Cedar Creek Partners

Cedar Creek Partners

Robert DeMartino founded Cedar Creek Partners in 2006, establishing the firm as a privately held investment vehicle based in Chicago. Rather than operating as a traditional fund, Cedar Creek has functioned as a concentrated portfolio where DeMartino, as managing member, executes a value-oriented strategy targeting small and micro-cap public equities. The firm seeks businesses that are deeply out of favor or trading below their liquidation value, often taking significant ownership stakes. The firm's deployment spans public equities, with occasional involvement in private placements and distressed debt when opportunities arise. Cedar Creek's public filings have shown positions concentrated in a handful of names, reflecting a high-conviction approach. Historically, the portfolio has leaned toward industrial and business services companies — past disclosed holdings have included manufacturers and energy-related service providers. The geographic focus is primarily domestic, with the firm looking at companies headquartered across the United States. Cedar Creek has maintained a deliberately low profile, with professional headcount likely limited to DeMartino and a small support staff. The firm does not operate additional offices or parallel vehicles, and there is no public record of a philanthropic foundation or co-investment club linked to the entity. In recent years, the firm has continued to file 13F holdings reports showing a concentrated book of small-cap value names, though no major operational announcements have been made. The structural differentiator for Cedar Creek lies in its indefinite holding period and founder-aligned capital base. Without external redemption pressure, DeMartino can hold illiquid micro-cap positions through multi-year cycles of underperformance — a flexibility that standard fund structures cannot replicate. This makes the vehicle act as a hybrid between a family-run holding company and a classic value partnership.