Castle Creek Capital

Castle Creek Capital LLC is a California-based private equity firm founded in 1996 that focuses on the community banking sector in the United States. The firm specializes in growth capital, turnarounds, recapitalizations, and buyouts, primarily targeting banks and financial intermediaries with assets ranging from $100 million to $10 billion. Castle Creek Capital is particularly interested in markets that are under-banked and demonstrate favorable demographics, including strong population and economic growth. The firm typically seeks to make control investments, often taking board seats and, when necessary, temporarily assuming senior executive roles within its portfolio companies.

Spencer T. Cohn

Director

John Matthew Eggemeyer

Founder and Managing Principal

Mitch S. McKhann

Associate

Mark G. Merlo

Managing Principal

John Pietrzak

President and CEO

Sundeep Rana

Managing Principal

Matthew Roberts

Associate

Tony Scavuzzo

Managing Principal

Anthony R. Scavuzzo

Principal and Director

Martin Szumski

Chief Financial Officer

Michael T. Thaden

Vice President

Mike Thomas

Managing Principal

J. Mikesell Thomas

Managing Principal

David J. Volk

Managing Principal

22 past transactions

CFBank

Post in 2019
CFBank is a boutique business bank, providing full-service financing and banking needs of entrepreneurs and closely-held businesses. The company offers residential mortgage lending and consumer products and services. It was founded in 1892 and headquartered Worthington, Ohio.

Bank of Idaho Holding Co

Venture Round in 2019
Bank of Idaho is a commercial community bank that offers a full spectrum of trust, investment, and services. The bank and its trust and wealth management experts help clients design, implement, and follow the personal plan investment strategy to reach their financial goals. It offers Vital Insights, a customized educational tool offered to business owners at Bank of Idaho. It was formed in 1985 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Northpointe Bank

Private Equity Round in 2019
Northpointe Bank, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, offers a range of banking and financial services tailored for individuals and businesses. The bank provides personal banking products, including various types of checking and savings accounts, individual retirement accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and health savings accounts. For businesses, it offers checking accounts, savings options, and merchant services. Northpointe Bank also specializes in home loans, providing options for purchasing, building, or refinancing homes, alongside online banking services. Founded in 1999, the bank operates loan centers in multiple locations across Michigan and extends its services to Indiana and Ohio. It functions as a subsidiary of North Point Bancshares Inc.

Pathfinder Bank

Private Equity Round in 2019
Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. serves as the holding company for Pathfinder Bank, which offers a range of banking and financial services in Oswego and Onondaga Counties, New York. The bank accepts various types of deposits, including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its diverse loan portfolio includes commercial real estate loans, residential and construction loans, home equity loans, and consumer loans such as auto and personal loans. Additionally, Pathfinder Bank provides property, casualty, and life insurance brokerage services. The institution primarily caters to individuals, families, small to mid-sized businesses, and municipalities. Founded in 1859, Pathfinder Bank is headquartered in Oswego, New York, and operates through multiple full-service offices in its service areas.

Aquesta Bank

Post in 2019
Aquesta Bank is a full-service financial institution headquartered in North Carolina. It provides a range of banking services, including personal and business banking, lending, and insurance. The bank caters to individual and corporate clients by offering various products such as personal and business loans, as well as credit cards. Through its comprehensive suite of services, Aquesta Bank aims to meet the diverse financial needs of its customers.

Lincoln Savings Bank

Private Equity Round in 2018
Lincoln Savings Bank is a financial services company offering checking, savings, credit cards, and loan services. It was founded in 1902 and is based in Reinbeck, Iowa.

First Bancshares of Texas

Venture Round in 2017
First Bancshares of Texas is a bank holding company, which through its subsidiaries offers banking services
Bank of Southern California, operated by Southern Calif Bancorp, provides a comprehensive range of financial products and services tailored for individuals, professionals, and small-to-medium sized businesses in Southern California. The bank offers various deposit options, including checking accounts, personal and business savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its financing solutions include home equity lines of credit, business loans, commercial real estate loans, and small business administration loans. Additionally, the bank offers cash management services such as ACH origination, business payment automation, and remote deposit capture, alongside online and mobile banking options. With a focus on meeting the diverse banking needs of its communities, Bank of Southern California operates 12 branches across Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. Founded in 2001 and based in San Diego, the bank is dedicated to supporting the financial interests of its clients.

Bridgewater Bank

Venture Round in 2015
Bridgewater Bank is a full-service commercial bank where answers came quickly, opportunities were plentiful, and the culture was optimistic. It was created from the idea that the best bank to serve a successful and energized group of clients would be one that was built by experienced bankers with an entrepreneurial perspective. With a wide range of deposit and lending products, they can certainly meet the needs of anyone looking for an alternative to conventional banking. Bridgewater Bank was founded in 2005 and is based in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Foundation Bancorp

Venture Round in 2015
Foundation Bancorp is a bank holding company owning or controlling one or more banks. It was founded in 2002 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.

Delmarva Bancshares

Private Equity Round in 2014
Delmarva Bancshares, Inc., based in Cambridge, Maryland, was acquired by BV Financial, Inc. in 2020. Through its subsidiary, 1880 Bank, it provides a range of financial products and services to both individuals and businesses in Dorchester and Talbot Counties, as well as the surrounding areas of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and the Delmarva Peninsula. The bank offers various deposit options, such as savings and checking accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. In addition, it provides a variety of loan products, including personal, auto, and residential mortgages, along with cash management and online banking services. Delmarva Bancshares operates six branches, continuing a legacy that began in 1880.

