Wasserstein Ventures, the venture capital arm of Wasserstein & Co., invests venture capital in growing businesses that are leaders in their sector.  Wasserstein Ventures deploys capital behind purposeful investment theses designed to achieve superior returns for our limited partners. The Venture team of Wasserstein & Co. is also actively exploring special opportunity investing in the Indian and Asian markets.

Since its inception in 1996, Wasserstein Ventures has invested over $150 million of capital.  Wasserstein Ventures is currently investing Wasserstein Ventures II, LP, with $160 million of committed capital targeted at expansion and later-stage growth investments in U.S.-based companies.  Wasserstein Ventures II, LP typically makes an initial investment of between $5-10 million in a portfolio company, although in certain investments (including control investments) this range may expand.  Wasserstein Ventures often invests as part of a syndicate of established financial and strategic investors and works closely with a number of leading professional venture capital investment firms.

The principals of Wasserstein Ventures bring over 55 years of operational, financial and technology expertise to bear in working with premier management teams and entrepreneurs.  From offices in New York and Los Angeles, our team is focused on investments with strong management teams with proven track records and products that have demonstrated commercial traction. Recent investments include Turtle Mountain LLC, (www.turtlemountain.com), the nation’s #1 market share seller of frozen, non-dairy desserts; OQO (www.oqo.com), a developer of ultra-portable personal computing platforms; JetAway (www.jetaway.com), an online travel company; and TEAC (www.teac-aerospace.com), a supplier of airborne video recording products to the defense industry and in-flight entertainment systems to the commercial airline industry.