# Centerbridge Partners

> Centerbridge Partners is a VC fund backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 59%
- Last fund: Jan 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.centerbridge.com/

Centerbridge Partners is a VC fund in New York focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Centerbridge Partners, L.P. is a private investment firm with offices in New York and London. The firm focuses on private equity & credit investments.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 8 | 30% |
| FinTech | 5 | 19% |
| Finance | 3 | 11% |
| Insurance | 3 | 11% |
| Software | 2 | 7% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 7 | 26% |
| Series B | 2 | 7% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 2 | 7% |
| Series A | 1 | 4% |
| Series D | 1 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 37% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 11% |
| Israel | 1 | 4% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Erin Kechner | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erin-kechner |
| Gavin Baiera | Senior Managing Director, Head of Performing Credit, Portfolio Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gavin-baiera |
| Jared Hendricks | Senior Managing Director and Head of Technology Investing | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jared-hendricks-b384 |
| Jed Hart | Sr Managing Director, Co-head of Europe, Portfolio Manager Credit | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jed-hart |
| Jeffrey Aronson | Co founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-aronson |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Merritt Properties | Merritt Properties is a commercial real estate firm offering property management services. | $750M | Private Equity | Jul 01, 2026 |  |
| Ebury | Ebury is a financial technology company that offers international payment, foreign exchange, and business banking services. The company supports businesses engaged in cross-border trade and global operations. Its platform includes currency exchange, cash management, and trade finance tools. Ebury serves small and medium-sized enterprises as well aslarger organizations operating in multiple markets. | $748.1M | Private Equity | Apr 30, 2026 |  |
| Upstart | Upstart is a lending platform that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to price credit and automates the borrowing process. The company's proprietary underwriting model identifies borrowers despite limited credit and employment history by using variables including schools attended, area of study, and work experience. Upstartpowered banks can offer higher approval rates and experience lower loss rates*, while simultaneously delivering the exceptional digital-first lending experience their customers demand.It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Carlos, California. | $1.3B | Post-IPO Debt | Apr 29, 2026 |  |
| Alvogen | Alvogen is an international, privately-owned specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacturing, and marketing of generic pharmaceuticals, biosimilar products, and OTC (over-the-counter medicines). Alvogen’s lines of business include generic sales and marketing (Gx), product development, contract manufacturing (CMO), andcontract research (CRO). | $669M | Debt Financing | Mar 07, 2025 |  |
| Carr, Riggs & Ingram | Carr, Riggs & Ingram provides tax, audit, assurance and business consulting services. |  | Private Equity | Nov 18, 2024 |  |
| Banc of California | Banc of California is committed to building the top full-service bank serving California’s diverse private businesses, entrepreneurs, and homeowners with innovative banking products and exceptional service that simplifies financial lives and benefits the communities where our clients live and work. Our simple and fair approach to full-servicebanking is designed to eliminate the complexity of everyday banking and save you time so that you can focus on what’s important to you–growing your business, looking after family and employees, and planning for the future. That’s the Banc of California advantage and our commitment to you. | $400M | Post-IPO Equity | Jul 25, 2023 |  |
| Sabre Corporation | Founded in 1960, Sabre is a technology solutions provider to the global travel and tourism industry. It offers a broad range of technology solutions including, data-driven business intelligence, mobile, distribution and Software-as-a-Service solutions which are used by travel suppliers (airlines, hotels, car rental outlets, railways, cruise linesand tour operators) and travel buyers (travel agencies, travel management companies and corporate travel departments) to plan, market, sell, serve and operate their business.In 2013, Sabre’s technology processed over $100 billion of estimated travel spending and more than 1.1 trillion system messages. Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, USA, Sabre has a presence in approximately 60 countries around the world. We serve our customers through cutting-edge technology developed in six facilities located across four continents. Sabre is privately owned by TPG and Silver Lake Partners. The company operates three businesses: Sabre Airline Solutions, Sabre Hospitality Solutions and Sabre Travel Network. The first passenger reservations system offered by Sabre, installed in 1960, marked a dramatic leap forward for the airline industry, automating one of its key business areas. In the following years, Sabre Airline Solutions® pioneered technological advances in areas such as revenue management, pricing, flight scheduling, cargo, flight operations and crew scheduling. Sabre helped invent electronic commerce for the travel industry, they hold claim to progressive solutions that defined — and continue to modernize — the travel and transportation marketplace. | $700M | Post-IPO Debt | Jun 13, 2023 |  |
| Netwrix | Netwrix Corporation was first to introduce visibility and governance platform for on-premises, hybrid and cloud IT environments.More than 160,000 IT departments worldwide rely on Netwrix to detect insider threats on premises and in the cloud, pass compliance audits with less expense and increase productivity of IT security and operations teams.Founded in 2006, Netwrix has earned more than 100 industry awards and been named to both the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500 lists of the fastest growing companies in the U.S.For more information, visit www.netwrix.com. |  | Private Equity | May 09, 2023 |  |
| Acoustic | Acoustic, L.P. is a global marketing and customer engagement provider delivering solutions that give brands a deeper understanding of their customers and the ability to act in the moments that matter. Our mission is to help brands build closer customer connections through data-driven visibility and personalized engagement. Our customer engagement,digital analytics, and retail pricing solutions are purpose-built to enable marketers to build, scale, and optimize customer experiences throughout the customer lifecycle, from discovery to post-purchase. With 25+ years of MarTech experience, our team of trusted experts is focused on helping brands across industries exceed expectations and build meaningful, lasting customer relationships. Learn more about Acoustic at www.acoustic.com. base of more than 3,500 brands, including Fortune 500 companies, providing digital marketing, marketing analytics, content management, personalization, mobile marketing, and marketing automation solutions. For more information, visit www.acoustic.com. |  | Private Equity | Oct 18, 2022 |  |
| Acoustic | Acoustic, L.P. is a global marketing and customer engagement provider delivering solutions that give brands a deeper understanding of their customers and the ability to act in the moments that matter. Our mission is to help brands build closer customer connections through data-driven visibility and personalized engagement. Our customer engagement,digital analytics, and retail pricing solutions are purpose-built to enable marketers to build, scale, and optimize customer experiences throughout the customer lifecycle, from discovery to post-purchase. With 25+ years of MarTech experience, our team of trusted experts is focused on helping brands across industries exceed expectations and build meaningful, lasting customer relationships. Learn more about Acoustic at www.acoustic.com. base of more than 3,500 brands, including Fortune 500 companies, providing digital marketing, marketing analytics, content management, personalization, mobile marketing, and marketing automation solutions. For more information, visit www.acoustic.com. |  | Private Equity | Oct 18, 2022 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gallatin Point Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gallatin-point-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BlackRock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackrock) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Centerbridge Partners invest in?

Centerbridge Partners invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Private Equity and Series B stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Centerbridge Partners?

The team at Centerbridge Partners includes Erin Kechner (Managing Director), Gavin Baiera (Senior Managing Director, Head of Performing Credit, Portfolio Manager) and Jared Hendricks (Senior Managing Director and Head of Technology Investing), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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