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What does Piper Jaffray invest in?
Piper Jaffray invests most often at Series D and Series C (64% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Asset Management and Banking.
Piper Jaffray highlights
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15 rounds on record
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Mostly Series D and Series C: 64% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $31M
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3 exits from the portfolio
What they do
- Type
- Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Sectors
- Asset ManagementBanking
- Based in
- Minneapolis, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first15 appearances
- 2019
2 rounds
- Dec
- May
- 2015
3 rounds
- Oct
- Sept
- Jun
- 2014
1 round
- Jun
- 2012
2 rounds
- Sept
- Feb
- 2004
3 rounds
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- 2003
2 rounds
- Aug
- Jul
- 2001
1 round
- Mar
- 2000
1 round
- Oct
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 registration24 named
ALAlyssa Lynn BallisChief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
ACAnn C. McCagueExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
BTBridget Tere LarsenChief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
CRChad Richard AbrahamChairman, CEO; Board MemberiForm ADV
DPDavid P. CrosbyMemberiFiling they signed
DLDebbra Lynn SchonemanPresident; Board MemberiForm ADV
EAElisabeth A. SmithExecutive Officer of General PartneriFiling they signed
EAElizabeth A. SmithExecutive Officer of General PartneriFiling they signed
GBGary Bradley LinfordDirectoriFiling they signed
JBJacob Bradley SimmsVice PresidentiFiling they signed
JMJames Martell MartinSecretaryiForm ADV
JJJeremy Joseph GerberCo Head of Public Finance; Board MemberiForm ADV
JWJohn William Jr. GeelanChief Legal OfficeriForm ADV
JJJonathan Jay DoyleHead of Financial Services GroupiForm ADV
KPKatherine Patricia CluneChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
LILaura I. ChellExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
LLLora l. ChellExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
MBM. Bradley WingesPresidentiFiling they signed
MBMark Bradley FaganDirectoriFiling they signed
MBMartin Bradley WingesExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
MSMatthew Stephen HemsleyChief Executive Officer/PresidentiForm ADV
MEMichael Edward CoxCo-Head of Equities; Board MemberiForm ADV
MRMichael Ray DillahuntCo-Head Inv Bkg & Cap Mkts; Board MemberiForm ADV
PJPiper Jaffray CompaniesMemberiFiling they signed
We also hold 44 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
$1.7Bassets it manages, 3 advisers combinedOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- Piper Heartland Healthcare Capital, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 165620
Funds on its Form ADV
7 private funds, $533M in gross assets · filed Nov 2024
- Piper Heartland Healthcare Crossover Fund I, L.P.Private equity77 investors$232M
- Piper Sandler Merchant Banking Fund II, L.P.Private equity82 investors$167M
- Piper Sandler Merchant Banking Fund III, L.P.Private equity35 investors$75M
- Piper Sandler Merchant Banking Fund III Employee, L.P.Private equity63 investors$32M
- Piper Sandler Merchant Banking Fund I, L.P.Private equity17 investors$25M
- PJC Merchant Banking Partners IV, LLCPrivate equity20 investors$1.1M
- PJC Merchant Banking Partners III, LLCPrivate equity20 investors$887K
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
0 of 4 we have independently watched raise
Client Account AccessFbiFixed Income Client PortalMerchant Banking Investor Access
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 listed3 in all
LipoScienceBought by LabCorp$63MSept 2014
ZettaComBought by IDT$35MApr 2004
Lara NetworksBought by Cypress SemiconductorUndisclosedJun 2001
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
Companies it bought
Acquisitions by the firm itself
Simmons & Company InternationalUndisclosedNov 2015
River Branch HoldingsUndisclosedJul 2015
Edgeview PartnersUndisclosedJul 2013