Chartwell Investments

Chartwell Investments Inc. is a private equity firm established in 1992 and headquartered in New York, specializing in investments in medium-sized and niche lower middle market companies. The firm primarily targets acquisition of control positions, buyouts, recapitalizations, growth equity investments, operational turnarounds, restructurings, and industry consolidations, while typically avoiding venture capital and high technology sectors. Chartwell has a diverse industry focus, with particular interest in branded consumer products, light industrials, healthcare services, energy equipment, and infrastructure-related products. The firm generally invests between $25 million and $200 million in companies with EBITDA ranging from $5 million to $25 million and sales between $50 million and $500 million. Chartwell prefers negotiated transactions and has no fixed exit timeline, allowing for a long-term investment strategy. The firm is keen on collaborating with family and entrepreneurially-owned businesses, as well as select corporate divestitures, while considering international investments that involve U.S. partnerships.

Deepak Sethi

Vice President

Michael S. Shein

Managing Partner

4 past transactions

Datascan

Private Equity Round in 2011
Datascan LP provides on demand self scan inventory solutions. The company offers a range of self scan inventory data solutions, all developed with the objective of transforming raw inventory data into valuable, actionable information. Datascan LP also offers solution as a service delivery model bundles which are necessary hardware and software with unrestricted access to reporting and analytics into a single on-demand rental. The company was founded in 1970 and is based in Carrollton, Texas.

PlayCore

Acquisition in 2007
PlayCore cares about core values. Things like healthy happy children. engaged families, opportunities to engage with nature, places where everyone can play, no matter how different...or how alike they are.PlayCore Believe that various forms of play, recreation, and physical activity are essential throughout life as they provide a healthy life balance and greatly enrich people of all ages and abilities.

RCR Enterprises

Private Equity Round in 2003
RCR Enterprises racing team founded and majority owned by Richard Childress.

Carey

Acquisition in 2000
Carey International is one of the world's largest chauffeured vehicle service companies, providing services through a worldwide network of owned and operated companies, licensees and affiliates serving 420 cities in 65 countries.