Ropart Asset Management Funds

Managing Partner Todd Goergen leads all investment decisions alongside Partner Theodore Stofer. Goergen founded the firm in 2001 and chairs the investment committee of related entity Ropart Investments, LLC, while Stofer has been a partner since joining as an associate in 2006. The firm also draws on an extended group of advisors, including former Brentwood Associates co-founder Fred Warren and Casper Labs CEO Alex Kelly, for sector expertise and deal sourcing.

Ropart Asset Management Funds operates as an asset manager, not a single-family office. It is the investing arm of The Ropart Group, which was founded by Robert B. Goergen, Sr. using wealth generated from the sale of Blyth, Inc. to Carlyle Group in 2015. Because Ropart invests alongside external co-investors and maintains an extensive advisory network rather than serving a single family, its structure is closer to a private investment firm than a traditional family office.

Ropart invests across buyout, growth equity, venture capital, and recapitalization situations. The firm also makes opportunistic secondary-market purchases of PE fund LP interests and actively manages a token portfolio in cryptocurrencies and blockchain infrastructure. The portfolio includes platform control investments alongside minority growth and early-stage venture positions.

Ropart targets business services, consumer products and services, software and technology, fintech, and blockchain/crypto. The firm also has a dedicated track record in cannabis, having backed vertically integrated operators such as Curaleaf and ancillary service providers. Ropart does not publicly state sector exclusions, but its generalist mandate means it will evaluate any industry where it can apply its operating-partner network and capital-structure flexibility.

Ropart primarily invests directly in companies, including platform buyouts, growth-equity rounds, and early-stage venture deals. It does not operate as a fund-of-funds, though its opportunistic secondaries activity involves purchasing LP interests in private equity funds from other limited partners. The firm does not commit to third-party GPs through blind-pool fund commitments as a primary strategy.

Ropart relies on a proprietary global network built through relationships among senior executives, operating-level managers, and its advisory board. The firm’s sourcing advantages are reinforced by Todd Goergen’s concurrent operating roles — he serves as Executive Chairman of portfolio company Hyperscale Global Solutions and as Founder of blockchain-services firm MAKE International. These operating entities provide an ongoing pipeline of sector-specific deal flow, particularly in blockchain and digital infrastructure.

Ropart does not publicly disclose its LP base or capital sources. The firm was seeded through The Ropart Group, the private investment vehicle of the Goergen family, whose wealth originated with the founding and 2015 sale of Blyth, Inc. Whether Ropart raises third-party discretionary capital or operates as a principal-funded investment platform has not been publicly clarified.