# Tailwind Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Tailwind Capital is a private equity based in United States. 3 investments on record, latest Jul 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Tailwind Capital

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

Quiet New fund $1.8B, Sept 2023 Private equity

Series A Series B Growth Music Wellbeing Art

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **4130** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$24M** Rounds led **0 of 3** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio**

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## Tailwind Capital highlights

- 01 3 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median undisclosed
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Tailwind is focused on control investments in high quality, middle market companies in three core sub-sectors. From their own website

- **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Music Wellbeing Art
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2015** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Lieberman Research Worldwide](https://millionrounds.com/company/lieberman-research-worldwide)** US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2010** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Nautilus Neurosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/nautilus-neurosciences)** Series A · US · onbiovc.com **$18M** With 1 other
- **2009** 1 round
- **Nov** **[iSuppli](https://millionrounds.com/company/isuppli)** Series B · US **$30M** With 4 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 **15 named**

AF **Adam F. Stulberger** Managing Director of the general partner of the sole member i Filing they signed

AR **Andrew Rockwell Mayer** Partner of Tailwind Capital Group LLC i Filing they signed

BS **Brian S. Berkin** Partner of Tailwind Capital Group LLC i Filing they signed

CS **Caki S. Guinee** Partner of Tailwind Capital Group LLC i Filing they signed

DJ **Daniel Jason Bise** Partner of Tailwind Capital Group LLC i Filing they signed

DS **David S. Bauman** Managing Director i Filing they signed

DS **David Sanders Gorton** Managing Director of the general partner of the sole member i Filing they signed

FV **Frank Vincent Sica** Managing Director of the general partner of the sole member i Filing they signed

GS **Geoffrey S. Raker** Managing Director of the general partner of the sole member i Filing they signed

JS **James Stevenson Hoch** Managing Director of the general partner of the sole member i Filing they signed

JM **Jeffrey Michael Calhoun** Managing Partner of Tailwind Capital Group LLC. Managing Partner of Tailwind Capital Group Holdings LLC. i Filing they signed

LB **Lawrence Brian Sorrel** Managing Partner of Tailwind Capital Group LLC. Managing Partner of Tailwind Capital Group Holdings LLC. i Filing they signed

MS **Michael Scott Bertisch** General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer of Tailwind Capital Group LLC i Filing they signed

SS **Syed S. Mohsin** Chief Financial Officer of Tailwind Capital Group LLC i Filing they signed

WA **William Aaron Fleder** Partner of Tailwind Capital Group LLC i Filing they signed

We also hold **70** 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

**$5.4B** assets it manages Oct 2026

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

- **Legal name:** Tailwind Management LP
- **SEC number:** CRD 156562

Funds on its Form ADV

**18** private funds, **$3.9B** in gross assets · filed Mar 2024

- Tailwind Capital Partners III, L.P. *Private equity* 211 investors $1.6B
- Tailwind Capital Partners II, L.P. *Private equity* 124 investors $541M
- Tailwind Capital Partners III (Cayman), L.P. *Private equity* 33 investors $450M
- Tailwind Capital Partners IV, L.P. *Private equity* 50 investors $252M
- TCP III SIV, L.P. *Private equity* 2 investors $201M
- Tailwind Smith Cooper Investor, L.P. *Private equity* 11 investors $184M
- Tailwind TPRC Investor, L.P. *Private equity* 28 investors $160M
- Tailwind Capital Partners III AIV, L.P. *Private equity* 209 investors $112M
- Tailwind Capital Partners II (Cayman), L.P. *Private equity* 10 investors $75M
- TCP II Co-Invest A, L.P. *Private equity* 2 investors $67M

And 8 more on the filing.

Who backs their funds

## 3 LPs on record in Tailwind Capital's funds

- **Committed:** $1.1B
- **Funds:** 5
- **Vintages:** 2006 to 2025

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)** 3 funds *$400M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-public-employees) Fund Vintage Committed Tailwind Capital Partners III 2018 $200M TCP II Co-Invest B 2015 $50M Tailwind Capital Partners II 2014 $150M
- [**Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund** 3 funds *$350M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oregon-public-employees) Fund Vintage Committed Tailwind Capital Partners III 2017 $200M Tailwind Capital Partners II 2013 $75M Tailwind Capital Partners 2006 $75M
- [**Washington State Investment Board** 2 funds *$339M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/washington-state-investment-board) Fund Vintage Committed Tailwind Capital Partners Fund IV 2025 $139M Tailwind Capital Partners III 2018 $200M

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 16 we have independently watched raise

Acertusdelivers Axisair Bannersolutions Brightspot Cloud4good Cumming-group Dmdsystems Graymattersystems Hmttank Issaonline Learn how to Ntsafety Onediversified Onixnet Reliablesfc Valorfleetservices

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**

**[iSuppli](https://millionrounds.com/company/isuppli)** Bought by IHS Inc. **$95M** Nov 2010

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

**Premier Store Fixtures** **Undisclosed** Aug 2015

**National HME** **Undisclosed** Jul 2015

**Diamondback Drugs** **Undisclosed** Dec 2014

**Aircast Incorporated** **Undisclosed** Nov 2004

**Trover Solutions,Inc.** **Undisclosed** Feb 2004

New fund on file

**$1.8B**

raised in Sept 2023

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

## The cheque

Series A Series B Growth

Median round joined **$24M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-**

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2015
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *1*
- Series B said *1*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2009 2015

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## Quick answers about Tailwind Capital

### What does Tailwind Capital invest in?

Tailwind Capital invests most often at Series A and Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Music, Wellbeing and Art.

### How active is Tailwind Capital?

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

### How big are Tailwind Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $24M.

### Is Tailwind Capital investing now?

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

### What kind of investor is Tailwind Capital?

Tailwind Capital is a private equity firm based in New York, United States.

### How much does Tailwind Capital manage?

About $5.4B, as regulatory assets under management (Oct 2026).

### Has Tailwind Capital raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Sept 2023, reporting $1.8B raised.

### When was Tailwind Capital founded?

Tailwind Capital was founded in 2003.

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