First NBC Bank

Private Equity Round in 2011
First NBC Bank offers personal and business banking, trust services, and mortgage loans to individuals, businesses, and institutions. The Company's primary focus is on commercial real estate and commercial lending. Its loans include construction loans, commercial and consumer real estate loans, consumer loans, and also corporate bonds.

Intermountain Bank

Private Equity Round in 2011
Intermountain Bank is a financial service company that provides banking services.

PRIMIS

Private Equity Round in 2009
Primis Financial Corp is the bank holding company for Primis Bank, providing financial services to individuals and small and medium-sized businesses. Primis Bank offers a wide range of commercial banking services, it focuses on making loans secured majorly by commercial real estate and other types of secured and unsecured commercial loans to small and medium-sized businesses in a number of industries, as well as loans to individuals for a variety of purposes. Primis Bank offers a broad range of deposit products, including checking (NOW), savings, money market accounts and certificates of deposit.

Guaranty Bancorp

Series A in 2009
Guaranty Bancorp, previously known as Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc. and now a part of Independent Bank Group, Inc., operates as the holding company for Guaranty Bank and Trust Company. The bank focuses on providing a range of financial services to individuals, families, and small to medium-sized businesses primarily in Colorado. It offers various deposit products, including demand accounts, savings accounts, certificates of deposit, and money market accounts. In addition, Guaranty Bancorp provides a diverse array of loan products, such as commercial and residential real estate loans, construction loans, and consumer loans. The bank also offers wealth management services, including private banking and investment management. As of late 2017, Guaranty Bancorp operated 32 branches primarily located in Colorado's Front Range, particularly in the Denver metropolitan area. Established in 2004 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Guaranty Bancorp has built a reputation for personalized service and expertise in helping customers achieve their financial goals.

BravoSolution

Venture Round in 2005
BravoSolution SpA specializes in supply management technology software and services tailored for procurement and sourcing applications. The company provides a comprehensive suite of solutions that includes spend analysis to enhance savings and compliance, eSourcing for collaborative sourcing efforts, supplier performance management, and contract management to streamline contract processes. Additionally, BravoSolution offers cloud-based tools such as BravoAlign for procurement alignment and transformation, and BravoAdvantage, which supports organizations in generating procurement initiatives from demand to contract. Their analytics platform, BravoAdvantage Analytics, allows procurement professionals to visualize data and create intuitive reports for stakeholders. BravoSolution also delivers collaboration services across various sectors, including transportation and temporary labor, as well as government solutions focused on spend visibility and electronic sourcing. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Milan, Italy, BravoSolution operates additional offices globally and is a subsidiary of JAGGAER, Inc.

Path 1 Network Technologies

Venture Round in 2005
Path 1 Network Technologies, Inc. engages in the design, development, and supply of products that enable the adaptation, transportation, and delivery of real-time video over private and public Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as networks that comprise the Internet. The company offers two primary product lines, Video Over IP Gateway and Network Access Gateway. Its Video Over IP Gateway products are used by broadcasters and video service providers to transport live video content in real time between different locations, within a region, a country, and between countries. Its Network Access Gateway products are primarily used by cable companies to supply video-on-demand services. The company's customers include cable, broadcast, satellite, telco, video carriers, mobile operators, and enterprises. Path 1 Network Technologies was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Aradigm

Convertible Note in 2001
Aradigm is an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of a portfolio of drugs delivered by inhalation for the treatment of severe respiratory diseases by pulmonologists. The Company has product candidates addressing the treatment of bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, inhalation tularemia and anthrax infections, and smoking cessation.

ON Technology

Venture Round in 2000
ON Technology is a software company. It develops e-mail, anti-virus technology, internet usage monitoring, IP firewall, and desktop systems management software. The original plan of the business was to build an object-oriented PC desktop environment providing a variety of applications. ON Technology was founded by Mitch Kapor in 1987. The company was acquired by Symantec on October 27, 2003.

Webb Interactive Services

Venture Round in 2000
Webb Interactive Services is a web-based software development company. It develops instant messaging and presence software in the United States. The company’s products are based on the standardized extensible message and presence protocol. It serves enterprises, government agencies, telecommunications companies, Internet service providers, and independent distributors of software that require real-time communication and collaboration solutions. Webb Interactive Services was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

PacWest Bancorp

Private Equity Round in 1995
PacWest Bancorp (“PacWest”) is a bank holding company with $5.3 billion in assets as of March 31, 2013, with one wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Pacific Western Bank (“Pacific Western”). Through 75 full-service branches, Pacific Western provides commercial banking services, including real estate, construction, and commercial loans, to small and medium-sized businesses. Pacific Western's branches are located throughout California in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, and Ventura Counties. Through its subsidiaries, BFI Business Finance and Celtic Capital Corporation, and its divisions, First Community Financial and Pacific Western Equipment Finance, Pacific Western also provides working capital financing and equipment leasing to growing companies located throughout the United States, with a focus on the Southwest, primarily in Arizona, California, Utah and Texas. Additional information regarding PacWest is available on the Internet at www.pacwestbancorp.com. Information regarding Pacific Western Bank is also available on the Internet at www.pacificwesternbank.com.