Cyrus Capital Partners

Cyrus Capital Partners, L.P. is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in New York, with an additional office in London. Established in 1999, the firm focuses on global investments in securities and loans from both corporate and sovereign entities. It engages in a comprehensive approach to investing, covering the entire capital structure of companies and employing both long and short positions in various financial instruments, including debt, equity, and derivatives. Cyrus is known for its deep value investment strategy and expertise in legal and process-oriented opportunities, as well as its capability to directly structure capital solutions and lead capital raises for companies.

Daniel Bordessa

Partner and Portfolio Analyst

Lucien Farrell

Partner

Robert Lentini

Limited Partner and Head of Trading

David Milich

COO and President

John Rapaport

Partner

Roger Sherman

Director

15 past transactions

Revlon

Private Equity Round in 2023
Revlon, Inc. is a prominent global provider of beauty and personal care products, encompassing cosmetics, hair color, fragrances, and skincare. Founded in 1932, the company operates through several segments, including Revlon, Elizabeth Arden, Portfolio, and Fragrances. The Revlon segment is known for its color cosmetics and beauty tools, while Elizabeth Arden specializes in skincare and fragrances. The Portfolio segment includes brands such as Almay, American Crew, and CND, offering a diverse range of products from color cosmetics to men's grooming and nail care. Revlon sells its products through various retail channels, including mass merchandisers and drugstores, and leverages a network of sales representatives and distributors to reach consumers worldwide. The company has a substantial global presence, with significant revenue derived from North America.

Sealed

Series B in 2022
Sealed is a home improvement company focused on enhancing energy efficiency and comfort in residential properties. By collaborating with energy utilities and certified contractors, Sealed offers a range of upgrades, including HVAC systems, insulation, air sealing, and smart home technology. The company manages projects from start to finish, ensuring that homes remain comfortable and energy-efficient in all weather conditions. Sealed employs a unique performance payment model that eliminates upfront costs for homeowners, allowing them to pay based on the energy savings achieved from the upgrades. This approach not only addresses common issues faced by homeowners but also facilitates access to financing through its HomeAdvance program. Sealed's proprietary data and analytics support accurate energy savings predictions, which have led to innovative financial products such as the first debt facility backed by residential energy savings and the first residential energy savings insurance policy. The company reaches its customers through local contractors, utilities, and digital marketing, effectively promoting its services while helping homeowners reduce energy waste and improve their living environments.

May Mobility

Series C in 2022
May Mobility, Inc. is an autonomous vehicle company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that specializes in providing driverless shuttle services to enterprise and municipal clients. Founded in 2017, the company operates a fleet of six-passenger electric vehicles designed to navigate through traffic on mapped routes. May Mobility aims to address the challenges of urban congestion and limited mobility access by leveraging advanced autonomous technology. Its approach focuses on system-level safety design and optimizing transit routes to enhance user experience and improve transportation efficiency. By deploying autonomous shuttles, May Mobility seeks to reduce human error in driving, lower pollution levels, and create economic benefits for communities, ultimately contributing to a safer and more accessible urban environment.

Sealed

Series B in 2021
Sealed is a home improvement company focused on enhancing energy efficiency and comfort in residential properties. By collaborating with energy utilities and certified contractors, Sealed offers a range of upgrades, including HVAC systems, insulation, air sealing, and smart home technology. The company manages projects from start to finish, ensuring that homes remain comfortable and energy-efficient in all weather conditions. Sealed employs a unique performance payment model that eliminates upfront costs for homeowners, allowing them to pay based on the energy savings achieved from the upgrades. This approach not only addresses common issues faced by homeowners but also facilitates access to financing through its HomeAdvance program. Sealed's proprietary data and analytics support accurate energy savings predictions, which have led to innovative financial products such as the first debt facility backed by residential energy savings and the first residential energy savings insurance policy. The company reaches its customers through local contractors, utilities, and digital marketing, effectively promoting its services while helping homeowners reduce energy waste and improve their living environments.

Aero

Funding Round in 2021
Aero Technologies, Inc. is an online reseller of flight tickets, specializing in matching air travelers with premium seats and shared charters. Based in San Francisco, California, the company offers a range of services, including online flight booking and ticketing, as well as information on flight destinations and current offers. Aero aims to provide an intimate travel experience by offering individual seats with personalized service and flexibility in booking, ensuring a seamless luxury travel experience for its customers. Established in 2013, Aero has positioned itself as a key player in the premium air travel market.

Wunder

Private Equity Round in 2020
Wunder is a Boulder, Colorado-based company that specializes in financing and developing commercial solar projects. Founded in 2013, it provides construction and term financing solutions for various solar initiatives, including traditional power purchase agreements, community solar developments, and projects involving unrated credit offtakers. Additionally, Wunder develops software and collaborates with leading solar organizations and financial institutions to facilitate the construction of large-scale solar projects for businesses, municipalities, nonprofits, and communities throughout the United States. The company is notable for being the first solar entity to participate in the Techstars technology accelerator.

Sears

Debt Financing in 2019
Sears is an American multinational department store chain headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, in Greater Chicago. The company was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1893 as a mail order catalog. Julius Rosenwald took control in 1895 and expanded its sales and profits greatly. In 1925, it began opening local department stores. The business peaked in the 1950s and 1960s, then began a long, slow contraction. In 2005, it was bought out by Kmart, which renamed itself Sears Holdings.

