Sterling Partners is a private equity firm and venture debt provider. Based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Among the 12 companies in the known portfolio are Champ, Stationhead, Stella, Lecturio, Cerebro Capital and Fancy Sprinkles.
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Who to pitch at Sterling Partners
Sterling Partners portfolio companies (12)
- Champ
- Stationhead
- Stella
- Lecturio
- Cerebro Capital
- Fancy Sprinkles
- Stella Mental Health
- Aliro
- Big Blue Marble Academy
- Mellomanic
- Reading Plus
- Traffic Solutions Corporation
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About Sterling Partners
The firm's listing covers sectors Commerce, Consumer, Education and FinTech, and focus areas Analytics, Children, Data and Data Analytics; known deals cluster at Late-Stage, Seed and Series A.
Of the 14 people on file at Sterling Partners, Steven Taslitz (Chairman and Co-Founder) and Michael Bronfein (Managing Partner) are listed as the contacts to approach first.
Across the known portfolio, 18 co-investors appear alongside Sterling Partners, including TGFS Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen, Adit Ventures and Red Light Management.
Frequently asked questions
What is Sterling Partners?
Sterling Partners is a private equity firm and venture debt provider based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, with a known portfolio of 12 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Sterling Partners invest in?
Listed sectors include Commerce, Consumer, Education and FinTech; listed focus areas include Analytics, Children, Data and Data Analytics. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Sterling Partners invest at?
The known deals of Sterling Partners include Late-Stage, Seed and Series A rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Sterling Partners?
2 of the 14 people on file at Sterling Partners are listed as contacts for the firm. All 14 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Sterling Partners?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 14 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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