CIVC Partners

CIVC Partners, previously known as Continental Illinois Venture Corporation, is a Chicago-based private equity firm that presently has over $1.8 billion of equity capital under management. The firm's predecessor was established in 1970 as a subsidiary of Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company. CIVC Partners provides growth and buyout capital to middle-market companies engaged in business services, utility and infrastructure services, facility services, transportation & logistics, outsourced services, environmental services, IT services, healthcare services, software & tech-enabled services, insurance services, compliance and risk management and marketing and financial technology.[1] When Continental Illinois was acquired in 1994 by Bank of America, the CIVC team formed a semi-independent private equity firm, CIVC Partners, with backing from Bank of America. Today, CIVC is an independent middle-market private equity firm with a diverse group of L.P. investors, and recently raised its sixth fund.

CIVC Partners

Type	Private Ownership
Industry	Private Equity
Founded	1989 (1989)
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Products	Private equity funds
Total assets	$1.3 billion
Website	www.civc.com

CIVC's major past and present investments include: Crest Insurance Group, a leading insurance brokerage; Magna Legal Services, a legal support services firm; KPA, an EHS compliance management software company; The Brickman Group, a commercial landscaping company; Thermo Fluids, an environmental services company; KS Energy Services, a utility services provider; Stoneridge Insurance Brokers, an insurance brokerage and managing general agent; EN Engineering, a utility/power/energy focused engineering company; and Wintrust Financial Corporation, a regional bank holding company.[2]