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Nautic Partners 
Type Private Industry Private equity Founded 1986 Headquarters Providence, Rhode Island Products Leveraged buyout Total assets $2.5 billion Employees 20+ Website www.nauticpartners.com Nautic Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments in middle market companies across a range of industries.
The firm, which is based in Providence, Rhode Island, was founded in 1986 as Fleet Equity Partners, a subsidiary of Fleet Bank. Initially, Fleet Equity Partners invested in private equity exclusively on behalf of the bank. However, beginning in 1993, the team began to accept outside investors. In 2000, Nautic Partners was formed as an independent private equity firm with the majority of its capital for its fifth investment vehicle provided by outside investors. Fleet remained a minority investor.
The firm currently manages approximately $2.5 billion of capital committed by institutional investors. Since 2000, Nautic has raised approximately $1.9 billion across two funds.
Among the firm's notable investments are Prince Sports[1], Fibertech[2], Big Train Coffee[3] and R2C Group. The firm was also previously the owner of Skyline Chili[4]
References
- ^ Nautic Partners and management acquires Prince Sports. AltAssets, Aug 13, 2007
- ^ Fibertech Switches Private Equity Owners. New York Times, August 26, 2010
- ^ Nautic Partners acquires Big Train company. AltAssets, May 3, 2006
- ^ *Investment Fund Offers $23 million for Skyline Chili. New York Times, September 27, 1997
- Down 1 Backer, Nautic Makes Do With Less. Private Equity Insider, April 2, 2008
- Nautic Partners Sells Medegen to CareFusion. New York Times, May 19, 2010
- Nautic Close to Unloading Contec, Report Says. New York Times, June 14, 2006
External links
- Nautic Partners (company website)
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