ABS Capital Partners

ABS Capital Partners

Type	Private
Industry	Private equity
Founded	1990
Founder	Donald Hebb
Headquarters	400 East Pratt Street Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Products	Venture capital, Growth capital
Total assets	$2.1 billion
Number of employees	20+
Website	www.abscapital.com

ABS Capital Partners is an American venture capital firm focused on investments in companies across a range of industries, including business and education services, information and communications technology and health care.

The firm, which is based in Baltimore, was founded in 1990. The firm has raised approximately $2.5 billion since inception across seven funds.

ABS Capital Partners is a member of the National Venture Capital Association ^[1] and the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association.^[2]

History

ABS Capital Partners was founded in 1990 and was originally the investment arm of Alex. Brown & Sons (later BT Alex. Brown). The firm's founder, Donald Hebb spent more than 20 years with Alex. Brown where he was CEO from 1986 to 1991, leading the initial public offering in 1986.

ABS is an acronym representing the firm's predecessor organization Alex. Brown & Sons.

Among the firm's notable investments include Rosetta Stone, American Public Education, Captivate Network, iTOK and DoubleClick.

References

BBN TO SELL MAJORITY STAKE IN SOFTWARE UNIT. New York Times, July 3, 1996
Superior Vision Services, Inc. Completes $54.25 Million Recapitalization With ABS Capital Partners, ORIX Venture Finance LLC and DCA Capital Partners. Market Wire, February, 2007
Baltimore-based ABS Capital Partners invests in Payformance Corp. Daily Record, The (Baltimore), Jul 23, 2002
Restaurant oil supplier strikes gusher: $60M. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, February 17, 2006
Restaurant oil supplier reaps $25M. Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, April 6, 2007
Leading Consumer & Small Business Technology Support Provider iTOK, Inc. Secures $18 Million Investment. ABSCapital.com, July 23, 2014
ABS's Fearlessness Pays Off. Washington Post, November 21, 2005
Captivate Network Closes Second Round of Financing; Top Tier Venture Capital Firms Fund New Media Company. Business Wire, July 7, 1999

External links

ABS Capital Partners (company website)
ABS Capital Partners. Business Week Profile.

Private equity and venture capital investment firms

Investment strategy	Venture Growth Mezzanine Secondaries Leveraged buyout

History	History of private equity and venture capital Early history of private equity Private equity in the 1980s Private equity in the 1990s Private equity in the 2000s

Investors	Angel investor Corporate venture capital Commercial bank Crowdfunding Institutional investor Insurance company Investment bank Endowment Family office Fund of funds High-net-worth individual Merchant bank Pension fund Sovereign wealth fund

Private equity firms Venture capital firms Portfolio companies

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, January 27, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.