Berkshire Partners is a 100% employee-owned, multi-sector specialist private equity firm based in Boston, founded in 1986. The firm invests in middle-market companies across services & industrials, consumer, technology & communications, and healthcare sectors, with equity investments of $50 million to $500 million.
Average disclosed round size is $182.0M (across 15 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
16
Fund Size
$7.8B
Top Stage
Unknown
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
CH
Chris Hadley
Co-Managing Partner
MA
Mike Ascione
Co-Managing Partner
BG
Blake Gottesman
Managing Director
GP
Greg Pappas
Managing Director, Portfolio Support
JK
John Kelly
Managing Director
JN
Jon Nuger
Managing Director
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
20 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Triumph | Growth | — | Jan 2025 |
 Accela | Growth | — | Sep 2023 |
 tango | Growth | — | Dec 2021 |
| VVaro Money | Series D | $510M | Sep 2021 |
 Varo Bank | Growth | $510M | Sep 2021 |
 UPSTACK | Unknown | $50M | Apr 2021 |
| MMielle Organics | Unknown | — | Apr 2021 |
 Mielle | Seed | $100M | Jan 2020 |
| PPrecision Medicine Group | Growth | $275M | Jan 2017 |
 American Tire Distributors | Unknown | $500M | Mar 2005 |
| TTrico Marine Services | Unknown | $39M | Jan 2000 |
| TTrico Marine Services | Unknown | $50M | Jan 1999 |
| TTrico Marine Services | Unknown | $123M | Jan 1997 |
| TTrico Marine Services | Unknown | $48.4M | Jan 1996 |
 CityNet Telecommunications | Unknown | $275M | — |
| FFusient Media Ventures | Unknown | $30M | — |
 Vapor IO | Series C | $90M | — |
| Mielle | Series A | $100M | — |
| SSimplr | Series A | — | — |
| FFusient | Unknown | $30M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Warburg Pincus LLC3 shared
General Catalyst2 shared
Grotech Ventures2 shared
Eldridge2 shared
Lone Pine Capital2 shared
TPG Rise2 shared
Gallatin Point Capital2 shared
HarbourVest Partners2 shared
Francisco Partners1 shared
MidCap Financial1 shared
Morgan Stanley Private Credit1 shared
Frontier Venture Capital1 shared
Charlesbank Capital Partners1 shared
Oak Investment Partners1 shared
Oak HC/FT1 shared
Great Hill Partners1 shared
The Carlyle Group1 shared
Progressive Insurance1 shared
New General Market Partners1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026