# Charter Capital Partners

> Charter Capital Partners is a VC fund backing Farming and Medical. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Grand Rapids, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 67%
- Fund size: $21M
- Last fund: Aug 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chartercapitalpartners/
- Website: https://www.chartercapitalpartners.com

Charter Capital Partners is a VC fund in Grand Rapids focused on Farming and Medical. Founded in 1989, Charter Capital Partners is a premier investment banking firm headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Charter offers a comprehensive range of investment banking and private capital investing advisory services, including buy-side and sell-side M&A, succession planning, business valuation and capital raise. Charter PrivateCapital Management is a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA), professionally managing numerous venture capital funds and private investment vehicles.Charter was recently named one of the top 100 most referred middle-market advisory firms in the US, according to a survey of 1,000 private equity firms, strategic acquirers, and family offices compiled by Axial, a network of middle market investors, advisors, and CEOs. Our mission is to deliver superior professional guidance to both business owners and investors throughout the complete business lifecycle.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Farming | 1 | 33% |
| Medical | 1 | 33% |
| Advertising | 1 | 33% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 33% |
| Health Care | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |
| Series D | 1 | 33% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Debbie Kolar | Business Operations Director | 0 | — |
| Dale Grogan | Managing Director | 1 | — |
| John Kerschen | Managing Director | 2 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lambert | Lambert is an integrated communications agency and top-10 IR firm nationally with expertise in a variety of industries. |  | Private Equity | Feb 10, 2022 |  |
| Trice Medical | Trice Medical is founded to fundamentally improve orthopedic diagnostics for the patient, physician, and payor by providing instant, eyes-on, answers. Trice has pioneered fully integrated camera-enabled technologies that provide a clinical solution that is optimized for the physician's office. Their mission is to provide more immediate anddefinitive patient care, eliminating the false reads associated with current indirect modalities and significantly reducing the overall cost to the healthcare system.Trice Medical was founded in 2011 and is based in Pennsylvania. |  | Series C | Jan 14, 2019 |  |
| Vestaron | Vestaron produces insecticides for agriculture, animal health, non-crop, and commercial pest control applications. Vestaron Corporation develops and produces insecticides by employing peptides sourced from spiders in the United States. Its products are used in agriculture, animal health, and specialty non-crop applications, as well as in-householdinsects and commercial pest control applications. Vestaron Corporation was formerly known as Venomix, Inc. and changed its name to Vestaron Corporation in August 2009. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan. |  | Series D | Aug 04, 2016 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Anterra Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anterra-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BioStar Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/biostar-private-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cultivian Sandbox Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cultivian-sandbox-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HealthQuest Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heathquest-capital-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Municipal Employee Retirement System](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/municipal-employee-retirement-system) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Open Prairie](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/open-prairie) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Charter Capital Partners invest in?

Charter Capital Partners invests primarily in Farming, Medical and Advertising startups, most often at Series C and Series D stage. Most of the 3 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 Charter Capital Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Charter Capital Partners?

The team at Charter Capital Partners includes Debbie Kolar (Business Operations Director), Dale Grogan (Managing Director) and John Kerschen (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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