Stripes
Stripes Group LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm based in New York, specializing in growth equity investments primarily in software and consumer businesses. Founded in 2003, the firm focuses on emerging growth companies and typically invests between $10 million and $150 million in sectors such as fintech, digital media, e-commerce, enterprise software, and technology-enabled consumer products. Stripes seeks to target middle market and later stage companies with revenues exceeding $10 million and significant annual growth. The firm prefers to make minority and majority investments, often in founder-owned businesses with no prior institutional investors, and is open to co-investments. Stripes aims to exit its investments within two to four years, providing liquidity and supporting the growth of its portfolio companies.