# Thoma Cressey Equity Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Thoma Cressey Equity Partners is a private equity based in United States. 4 investments on record, latest Mar 2004. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Thoma Cressey Equity Partners

Last cheque observed Mar 2004. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Private equity

Series B Growth Venture

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record

Since the last cheque **8252** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$80M** Rounds led **0 of 4** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio**

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## Thoma Cressey Equity Partners highlights

- 01 4 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B and Growth: 75% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median undisclosed
- 04 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Based in:** United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances**

- **2004** 2 rounds
- **Mar** **[Jazz Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/jazz-pharmaceuticals)** Series B · US **$250M** With 8 others
- **Jan** **[Essent Healthcare](https://millionrounds.com/company/essent-healthcare)** Venture · US **$80M** With 1 other
- **2003** 2 rounds
- **Apr** **[ESP Pharma](https://millionrounds.com/company/esp-pharma)** Series B · US **$20M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Van Wagner Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/van-wagner-group)** Growth · US **Undisclosed** 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.

Who backs their funds

## 1 LP on record in Thoma Cressey Equity Partners's funds

- **Committed:** $100M
- **Funds:** 1
- **Vintages:** 2001

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2025.

- [**California State Teachers Retirement System** 1 fund *$100M*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/california-state-teachers-retirement-system) Fund Vintage Committed Thoma Cressey Fund VII 2001 $100M

## Exits from the portfolio

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

**[Jazz Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/jazz-pharmaceuticals)** Listed **Undisclosed** May 2007

**[ESP Pharma](https://millionrounds.com/company/esp-pharma)** Bought by [PDL Biopharma](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pdl-biopharma) **Undisclosed** Jan 2005

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

**Excelligence Learning** **Undisclosed** Dec 2006

**Daticon** **Undisclosed** Sept 2003

## The cheque

Series B Growth Venture

Median round joined **$80M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **-**

Led 0 of 4 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Mar 2004
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B *2*
- Growth *1*
- Venture *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2003 2004

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## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Thoma Cressey Equity Partners in their description, not their title.

- [Growth Investor](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/growth-investor) 27 Nov 2024 · 27 min Leaders in Healthcare Growth Investing: Spectrum Equity’s Jeff Haywood and Steve LeSieur With [Jeff Haywood](https://millionrounds.com/person/jeff-haywood)[Steve LeSieur](https://millionrounds.com/person/steve-lesieur) Mentions [Spectrum Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spectrum-equity)[Thoma Cressey Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thoma-cressey-equity-partners)[Thomas Weisel Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thomas-weisel-partners) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Thoma Cressey Equity Partners

### What does Thoma Cressey Equity Partners invest in?

Thoma Cressey Equity Partners invests most often at Series B and Growth (75% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Thoma Cressey Equity Partners?

4 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Mar 2004.

### How big are Thoma Cressey Equity Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $80M.

### Is Thoma Cressey Equity Partners investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2004.

### What kind of investor is Thoma Cressey Equity Partners?

Thoma Cressey Equity Partners is a private equity firm based in United States.

### Where does this information on Thoma Cressey Equity Partners come from?

From public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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