# Cartesian Capital Group

> Cartesian Capital Group is a VC fund in New York backing Retail and Software. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 64%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cartesian-capital-group/about/
- Website: http://cartesiangroup.com

Cartesian Capital Group is a VC fund in New York focused on Retail and Software. Cartesian Capital Group, LLC is a global private equity firm with proven expertise in assisting closely-held companies to expand internationally.We manage more than $2 billion in capital and have a talented team of 22 professionals based in New York, Shanghai, Sao Paulo, Vienna, Warsaw, Bucharest, and Bermuda.The senior members of our teamhave worked together continuously for the past 14 years, consistently applying our proven investment strategy to provide value-added support to our companies and attractive risk-adjusted returns to our investors.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 2 | 14% |
| Software | 2 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 14% |
| Data Center | 2 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 14% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 8 | 57% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 43% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 14% |
| China | 1 | 7% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| Ireland | 1 | 7% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geoffrey L. Hamlin | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geoffrey-l-hamlin |
| Peter M. Yu | Founder & Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-m-yu |
| Beth Michelson | partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beth-michelson-8af2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Townhouse | Townhouse is revolutionizing the global nail care industry across salons and product. |  | Private Equity | Mar 16, 2026 |  |
| Tim Hortons China | Tim Hortons is a restaurant mainly into Coffee. | $40M | Post-IPO Debt | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| BURN | BURN's core business is the design, local manufacture, and distribution of fuel-efficient cooking products that save lives and forests in the developing world. Their modern manufacturing facility outside of Nairobi makes one stove per minute and is the largest of its kind on the continent. | $12M | Private Equity | Mar 28, 2024 |  |
| NorthStar Earth & Space | NorthStar Earth & Space will provide Earth Observation and Space Object Tracking information products at a level of precision, richness .NorthStar is a group of technologies which form a base upon which other applications, processes, and technologies are developed. | $34.7M | Series C | Jan 05, 2023 |  |
| Tiendamia.com | Tiendamia delivers 1 billion products from the US and China to 400 million customers in LATAM, solving every pain point in the middle (customs, shipping, payments, etc). Based in Miami, Florida, currently operating in 5 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay) and more than 400.000 orders delivered, Tiendamia is the main CrossBorder E-Commerce site in LATAM. | $20M | Series B | Jan 24, 2022 |  |
| Tiendamia.com | Tiendamia delivers 1 billion products from the US and China to 400 million customers in LATAM, solving every pain point in the middle (customs, shipping, payments, etc). Based in Miami, Florida, currently operating in 5 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay) and more than 400.000 orders delivered, Tiendamia is the main CrossBorder E-Commerce site in LATAM. | $20M | Series B | Jan 24, 2022 |  |
| Simba Sleep | Simba Sleep is an e-commerce company that offers a variety of mattresses. It brings together thousands of super-light comfort springs and support from precision-engineered foam in perfect harmony.The company is driven by a mission is to bring the importance of sleep back into focus, and help everyone wake up winning. Simba Sleep was founded in2015 and is headquartered in London, England. | $24M | Private Equity | Jan 03, 2020 |  |
| Viva Air | Viva Air is a Colombian low-cost airline. | $50M | Private Equity | May 10, 2019 |  |
| Intercontinental Potash Corp | Intercontinental Potash (USA) produces potassium sulfate and specialty fertilizers for high-value crops in arid and saline soil environments. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Hobbs, New Mexico. Intercontinental Potash operates as a subsidiary of IC Potash. |  | Private Equity | Mar 20, 2017 |  |
| Aqua Comms | Aqua Comms provides capacity networking solutions to content providers, cloud based networks, data centres, IT companies & the global media. Since the company was founded in 2014, Aqua Comms has established a reputation for excellence in the field of subsea cabling. Aqua Comms DAC is an Irish Carriers’ Carrier which specialises in the buildingand operating of submarine cable systems. They offer a complete service that includes the planning, implementation and supply of fibre pairs, spectrum and capacity services to the global media, content and carrier markets.Aqua Comms was established with the vision to build, acquire or merge with Subsea fibre-optic cable networks to provide capacity networking solutions to customers that require exceptional reliability and performance. | $50M | Series A | Oct 13, 2016 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Key Carbon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carbon-neutral-royalty) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [Ireland Strategic Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ireland-strategic-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Motorola Solutions Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motorola-solutions-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Cartesian Capital Group invest in?

Cartesian Capital Group invests primarily in Retail, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Private Equity and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Cartesian Capital Group?

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### Who are the partners at Cartesian Capital Group?

The team at Cartesian Capital Group includes Geoffrey L. Hamlin (Partner), Peter M. Yu (Founder & Managing Partner) and Beth Michelson (partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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