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Pine Brook Partners

Last cheque observed Jan 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Private equityQuietLast fund, Sept 2018

SeedSeries ASeries BEnergyRenewableBattery

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 5 on record
Since the last cheque2837days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$30MRounds led0 of 5Sole investor1 roundsMostly inUnited States, 80%
Pitch Pine Brook Partners

Pine Brook Partners highlights

  1. 01

    5 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Growth and Series A: 60% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $110M

What they do

The site mentions 'Growth Strategy' and 'Sector Focus', suggesting it invests in private companies, but does not explicitly state its type.From their own website
Type
Private equity (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
EnergyRenewableBattery
Based in
New York, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first5 appearances

  1. 2019

    1 round

  2. Jan
    Better MortgageSeries C · US · FinSMEs$70MWith 4 others
  3. 2017

    1 round

  4. Feb
    Better MortgageSeries B · US · FinSMEs$15MWith 2 others
  5. 2016

    1 round

  6. Jun
    Better MortgageSeries A · US · Finance$30MWith 2 others
  7. 2014

    1 round

  8. Sept
    Strategic Funding SourceGrowth · US$110MSole investor
  9. 2013

    1 round

  10. Sept
    Saguaro ResourcesGrowth · CA · canadianprivateequity.com$315MWith 1 other

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 registration6 named

ESElan StukovChief Compliance Officer and Chief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
HHHoward Herman NewmanChairman, Chief Executive OfficeriForm ADV
MJMichael J MartinezChief Operating Officer/General CounseliForm ADV
RARichard Alan AubeLimited Partner of Pine Brook Road Advisors LPiForm ADV
WDWalter Dana LaforgeExecutive Vice PresidentiForm ADV
WLWilliam Larry SpiegelLimited Partner of Pine Brook Road Associates LPiForm ADV

We also hold 32 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

$1.5Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
PINE Brook ROAD Advisors, L.P.
SEC number
CRD 162247

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

3 of 22 we have independently watched raise

BetterFidelisinsuranceSaguaroresourcesAdmiralpermianAeolusAmedeoAtxenergypartnersBrighammineralsClearblueinsurancegroupElevationresGlobalatlanticGrenergyservicesKapitusNbicOriginPelagosinsurancecapitalPursuitogTrinitascmllcUnitedautocreditVibesmVidabankWe-are-accelerate

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.

Who they invest alongside

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

Quick answers about Pine Brook Partners

What does Pine Brook Partners invest in?

Pine Brook Partners invests most often at Growth and Series A (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Energy, Renewable and Battery.

How active is Pine Brook Partners?

5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jan 2019.

What has Pine Brook Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Better Mortgage (Series C, Jan 2019).

How big are Pine Brook Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $30M.

Does Pine Brook Partners lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Pine Brook Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (80%) and Canada (20%).

Is Pine Brook Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jan 2019.

Who does Pine Brook Partners invest alongside?

Most often Goldman Sachs (2 rounds together).

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