Court Square Capital Partners
299 Park Avenue, 35th Floor, New York, NY, 10171, United States
Overview
Court Square Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm. The firm does not consider investments in the alcohol and tobacco, gambling, finance, real estate sectors, and start-up company sectors. It has a generalist approach though prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the building products, business services, chemicals, consumer products, food products and services, healthcare, manufacturing, industrials, media, technology and telecommunications, and transportation sectors in the United States. The firm does not invest globally from its New York and London offices. It typically invests between $50 million and $300 million in equity per transaction in companies with minimum enterprise values of $50 million to acquire a controlling interest. The firm was previously known as Citigroup Venture Capital, Ltd. Court Square Capital Partners was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, New York with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 8
Sector focus
- Customer Service
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- System1
Led · Equity · Sep 2017
System1 develops a pre-targeting platform that analyzes billions of consumer attributes to identify and fulfill consumer intent across social, native, email, search, market research, and lead generation channels. The technology uses statistical and machine-learning models to predict how consumers will respond to various inputs, effectively mirroring natural consumer behavior. System1’s platform is used to unlock and act on intent before traditional targeting methods. The company completed a $270M financing to support its growth. Management says the proceeds will be used to accelerate product development, enhance partner support, and expand the team in Southern California. System1 is co-founded by CEO Chuck Ursini and President Michael Blend and is based in Venice, California.