Fremont Group is a private investment group based in San Francisco, California , United States. It was formerly known as Bechtel Investments up until 1993, reflecting its ownership by the Bechtel family. In 1993, its name was officially changed to Fremont Investors, Inc.
6-517: The firm consists of three business areas: In 2007, Calera Capital , a San Francisco-based private equity firm that spun out of the Fremont Group (its first institutional investor ), changed its name from Fremont Partners as part of a rebranding effort in advance of raising its fourth private equity fund . The Fremont Group also distinguishing itself from Fremont General Corp, a financial services company and Fremont Investment & Loan,
12-594: A retail bank . On May 5, 2003, The New Yorker ran an article revealing that the bin Laden family had invested $ 10 million in The Fremont Group. The investments represented a small fraction of the assets managed by Fremont. This article about a financial services corporation of the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Calera Capital Calera Capital
18-616: Is a private equity firm focused on investments in middle-market companies . Founded in 1991, the firm is currently investing out of its fifth fund, Calera Capital Partners V, which was raised in 2017. Calera Capital has offices in San Francisco and Boston . Calera Capital makes equity investments in operating companies with enterprise values up to $ 1 billion. The firm seeks to deploy between $ 50 million and $ 250 million in each transaction. Many of Calera Capital's investments have involved founder- or family-owned businesses, and
24-451: The firm reports that existing shareholders have re-invested over $ 1.2 billion in transactions with Calera Capital. The firm pursues several types of transactions, including Leveraged recapitalizations , Corporate spin-offs , Take-private transactions, Investments to facilitate growth or acquisitions, and Restructurings. While Calera has made investments across a range of industries, it is primarily focused on two sectors: Calera Capital
30-517: Was founded in 1991 as a partnership between investment professionals and the Fremont Group, a private investment company based in San Francisco. Calera Capital's initial pool of funds was provided by the Fremont Group. Calera Capital raised its first institutional fund, Fremont Partners II, in 1996 with a diverse group of investors. Fremont Partners III was raised in 2001 further expanding the firm's investor base. Prior to 2007, Calera Capital
36-433: Was known as Fremont Partners, a name the firm derived from the Fremont Group. The name change to Calera Capital occurred as the firm began raising its fourth fund, Calera Capital Partners IV, and reflected the firm's transition to an entirely independent entity owned by the investment professionals and no longer affiliated with the Fremont Group. Calera is currently investing out of its fifth fund, Calera Capital Partners V,
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