CI Capital Partners is a private equity firm

Private equity firm

A private equity firm is an investment manager that makes investments in the private equity of operating companies through a variety of loosely affiliated investment strategies including leveraged buyout, venture capital, and growth capital...

 founded in 1993 by Frederick Iseman

Frederick Iseman

Frederick J. Iseman is an American businessman and the founder of CI Capital Partners private-equity firm.- Biography :Frederick Iseman founded Caxton-Iseman Capital LLC in 1993 in partnership with Caxton Associates...

 and based in New York

New York

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 that specializes in middle market leveraged buyouts. It is estimated that CI Capital Partners manages approximately $2 billion in assets

Assets under management

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History

Frederick Iseman

Frederick Iseman

Frederick J. Iseman is an American businessman and the founder of CI Capital Partners private-equity firm.- Biography :Frederick Iseman founded Caxton-Iseman Capital LLC in 1993 in partnership with Caxton Associates...

, CI Capital Partners’ chairman, formed the firm (then called Caxton-Iseman Capital) in 1993 with Caxton Associates, a New York investment management firm with $11 billion in assets under management

Assets under management

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On December 21, 2007, Caxton-Iseman Capital announced that it had completed its spin-off from Caxton Associates. Caxton-Iseman Capital subsequently changed its name to CI Capital Partners LLC.

Current Investments

• Ply Gem Industries (housing components)
• American Residential Services (heating and ventilation)
• Conney Safety Products, LLC (distributor of safety products)
• Prodigy Health Group (health care services)
• Electrograph Systems (flat screen media distribution)
• KIK Custom Products (consumer goods manufacturer)
• CoVant Technologies (Federal information technology)
• Transplace (Non-asset based 3rd Party Logistics Provider)

Notable Current & Prior Investments

• Buffets, Inc. - an operator of buffet
  Buffet
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   style restaurants (Ryan's, HomeTown Buffet)
• Anteon International Corporation - formerly listed ANT on the NYSE, an information technology company that was acquired by General Dynamics
  General Dynamics
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   in 2006)
• Magnavox
  Magnavox
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   Electronics - defense electronics contractor acquired from Phillips N.V.