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Firms / Wind Point Partners
Wind Point Partners
Private equity with venture activity · probableChicago, ILwindpointpartners.comSEC registered investment adviser
Wind Point Partners is a private equity firm based in Chicago that acquires and maximizes the potential of middle-market businesses throughout North America
registered adviser; venture funds are 0% of 15 private funds
Importance
62
high
Active deployment
55
elevated
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
75
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
22
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Chicago, ILadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 676 N. MICHIGAN AVE., STE. 3700, Chicago, IL, 60611adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 312-255-4800adviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC adviser type
- registered investment adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 31, 2024
- Private funds reported
- 15 (0 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $6.1Badviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Regulatory AUM
- $6.1Bthe adviser's RAUM, a regulatory measure, never a fund size
- Employees
- 44
- Owners on Schedule A
- Wind Point Management Holdings, L.P. (Limited Partner), E; Lighthouse Capital Holdings II, L.P. (Limited Partner), E; Wind Point Draws, L.P. (Managing Member), E; Lighthouse Capital Holdings II GP, LLC (General Partner), F
- business phone
- 312-255-4800adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
29 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- consumer, industrial
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- chicago, michigan
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 100%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 29
Funds and vehicles
4 reported, 1 no longer reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Point Partners XI | Fund | 2025 lp reported | Early deployment | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Wind Point Partners X, L.P | Fund | 2024 lp reported | Early deployment | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Wind Point Partners IX | Fund | 2019 lp reported | Mature | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Wind Point Partners VII-A LP | Feeder or parallel | 2008 lp reported | Harvest | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Wind Point Partners IV, L.P. | Fund · ADV: Private Equity Fund | unknown | Wound down | $2.9M Oct 2, 2019 | 37 | unknown | unknown |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
80 current, 6 departed
Clare Hardiman
AssociateAssociate
Colleen Norman
AssociateSenior Executive Administrator, HR Associate
Lydia Eisenmann
AssociateAssociate
Megan Ward
AssociateAssociate
Peter Skinner
AssociateAssociate
Trent Lammers
AssociateAssociate
Young Mu Lee
AssociateAssociate
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Investor relationsAVP, Investor Relations and Portfolio Analytics
Lauren Dowdle
Investor relationsVP, Investor Relations and Marketing
Ron Liberman
Investor relationsHead of Investor Relations
Sydney Sankar
Investor relationsSenior Executive Administrator, Investor Relations
Aubrey Hamilton
OtherExecutive Administrator
Fabiola Contaris
OtherExecutive Administrator
Felipe Soares
OtherHead of Value Creation
Alex E Washington
PartnerLimited Partner · since Dec 1, 2021
Alex Washington
PartnerManaging Director
Joe Lawler
PartnerManaging Director
Joseph Christopher Lawler
PartnerManaging Director · since Jan 1, 2020
Kimberly Rich
PartnerTax Manager
Konrad a Salaber
PartnerManaging Director · since Jun 1, 2017
Konrad Salaber
PartnerManaging Director
Nathan Brown
PartnerManaging Director
Nathanael Alexander Brown
PartnerLimited Partner · since Dec 1, 2021
Paul Harvey Peterson
PartnerLimited Partner · since Dec 1, 2021
Paul Peterson
PartnerManaging Director
Allison Vandenberg
Platform and operationsDirector of Talent
Colleen McMorrow
Platform and operationsAccounting Manager, Funds
Ellie Farquharson
Platform and operationsAccounting Manager, Firm Operations
Investor Relations
Platform and operationsFinance, Talent, Legal and Operations
Jenny Nolan
Platform and operationsAdministrative Operations Manager
Karla Hernandez
Platform and operationsExecutive Administrator, Events
Kristen Leeanne Trotta
Platform and operationsChief Financial Officer · since Mar 1, 2022
Kristen Oats
Platform and operationsDirector of Value Creation – Finance
Kristen Trotta
Platform and operationsChief Financial Officer
Molly Parrilli
Platform and operationsEvents Manager
Neil Olsen
Platform and operationsController
Sejal Bell
Platform and operationsDirector of Finance
Trish Gilbert
Platform and operationsChief Talent Officer
Usman Shakeel
Platform and operationsGeneral Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Usman Shakeel
Platform and operationsGeneral Counsel And Chief Compliance Officer · since Aug 1, 2022
Adam Jump
PrincipalPrincipal
