Cherokee & Walker

Cherokee & Walker

Cherokee & Walker is a private equity firm headquartered in Salt Lake City. The firm pursues a multi-strategy approach that includes buyouts, corporate divestitures, spin-offs, and growth-stage investments. Its mandate also covers early-stage company formation, indicating a willingness to engage across the full lifecycle of a business rather than specializing in a single transaction type. The firm's investment strategy is structured around control and significant-influence positions in private companies. It executes buyouts of established businesses, acquires non-core divisions through divestitures, and backs early-stage companies with growth capital. The dual focus on mature corporate carve-outs and early-stage venture means the team must maintain competency in both complex restructuring negotiations and founder-led venture dynamics. Specific portfolio companies, fund structures, and sector concentrations are not publicly disclosed. Cherokee & Walker maintains its sole office in Salt Lake City. The size of the investment team, total committed capital, and deployment pace are not part of the public record. The firm does not publicly detail any affiliated philanthropic foundations, operating companies, or co-investor networks. The firm's structural profile is notable for what it does not disclose. Cherokee & Walker operates without a publicly stated AUM, named investment principals, portfolio examples, or a sector thesis. This opacity suggests a firm that sources deals through private relationships rather than public marketing — a posture that departs from the institutional fundraising cycle typical of branded middle-market private equity funds.