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Stages:

• Early
• Growth
• Late

 

Industries:

Business Services

Education & Training

Food & Agriculture

Life Sciences & Healthcare

Real Estate & Construction

Retail & Restaurant

 

Description:

Caretta Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early stage, growth equity, and buyout investments. Eric Becker started Caretta Partners with the plan of funding just three to five investments over three to five years. The venture's goal will be to make equity investments of $5 million to $25 million in companies within a two-hour plane ride of Baltimore or Chicago -- the two cities where Becker splits his time. Caretta is looking to invest in cash flow-positive businesses within education, healthcare, and business and consumer services. In remembrance of his daughter who passed in 2012, Becker wants to make sure he has a strong, lasting relationship with companies' leadership and that Caretta invests in companies 'that matter.' Two other projects deeply connected to Becker's daughter include the Launch Chapel Hill at the University of North Carolina, a venture lab, and the Karma for Cara Foundation which makes micro-grants of as much as $1,000 to children age 18 or below who want to do service projects in their communities. Caretta has drawn from experience, buying and building over 100 companies.