M/C Partners is a private equity firm focused on growth equity investments in emerging companies in the media and communications industries. M/C invests in early, mid, and late stage companies as well as turnarounds and buyouts in its sectors of focus. The firm was formerly known as Media Communications Partners.
The firm, which is based in Boston, Massachusetts, was founded in 1986 as a spinout from venture capital firm, TA Associates. M/C has offices in San Francisco and London.
The firm has raised approximately 2.0billionsinceinceptionacrosssixfunds.M/CPartners,formerlyknownasMediaCommunicationsPartners,wasfoundedin1986.Thecompany′sco−founder,DaveCroll,waspreviouslyamanagingpartneratventurecapitalfirmTAAssociates.Co−founderJimWadealsopreviouslywordedintheMedia/CommunicationsGroupatTA.In1986,theMedia/CommunicationsgroupandthefundsitmanagedcompletedaspinoutfromTAtoformanindependentfirm.ThefirmraiseditsfirstfundMedia/CommunicationsPartnersin1987with283 million of investor commitments. In 1992, the firm's second fund was raised with 167millionofcapitalandthenfouryearslaterMedia/CommunicationsPartnersIIIwasraisedwith265 million of capital. M/C raised its fourth fund with 230millionin1999andayearlaterthefirmraisedM/CVenturePartnersV,itslargestfundtothatpoint,with550 million.
Initially, M/C focused primarily on investments in US telecommunications providers and communications-related IT Services. In more recent years, the firm has expanded its investment focus to include fixed and mobile wireless broadband operators, wireline operators, managed IT service providers, media content providers and communications and infrastructure software developers.
In 2006, the firm completed fundraising for its current M/C Venture Partners VI with $550 million of investor commitments to focus on later stage growth capital investments.
The firm invests in emerging communications related information technology companies in the US and internationally.
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