# Lime Rock Partners: portfolio, investments and team > Lime Rock Partners is a private equity based in United States. 10 investments on record, latest Dec 2014. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/lime-rock-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Lime Rock Partners Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Nov 2026, closing $215M. Last cheque observed Dec 2014. Email Private equity Quiet New fund $215M, Nov 2026 Seed Series A Series B Photovoltaic Gas Grid Follow Lime Rock Partners and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Flime-rock-partners) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 10 on record Since the last cheque **4356** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$23M** Cheque size, as they say **$50M – $150M** Rounds led **0 of 10** Sole investor **4 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 89%** Pitch Lime Rock Partners ## Lime Rock Partners highlights - 01 10 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Growth and Venture: 67% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $23M - 04 1 exits from the portfolio ## What they do > Creative Private Equity Investment Partner From their own website - **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $50M – $150M as they say - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Photovoltaic Gas Grid - **Based in:** Houston, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **10 appearances** - **2014** 4 rounds - **Dec** **[Capstone II](https://millionrounds.com/company/capstone-ii)** Venture · US **$100M** Sole investor - **Dec** **[Battlecat Oil & Gas](https://millionrounds.com/company/battlecat-oil-and-gas)** Growth · US **$220M** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Laricina Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/laricina-energy)** Debt · CA **$15M** With 1 other - **Jan** **[Augustus Energy Partners](https://millionrounds.com/company/augustus-energy-partners)** Growth · US **$97M** With 3 others - **2011** 1 round - **Jul** **[Senscient](https://millionrounds.com/company/senscient)** Series C · US · senscient.com **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **2010** 1 round - **Mar** **[TerraSpark Geosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/terraspark-geosciences)** Venture · US · bx.businessweek.com **$6.0M** Sole investor - **2005** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[SmartSynch](https://millionrounds.com/company/smartsynch)** Series C · US · thefreelibrary.com **$12M** With 9 others - **Feb** **[Slate River Resources](https://millionrounds.com/company/slate-river-resources)** Growth **$30M** Sole investor - **2003** 2 rounds - **Jul** **[SmartSynch](https://millionrounds.com/company/smartsynch)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 5 others - **Mar** **[NATCO Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/natco-group)** US **$15M** 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 **13 named** AR **Anuragh Raj Mehta** Chief Compliance Officer/ General Counsel i Form ADV CT **C. Tim Miller** Mr. Miller is the Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer i Filing they signed CA **Charles Adcock** Mr. Adcock is a member and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of the General Partner of the Issuer and Co-Chief Executive Officer i Filing they signed CT **Clarence Tim Miller** President and Chief Operating Officer of Lime Rock Resources i Form ADV ED **Eric Dwayne Mullins** Mr. Mullins is a member and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the general partner of the General Partner of the Issuer and Co-Chief Executive Officer i Filing they signed JM **Jason Michael Mclane** Limited Partner i Form ADV JB **Jeffrey Bennett Scofield** Member of the general partner of the GP i Filing they signed JT **John Thomas Reynolds** Mr. Reynolds is a director and member of the general partner of the General Partner of the Issuer and the co-founder and managing director of the Manager i Filing they signed JC **Jonathan Clark Farber** Mr. Farber is a director and member of the general partner of the General Partner of the Issuer and the co-founder and managing director of the Manager i Filing they signed MA **Mark Adrian Mccall** Secretary and CFO of LRP GP VI, Inc., the GP of Lime Rock Partners GP VI, L.P., the GP i Filing they signed MT **Morrow Tim Evans** Mr. Evans is Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer i Filing they signed SM **Susan M. Oswald** Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and an authorized signatory of the general partner of the GP i Filing they signed SM **Susan Marie Bellantoni** Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV We also hold **23** 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 **$5.5B** assets it manages Oct 2026 **Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC - **Legal name:** LIME ROCK Management LP - **SEC number:** CRD 157127 Funds on its Form ADV **26** private funds, **$12B** in gross assets · filed Sept 2024 Private equity **21** Hedge **5** - Lime Rock Partners IV AF, L.P. *Private equity* 173 investors $6.4B - Lime Rock Partners VIII, L.P. *Private equity* 64 investors $694M - Lime Rock Resources IV-A, L.P. *Hedge* 21 investors $557M - Lime Rock Partners VII, L.P. *Private equity* 49 investors $534M - Lime Rock Resources V-A, L.P. *Hedge* 11 investors $492M - LR-Crownrock Minerals Coinvestment II, L.P. *Private equity* 23 investors $442M - LR-Crownrock Minerals Coinvestment, L.P. *Private equity* 28 investors $433M - Lime Rock Resources IV-C, L.P. *Hedge* 30 investors $406M - Lime Rock Resources III-A, L.P. *Hedge* 25 investors $355M - Lime Rock Resources III-C, L.P. *Hedge* 39 investors $312M And 16 more on the filing. Who backs their funds ## 2 LPs on record in Lime Rock Partners's funds - **Committed:** $73M - **Funds:** 2 - **Vintages:** 2006 to 2012 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)** 1 fund *$43M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-public-employees) Fund Vintage Committed Lime Rock Partners IV 2006 $43M - [**Regents of the University of California** 1 fund *$30M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/regents-of-the-university-of-california) Fund Vintage Committed Lime Rock Partners VI 2012 $30M ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **0** of 1 we have independently watched raise Limerockresources 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 **1 in all** **[SmartSynch](https://millionrounds.com/company/smartsynch)** Bought by [Itron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/itron) **$100M** Feb 2012 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. New fund on file **$215M** raised in Nov 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 **$23M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$23M** Led 0 of 10 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $50M – $150M - **Sole investor:** 4 rounds - **Last cheque:** Dec 2014 - **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Growth said *3* - Venture *3* - Series C *2* - Debt *1* - Seed said *-* - Series A said *-* - Series B said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2003 2014 Often in the room with - [Kinetic Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kinetic-ventures) 2 - [Nth Power](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nth-power) 2 - [Siemens](https://millionrounds.com/fund/siemens) 2 - [Wells Fargo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wells-fargo-capital) 2 **Pitching Lime Rock Partners?** 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 Lime Rock Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Kinetic Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kinetic-ventures)[**Nth Power** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nth-power)[**Siemens** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/siemens)[**Wells Fargo Capital** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wells-fargo-capital) ## Mentioned on podcasts Episodes that name Lime Rock Partners in their description, not their title. - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) 18 Dec 2023 · 47 min Gary Sernovitz - Inside the CIO Seat (EP.357) With [Gary Sernovitz](https://millionrounds.com/person/gary-sernovitz) Mentions [Lime Rock Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lime-rock-partners) Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Lime Rock Partners ### What does Lime Rock Partners invest in? Lime Rock Partners invests most often at Growth and Venture (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Photovoltaic, Gas and Grid. ### How active is Lime Rock Partners? 10 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Dec 2014. ### How big are Lime Rock Partners's cheques? The median round it joins is $23M. It says it writes cheques of $50M to $150M. ### Does Lime Rock Partners lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 10 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Lime Rock Partners invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (89%) and Canada (11%). ### Is Lime Rock Partners investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Dec 2014. ### Who does Lime Rock Partners invest alongside? Most often Kinetic Ventures (2 rounds together), Nth Power (2 rounds together) and Siemens (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Lime Rock Partners? 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