CIVC

Investor type

PE / VC

Founded

1970

AUM

$2 500 M

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

$50-100 m

Investment Ticket

3-5 years

Investment Horizon

Seed, Series B, Series A

Investment Stage

Sale to strategic investor, IPO

Exit Strategy

Investor profile last updated: 27 July, 2026

Profile

CIVC Partners is a private equity firm, based in Chicago, focused on middle market buyout, recapitalization, and growth equity investments in industry sectors where our firm can combine its experience, resource network and insight to provide flexible capital for portfolio companies and investors.

CIVC was founded in 1970, and our current investment strategy and the core of our management team have been in place since 1989, investing over $1.9 billion of capital in 70 platform companies since then.

In this time span, CIVC has actively and consistently invested in the Business Services vertical. This focus area offers CIVC investment opportunities across numerous attractive, high growth niches. We believe this focused approach has led to our strong results by creating advantages in selecting and working with portfolio companies to achieve our collective strategic and financial goals.

Industry

Financial Services Fintech Marketing and Advertising Other Software Travel Energy LegalTech TravelTech AdTech Digital Healthcare Services IT Services Infrastructure HealthTech Real Estate CleanTech

Region of investment

North America Europe

CIVC Funds

Name Type
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Industry
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Region
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CIVC Partners Fund III
Private Equity (PE)
Digital
Fintech
Healthcare Services
IT Services
Infrastructure
HealthTech
Series B
Late Stage (Series C+)
North America
$5-10 m
$650 M
November 2003
CIVC Partners Fund V
Private Equity (PE)
Financial Services
Fintech
Marketing and Advertising
Real Estate
HealthTech
Series B
Late Stage (Series C+)
North America
$5-10 m
$454 M
May 2017
CIVC Partners Fund VII
Private Equity (PE)
IT Services
Marketing and Advertising
Real Estate
Energy
HealthTech
Series B
Late Stage (Series C+)
North America
$5-10 m
$870 M
November 2023
CIVC Partners Fund VI, LP
Private Equity (PE)
Financial Services
Fintech
Marketing and Advertising
Real Estate
Energy
CleanTech
LegalTech
Series B
Late Stage (Series C+)
North America
Asia
$5-10 m
$525 M
November 2020

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FAQs about CIVC

CIVC is located in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
CIVC was founded in 1970.
CIVC invests in companies and startups in Financial Services, Fintech, Marketing and Advertising, Other, Software, Travel, Energy, LegalTech, TravelTech, AdTech, Digital, Healthcare Services, IT Services, Infrastructure, HealthTech, Real Estate, CleanTech.
CIVC invests in companies and startups in North America, Europe.
CIVC invests in companies and startups at Seed, Series B, Series A.
CIVC usually invests $50-100 m on average.
CIVC has around $2 500m assets under management.
CIVC last fund was created/launched in 2023-11-23