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Castanae Partners

Castanea Partners is a venture capital firm focusing on education, information services, marketing services, branded consumer products, and specialty retail. The company invests between $15M to $75M of equity capital in concert with management.

Castanea is based in Newton, Massachusets and was founded in 2001. Castanea has over 20 professionals on staff and has $575 million of capital under management.

History

Castanea Partners was founded in 2001 by Brian Knez and Robert Smith, former co-CEOs of Harcourt General and The Neiman Marcus Group, following the sale of Harcourt General. Included in Castanea’s launch were Paul Gibbons, former Treasurer of both Harcourt and Neiman Marcus, and Steven Berg, an investment professional from Bain Capital.

Investments

Investments include [Astor & Black,][1] [Donald J Pliner,][2] [Health Resources][3], [Vitamin Research Products,][4], [Urban Decay][5], [Ippolita][6], Betsey Johnson[7], [Integrity Interactive Corporation][8], [Hanna Andersson][9], Fuze Beverage[10], [Decision Resources], [Lee Munder Capital Group][11], and [Medley Global Advisors][12].

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