{"id":645437,"date":"2013-03-06T08:17:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T13:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pehub.com\/?p=189618"},"modified":"2013-03-06T08:17:56","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T13:17:56","slug":"peterson-partners-raises-140m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/645437","title":{"rendered":"Peterson Partners Raises $140M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Peterson Partners<\/strong> has raised $140 million for its eighth fund, the firm announced. The Salt Lake City, Utah, private equity firm makes investments of between $2 million and $15 million in companies, and has backed companies including JetBlue Airways and Azul Airlines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRESS RELEASE<br \/>\n<\/strong>Peterson Partners today announced that it has raised its eighth fund, in the<br \/>\namount of $140 million, with participation from prominent U.S. business and<br \/>\ninvestment leaders. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This new fund enables us to continue to serve as reliable capital partners to<br \/>\nour current and future portfolio companies,&#8221; said Dan Peterson, managing partner<br \/>\nof Peterson Partners. &#8220;We look forward to continuing to help outstanding<br \/>\nentrepreneurs build great businesses in the years ahead. We are gratified that<br \/>\nour limited partners have trusted us to find and nurture the kinds of leaders<br \/>\nand companies that have provided thousands of jobs at home and abroad.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The current Peterson Partners portfolio includes an extensive collection of<br \/>\ninnovative, high-value companies across various industries, including JetBlue<br \/>\nAirways and Azul Airlines in the travel industry, Ladder Capital in financial<br \/>\nservices, QMC in communications infrastructure, CLEO in software, Integra in<br \/>\nhealthcare services, and Packsize in the supply chain management industry. <\/p>\n<p>Peterson Partners is led by Founder Joel Peterson, and Partners Brandon Cope and<br \/>\nDan Peterson. Joel Peterson, former managing partner at Trammell Crow Company,<br \/>\ncurrently serves as chairman of JetBlue Airways, is a professor at Stanford`s<br \/>\nGraduate School of Business, and sits on the Board of Overseers at the Hoover<br \/>\nInstitution. Dan Peterson, with deep experience investing in a variety of<br \/>\nindustries, including automotive, financial services and high tech, has served<br \/>\nas managing director at Z Capital and partner at Trammell Crow. Brandon Cope,<br \/>\npreviously with Peterson Ventures and McKinsey &#038; Company, has led several<br \/>\ninvestments in a variety of industries and serves on a number of boards of<br \/>\ndirectors. <\/p>\n<p>Peterson Partners will use the proceeds of its Fund VII to make private equity<br \/>\ninvestments of between $2 million and $15 million. The firm provides growth and<br \/>\nbuyout capital for companies with revenue between $10 million and $50 million. <\/p>\n<p>About Peterson Partners<br \/>\nPeterson Partners, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, is one of the Intermountain<br \/>\nWest`s most successful private equity firms. Specializing in small to mid-sized<br \/>\ncompanies, Peterson Partners has a track record of successful investments<br \/>\nincluding JetBlue, Vivint, EnergySolutions, 3form, Access CIG and Diamond<br \/>\nRental. Founded in 1995, Peterson Partners has managed over $350 million in<br \/>\ncommitted capital through seven funds.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pehub.com\/189618\/peterson-partners-raises-140m\/\">Peterson Partners Raises $140M<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pehub.com\/\">peHUB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?a=dwcJ8FpA7TE:hrQABOhr0xQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?a=dwcJ8FpA7TE:hrQABOhr0xQ:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?a=dwcJ8FpA7TE:hrQABOhr0xQ:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?i=dwcJ8FpA7TE:hrQABOhr0xQ:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?a=dwcJ8FpA7TE:hrQABOhr0xQ:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?a=dwcJ8FpA7TE:hrQABOhr0xQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?i=dwcJ8FpA7TE:hrQABOhr0xQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?a=dwcJ8FpA7TE:hrQABOhr0xQ:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?a=dwcJ8FpA7TE:hrQABOhr0xQ:l6gmwiTKsz0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/pehub\/news\/all?d=l6gmwiTKsz0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/pehub\/news\/all\/~4\/dwcJ8FpA7TE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peterson Partners has raised $140 million for its eighth fund, the firm announced. The Salt Lake City, Utah, private equity firm makes investments of between $2 million and $15 million in companies, and has backed companies including JetBlue Airways and Azul Airlines. PRESS RELEASE Peterson Partners today announced that it has raised its eighth fund, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-645437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}