Stripes

Stripes is a private equity and growth equity firm based in New York, established in 2008. The firm specializes in investing in emerging growth and growth-stage companies, focusing on both enterprise and consumer sectors. Stripes targets various industries, including software, digital media, e-commerce, healthcare IT, and technology-enabled consumer products. The firm typically invests between $10 million and $100 million in businesses with annual revenues exceeding $10 million or demonstrating significant revenue growth. Stripes prefers to work with founder-owned companies that have not previously engaged with institutional investors and often seeks to make minority or majority investments. The firm aims to exit its investments within two to four years while providing capital for liquidity and supporting management teams with significant equity stakes.