David Verklin

Founded in 1991, Calera Capital, formerly known as Fremont Partners, is a private investment partnership which has invested $2.8 billion of equity in 30 investments. With offices in San Francisco and Boston, Calera invests across a diverse range of industries including financial services, business services, food and consumer, healthcare, building products, and industrial manufacturing. Calera Capital makes substantial equity investments in operating companies, typically with enterprise values up to $1 billion, looking to deploy between $50 and $250 million in each transaction. Calera has experience investing in corporate spin-offs, take-private transactions, leveraged recapitalizations of privately held companies, restructurings, and companies seeking capital to facilitate growth or acquisitions. Calera is looking for middle-market public or private companies, family-controlled enterprises and corporate divestitures in any sector.