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Blue Point Capital Partners Company History
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F rom 1990 to 2000, the Blue Point professionals made private equity investments as Key Equity Capital, an affiliate of KeyCorp, one of the 10 largest banks in the U.S. Established in 1990 with a single office in Cleveland, we grew to be one of the most prominent middle market private equity firms in the Midwest region of the United States. We strongly believe that living and working in the region in which we invest is critical to finding attractive investment opportunities and working closely with management to help our companies grow.

This strategy has been successfully replicated in the Pacific Coast (1996) and Southeast (1998), where Blue Point has become one of the more significant sources of resident private equity capital to the middle market in each of these regions. Our approach has been validated through experience — we have a strong track record of investing in and growing businesses in our regional markets.

In 2000, the entire investment team of Key Equity Capital spun out and formed Blue Point Capital Partners, with the support and investment of KeyCorp. Blue Point Capital Partners Fund, L.P. was closed in mid-2002. Investors in Blue Point include leading U.S. endowments, pension funds, family offices, financial institutions and several prominent foreign investment funds.

In 2004, Blue Point established an office in Shanghai, China as a resource to assist its existing and future portfolio companies in evaluating and executing cross-border strategies. Large multinationals recognized the opportunity from globalization years ago and had the management and financial resources to capture that opportunity. It is our strong belief that mid-sized leaders have these same opportunities, but many lack the resources to execute the strategy needed. By identifying these opportunities and providing the capital and expertise needed to execute cross-border strategies, we can invest in and accelerate the growth of mid-sized businesses.

In August of 2007, Blue Point Capital Partners II was closed with capital commitments of $400 million. Today, the Blue Point team has more than 150 years of investment experience among its team of more than 20 professionals across four offices.