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Fairview Capital Partners
Fund of fund · Founded 1994 · West Hartford, United States
Who Fairview Capital Partners is.
- Historical Background
- Co-founded in September 1994 by JoAnn Price and Laurence Morse, Fairview Capital Partners operates as an independent investment management firm. The firm has grown to manage a substantial portfolio, focusing on private equity and venture capital, and is recognized as a significant Black-owned investment company.
- Source of Capital
- Fairview Capital Partners secures capital from institutional investors. The firm provides these institutions with access to specific segments of the private markets.
- Major Events
- In 2024, the firm celebrated its 30th anniversary as a pioneering diverse-owned investment management firm in private equity.
- Allocation Strategy
- The firm's primary focus is on private equity and venture capital, often through a fund-of-funds model. Fairview specializes in building customized portfolios for its institutional clients. The firm is known for its market reviews and reports on woman- and minority-owned private equity and venture capital firms, indicating a strategic focus on diversity within its investment scope.
- VC Strategy
- Stage focus: multi-stage venture capital and private equity growth equity, including emerging and established managers. Geographic focus: United States, with expertise in diverse and minority-owned manager segments. Diversity focus: Fairview is one of the foremost institutional advocates for women- and minority-owned fund managers in VC and PE; the firm publishes market-leading research on diverse-owned private equity and venture capital. Backs both emerging and established managers, with customized portfolio construction for each institutional client mandate. Typical check sizes: not publicly disclosed; manages institutional-scale mandates. Co-invest / direct program: not publicly disclosed.
The funds Fairview Capital Partners backs.
Fairview Capital Partners is a limited partner in 71 funds. 22 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking; those lead, best-ranked first.
How Fairview Capital Partners’ fund book is spread.
The 71 funds Fairview Capital Partners backs, by where the manager is headquartered and how many funds that manager has raised.
Where those managers are based
By fund headquarters.
- North America 6896%
- Europe 34%
United States 68 · United Kingdom 2 · Ireland 1
How established those managers are
Managers grouped by how many funds they have raised — across the 33 of 71 with a fund history on record.
The companies Fairview Capital Partners backs directly.
Fairview Capital Partners holds 4 companies directly, separate from the funds it commits to as a limited partner.
Plus 1 holding with no logo on record.
Other LPs.
Other funds of funds in the Power Law LP ranking, closest to Fairview Capital Partners by combined power-law score — North America first, then the nearest worldwide.