VC firm
Amherst Partners
Also known as Amherst Fund, Amherst Fund, LLC
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Not investingas of 2026-09-19Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Legal name
- Amherst Fund, LLC
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About
Since 1998, Amherst Fund has provided capital to privately held Midwestern companies across many sectors.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- Amherst Fund makes venture capital investments in early stage companies and also makes private equity investments in later stage companies. While we invest carefully to achieve sound returns, we offer flexibility in structuring our investments to best meet the capitalization needs of the companies we fund; our investments have included equity, subordinated debt and senior debt structures where appropriate.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Leads rounds
- Sometimes
- Lead policy
- Our equity investments may be either controlling or non-controlling investments (we typically require board representation).
- Takes board seats
- Yes
- Board policy
- (we typically require board representation)
- Eligibility
- we are not currently considering new investments in privately held ventures
- Investing status notes
- we are not currently considering new investments in privately held ventures
Locations
- Headquarters
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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