Clayton Finley
PrincipalPrincipal
Jake Behringer
PrincipalPrincipal
Kathy Rybicki
PrincipalDirector of Value Creation – Technology
Peter Leemputte
PrincipalPrincipal
Yury Kapko
PrincipalPrincipal
Alec Petrie
Vice presidentVice President
Brendan Schafer
Vice presidentSenior Associate
Chloe Zhou
Vice presidentSenior Associate
George Mathews
Vice presidentSenior Associate
Irwin Bhathal
Vice presidentVice President
Kathryn Kopp
Vice presidentVice President
Nick Wilson
Vice presidentVice President
Sam Burchell
Vice presidentVice President
Sean Lischke
Vice presidentVice President
6 departed (kept with end dates)
- David Matthew Stott · Managing Director · Jun 1, 2017 to Jul 24, 2023 Inference
- James Paul Tenbroek · Member · May 1, 1999 to Mar 29, 2016 Inference
- Mark Raymond Burgett · Member · Apr 1, 2009 to Mar 28, 2018 Inference
- Richard Robertson Kracum · Member · May 1, 1999 to Mar 30, 2020 Inference
- Robert Louis Cummings · Member · May 1, 1999 to Mar 30, 2020 Inference
- Leann Kay Kilarski · Coo/Cco/Cfo · Sep 1, 2005 to Jun 22, 2022 Inference
Investments on record
29 edges, 29 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
9 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Godspeed Capital Management LP 2 shared · recurringH.I.G. Capital, LLC 1 shared · one timeShoreline Equity Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeHack Vc Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeHavencrest Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeHyde Park Angels, Inc. 1 shared · one timeBenford Capital Partners Management, L.P. 1 shared · one timeSvoboda Capital Partners LLC 1 shared · one timeNext Level Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
8 disclosed
- Minnesota State Board of Investment $175M msbi.us
- Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation $40.0M apfc.org
- Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association $75.0M content.copera.org
- Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association in Wind Point Partners X, L.P $75.0M content.copera.org
- Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation in Wind Point Partners VII-A LP $40.0M apfc.org
- Minnesota State Board of Investment in Wind Point Partners IX $100M msbi.us
- Minnesota State Board of Investment in Wind Point Partners X, L.P $100M msbi.us
- Minnesota State Board of Investment in Wind Point Partners XI $175M msbi.us
Timeline
22 dated events
- Jun 30, 2026MSBI reports Wind Point Partners XI: $175,000,000 committed, vintage 2025
- Jun 30, 2026MSBI reports Wind Point Partners X: $100,000,000 committed, vintage 2022, net IRR 12.2%, 1.25x
- Jun 30, 2026MSBI reports Wind Point Partners IX: $100,000,000 committed, vintage 2019, net IRR 11.6%, 1.48x
- Dec 31, 2025Colorado PERA reports Wind Point Partners X, L.P.: $75,000,000 committed, vintage 2024
- Dec 31, 2025APFC reports Wind Point Partners VII-A LP: $40,000,000 committed, vintage 2008
- Mar 31, 2024Wind Point Partners IV, L.P. no longer reported on Form ADV by Wind Point PartnersFund no longer reportedFundsInferenceWind Point Partners IV, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jul 24, 2023David Matthew Stott (Managing Director) no longer on Schedule A of Wind Point Partners
- Aug 1, 2022Usman Shakeel joined Schedule A of Wind Point Partners as General Counsel And Chief Compliance Officer
- Jun 22, 2022Leann Kay Kilarski (Coo/Cco/Cfo) no longer on Schedule A of Wind Point Partners
- Oct 1, 2021Kristen Leeanne Trotta joined Schedule A of Wind Point Partners as Cfo
- Mar 30, 2020Richard Robertson Kracum (Member) no longer on Schedule A of Wind Point Partners
- Mar 30, 2020Robert Louis Cummings (Member) no longer on Schedule A of Wind Point Partners
- Jan 1, 2020Joseph Christopher Lawler joined Schedule A of Wind Point Partners as Member
- Mar 28, 2018Mark Raymond Burgett (Member) no longer on Schedule A of Wind Point Partners
- Jun 1, 2017David Matthew Stott joined Schedule A of Wind Point Partners as Member
- Jun 1, 2017Konrad a Salaber joined Schedule A of Wind Point Partners as Member
- Mar 29, 2016James Paul Tenbroek (Member) no longer on Schedule A of Wind Point Partners
- Apr 1, 2013Paul Harvey Peterson joined Schedule A of Wind Point Partners as Member
- Feb 10, 2012Wind Point Advisors, LLC first filed Form ADV (IA)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Feb 10, 2012Wind Point Partners IV, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Wind Point Advisors, LLC (Private Equity Fund), GAV $115,434,790Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactWind Point Partners IV, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Apr 1, 2009Alex E Washington joined Schedule A of Wind Point Partners as Member
- Apr 1, 2009Mark Raymond Burgett joined Schedule A of Wind Point Partners as Member
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Private equity with venture activity (probable, 75%, cls-1)registered adviser; venture funds are 0% of 15 private funds
Evidence
46 observations from 2 sources