](https://millionrounds.com/company/shopwiki)[Zirmed](https://millionrounds.com/company/zirmed) Captivate Cayetanodevelopment Cellularone Comcasttechnologysolutions Highend Johnnyrockets Leafgroup Medvance Monster Northstar Post Remotelegal Scientificgames Talentsolutions Truedialog Virtualrad

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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all**

**[iCrossing](https://millionrounds.com/company/icrossing)** Bought by Hearst Corporation **$325M** Jun 2010

**[Ausra](https://millionrounds.com/company/ausra)** Bought by AREVA Inc **Undisclosed** Feb 2010

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$15M**

raised in Jun 2026

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$68M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 9 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $20M – $100M
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Apr 2013
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series C *3*
- Series A said *2*
- Series D *2*
- Growth said *1*
- Series B said *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Pre-IPO said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

1999 2013

Often in the room with

- [Oak Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oak-investment-partners) 3
- [Spectrum Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spectrum-equity) 3
- [3i Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/3i-group) 2
- [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Oak Investment Partners** Private equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oak-investment-partners)[**Spectrum Equity** Private equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spectrum-equity)[**3i Group** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/3i-group)[**Goldman Sachs** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Generation Partners in the title.

- [Money Maze Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/money-maze) 19 Aug 2021 · 46 min The Family Office Approach to Wealth Management: Charlotte Thorne, Co-Founder of Capital Generation Partners Mentions [Generation Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/generation-partners)[The Family](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-family) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Generation Partners

### What does Generation Partners invest in?

Generation Partners invests most often at Series C and Series A (56% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Healthcare, Business Services and Industrial.

### How active is Generation Partners?

9 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Apr 2013.

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

The median round it joins is $68M. It says it writes cheques of $20M to $100M.

### Does Generation Partners lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 9 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Generation Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (88%) and the United Kingdom (13%).

### Is Generation Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2013.

### Who does Generation Partners invest alongside?

Most often Oak Investment Partners (3 rounds together), Spectrum Equity (3 rounds together) and 3i Group (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Generation Partners?

Generation Partners is a private equity firm based in Greenwich, United States.

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