Sealed

Series A in 2019
Sealed is a home improvement company focused on enhancing energy efficiency and comfort in residential properties. By collaborating with energy utilities and certified contractors, Sealed offers a range of upgrades, including HVAC systems, insulation, air sealing, and smart home technology. The company manages projects from start to finish, ensuring that homes remain comfortable and energy-efficient in all weather conditions. Sealed employs a unique performance payment model that eliminates upfront costs for homeowners, allowing them to pay based on the energy savings achieved from the upgrades. This approach not only addresses common issues faced by homeowners but also facilitates access to financing through its HomeAdvance program. Sealed's proprietary data and analytics support accurate energy savings predictions, which have led to innovative financial products such as the first debt facility backed by residential energy savings and the first residential energy savings insurance policy. The company reaches its customers through local contractors, utilities, and digital marketing, effectively promoting its services while helping homeowners reduce energy waste and improve their living environments.

May Mobility

Series A in 2019
May Mobility, Inc. is an autonomous vehicle company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that specializes in providing driverless shuttle services to enterprise and municipal clients. Founded in 2017, the company operates a fleet of six-passenger electric vehicles designed to navigate through traffic on mapped routes. May Mobility aims to address the challenges of urban congestion and limited mobility access by leveraging advanced autonomous technology. Its approach focuses on system-level safety design and optimizing transit routes to enhance user experience and improve transportation efficiency. By deploying autonomous shuttles, May Mobility seeks to reduce human error in driving, lower pollution levels, and create economic benefits for communities, ultimately contributing to a safer and more accessible urban environment.

Flybe

Post in 2019
Flybe Limited provides passenger and business airline carrier services. It offers live flight arrival and departure information, airport terminal, baggage, ticketing and booking, check-in, and passenger assistance services. The company also provides aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul services that include base maintenance, heavy check, airworthiness, design office, fleet engineering, technical records, and planning services; component maintenance and engineering services; and technical training services. A new beginning for the airline as British European was forced to dramatically change its business model to survive in such a highly competitive and aggressive new low cost travel era. Flybe was born and, along with it, a bright modern brand and changes to commercial, fleet and operational policies that transformed the airline.

Wunder

Debt Financing in 2018
Wunder is a Boulder, Colorado-based company that specializes in financing and developing commercial solar projects. Founded in 2013, it provides construction and term financing solutions for various solar initiatives, including traditional power purchase agreements, community solar developments, and projects involving unrated credit offtakers. Additionally, Wunder develops software and collaborates with leading solar organizations and financial institutions to facilitate the construction of large-scale solar projects for businesses, municipalities, nonprofits, and communities throughout the United States. The company is notable for being the first solar entity to participate in the Techstars technology accelerator.

Edeniq

Venture Round in 2017
Edeniq Inc. is a biotechnology company specializing in the conversion of cellulosic biomass into industrial sugars and cellulosic ethanol. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Visalia, California, the company has developed innovative technologies, including the Cellunator, a device that enhances starch extraction from corn, and the Intellulose platform, which allows for the production of cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber. Edeniq's solutions are designed for easy integration into existing ethanol production facilities without requiring significant capital investment. The company licenses its technologies to bio-refineries in the United States and Brazil, helping them improve efficiency and increase the yield of valuable biofuels and biochemicals.

Edeniq

Venture Round in 2017
Edeniq Inc. is a biotechnology company specializing in the conversion of cellulosic biomass into industrial sugars and cellulosic ethanol. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Visalia, California, the company has developed innovative technologies, including the Cellunator, a device that enhances starch extraction from corn, and the Intellulose platform, which allows for the production of cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber. Edeniq's solutions are designed for easy integration into existing ethanol production facilities without requiring significant capital investment. The company licenses its technologies to bio-refineries in the United States and Brazil, helping them improve efficiency and increase the yield of valuable biofuels and biochemicals.

Edeniq

Venture Round in 2012
Edeniq Inc. is a biotechnology company specializing in the conversion of cellulosic biomass into industrial sugars and cellulosic ethanol. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Visalia, California, the company has developed innovative technologies, including the Cellunator, a device that enhances starch extraction from corn, and the Intellulose platform, which allows for the production of cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber. Edeniq's solutions are designed for easy integration into existing ethanol production facilities without requiring significant capital investment. The company licenses its technologies to bio-refineries in the United States and Brazil, helping them improve efficiency and increase the yield of valuable biofuels and biochemicals.

Edeniq

Series B in 2010
Edeniq Inc. is a biotechnology company specializing in the conversion of cellulosic biomass into industrial sugars and cellulosic ethanol. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Visalia, California, the company has developed innovative technologies, including the Cellunator, a device that enhances starch extraction from corn, and the Intellulose platform, which allows for the production of cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber. Edeniq's solutions are designed for easy integration into existing ethanol production facilities without requiring significant capital investment. The company licenses its technologies to bio-refineries in the United States and Brazil, helping them improve efficiency and increase the yield of valuable biofuels and biochemicals.
Spot something off? Help us improve by flagging any incorrect or outdated information. Just email us at support@teaserclub.com. Your feedback is most welcome.