GCP – Approach

About Us

The senior investment professionals of GCP are a highly experienced and cohesive team with long track records in private equity across multiple industries.

The senior investment professionals are experienced mentors to entrepreneurs and have a demonstrated ability to source, structure and successfully monetize private equity investments through various economic climates.

$2.0B+

Capital Invested in Over 70 Portfolio Companies

$10M - $50M

Average Per
Investment

$25M - $250M

Enterprise Values of Portfolio Companies

Industries:

Business Services, Financial Services / Technology

GCP Capital Partners (“GCP”) manages North American private equity funds that have invested approximately $2.0 billion in 70+ portfolio companies. Since 2000, GCP’s realized investments have generated over $3.1 billion in proceeds. Fourteen of GCP’s portfolio companies have gone public after GCP’s investment. The funds primarily make investments in the tech-enabled business services and financial services/technology industries. GCP generally makes controlling or influential minority investments of $10 to $50 million.

GCP Capital Partners was formed in 2009 as the successor to Greenhill Capital Partners, the merchant banking business of Greenhill & Co., Inc. (NYSE: GHL), which was founded in 2000.

Nine of GCP’s portfolio companies have grown from “acorns” to “mighty-oaks”, exiting at $1 billion enterprise values or higher.

The senior investment professionals of GCP are a highly experienced and cohesive team with long track records in private equity, having completed over 100 private equity investments across their careers and average over 20 years of private equity experience. The senior investment professionals are experienced mentors to entrepreneurs and strategic partners with management teams.

Criteria

We look to invest in industries with strong underlying growth and in businesses where incremental capital can generate attractive returns on investment and further accelerate growth, both organically and through acquisitions. GCP looks for businesses at inflection points in their operating models, often post VC-funding, but pre-IPO or larger scale private equity capital

Investment Profile

Lower Middle-Market focus
$2 – $25 million in Operating Profit, but will consider earlier stage in certain sectors
$10 – $50 million investments, but will consider lower/higher investments in certain situations
Both control and minority investments

Management

Long track record backing entrepreneurs/founders
Proven managers with successful history of driving value creation
Strong alignment of interests and equity ownership

Industry Focus

Business Services (e.g. enterprise software, marketing technology, big-data, cybersecurity, insurance services, IT services, legal services, among others)
Financial Services/Technology (e.g. payment processing, payments, community banks, insuretech, among others)