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Lake Street Capital

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Lake Street Capital is a leader in the secondary direct market. They are focused on acquiring venture capital, buyout and other private equity positions from existing investors (“Secondary Directs”). The Firm focuses primarily on the technology and business services industries and has acquired positions from major corporations, financial institutions, founders and other institutional investors.

Lake Street Capital (“LSC”) targets investments in late stage companies with growing businesses and strong business models. The firm has led spin-outs of entire portfolios and also provided liquidity on individual positions. Transaction sizes range from $1 million to over $50 million.

Founded in 2003, LSC is one of the largest firms focused on the Secondary Direct market. LSC currently manages two funds with over $400 million of invested capital in over 100 companies across diverse industries, locations, and stages of development. Headquartered in San Francisco, Lake Street Capital is funded by institutional investors.

Recent Milestones

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  Lake Street Capital invested in LucidMedia. (12/4/08)
  Posted 12/5/08 at 3:20pm via businesswire.com
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  Lake Street Capital invested in Silicon Genesis. (8/8/07)
  Posted 1/17/09 at 9:54pm via venturebeat.com
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  Lake Street Capital invested in Sequence Design. (12/13/05)
  Posted 7/12/10 at 6:44pm via highbeam.com
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  Lake Street Capital invested in Frictionless Commerce. (2/7/05)
  Posted 10/11/10 at 7:04am via bizjournals.com

Investments

Videos

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1. LucidMedia Secures $8.8 Million in Funding to Launch Contextual Display Advertising Network and Opens Madison Avenue Sales Office (businesswire.com) [edit]
2. Silicon Genesis, maker of semiconductor process technology, raises $23M. (venturebeat.com) [edit]
3. Article: Sequence Closes $5.3 Million Funding Round; Expands Into Fast-Growing International Markets, Boosts R&D To Maintain Low-Power Tech Lead. (highbeam.com) [edit]
4. Frictionless lands $6.2M in financing, hires new CEO Read more: Frictionless lands $6.2M in financing, hires new CEO - Boston Business Journal (boston.bizjournals.com) [edit]