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Long Ridge Equity Partners
Long Ridge Equity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser in New York, NY, registered since 2019. The firm manages approximately $2.1 billion in...
Overview
Long Ridge Equity Partners is an SEC-registered investment adviser in New York, NY, registered since 2019. The firm manages approximately $2.1 billion in regulatory assets. It has 27 employees and 20 investment advisers. LONG RIDGE EQUITY PARTNERS was listed as registered with the SEC in the IAPD firm compilation observed on 2026-10-22. In Form ADV filed on 2026-03-27, it reported 27 employees; 14 advisory accounts; services including Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles; client categories including Pooled investment vehicles; compensation arrangements including A percentage of assets under management, Performance-based fees. These are dated adviser-reported facts, not independently verified by Altss. Registration does not constitute approval or endorsement. This historical filing does not establish current registration status or operations.
General information
Firm type
Private Equity
Year founded
2007
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
New York
Corporate office
New York, NY, United States
Principals
Jim Brown
Founder & Managing Partner
Kevin Bhatt
Partner
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who makes investment decisions at Long Ridge Equity Partners?
Founder and Managing Partner Jim Brown leads the investment committee alongside fellow Partner Kevin Bhatt. Both have prior growth-equity and technology-investing backgrounds at top-tier firms, which shapes the firm's concentrated, board-level engagement model.
Does Long Ridge compete on check size with large generalist growth funds?
No. Long Ridge intentionally writes $40M to $100M checks, a bracket that falls below the radar of mega-funds but above what most venture firms can deploy. This sizing allows the firm to take meaningful minority or control positions without entering broadly auctioned large-cap processes.
Which sectors does Long Ridge explicitly avoid?
Long Ridge does not invest in healthcare, consumer internet, hard tech, or pure-play SaaS lacking domain-specific moats. The firm has maintained this deliberate exclusion since inception in 2007, concentrating instead on fintech, data analytics, and business-process technology.
How does Long Ridge source deals given its narrow sector focus?
Sourcing is almost entirely relationship-driven through the partners' decades of experience in financial-services technology. The firm relies on founder referrals, proprietary relationships with management teams, and repeat engagements with industry operators rather than auction processes or broad intermediary networks.
Does Long Ridge participate in fund commitments or strictly direct deals?
Long Ridge makes direct investments and does not operate as a fund-of-funds or LP in other managers' vehicles. The firm's structure is a single, co-mingled growth-equity fund model with the General Partner committing personal capital alongside institutional limited partners.
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