# Concentric Equity Partners

> Concentric Equity Partners is a VC fund backing Software and Internet. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/concentric-equity-partners/
- Website: http://www.fic-cep.com/cep-introduction.php

Concentric Equity Partners is a private equity firm based in Chicago, IL. They provide capital and experience to profitable growth businesses run by outstanding management teams. Their approach is to support entrepreneurs with capital, operating expertise and industry knowledge.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 27% |
| Internet | 2 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 13% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 13% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 5 | 33% |
| Series B | 4 | 27% |
| Seed | 1 | 7% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 73% |
| Singapore | 1 | 7% |
| Philippines | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ian G. Ross | Partner | 0 | — |
| Jennifer W. Steans | Partner | 0 | — |
| John Wood | Partner, Asia | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-wood-4 |
| Kenneth D. Hooten | Managing Partner | 2 | — |
| Todd Paul | Partner | 1 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lhoopa | Lhoopa is a property technology venture dedicated to revolutionizing the affordable housing sector in emerging markets. By leveraging data and innovative solutions, the company empowers local partners to provide affordable homes, addressing the significant housing backlog. | $20M | Series B | Jul 16, 2024 |  |
| Infusion Marketing Group | We work with community focused banks and credit unions looking to use data to unlock new growth opportunities. Since 2007, over 300 of your peers have gained new insight about growth opportunities and then benefited from "pay for performance marketing programs to execute on the opportunity."Our recommendations are grounded by over 8billion bank and credit union specific reference data points and years of experience as practitioners in the industry. We give you specific and actionable pro-formas up front and then track results all the way to booked accounts, balances, and the net change in household balances. |  | Private Equity | Dec 18, 2023 |  |
| Frontier Waste Holdings | Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Frontier is a provider of municipal solid waste services to the municipal, residential, commercial and industrial markets. |  | Private Equity | Nov 21, 2022 |  |
| LandscapeHub | LandscapeHub is dedicated to streamlining the B2B procurement process in the Landscaping Industry. Buyers and suppliers increase efficiency, expand their networks and gain valuable market knowledge and insights by using LandscapeHub.LandscapeHub is a digital, B2B marketplace connecting buyers and suppliers within a central onlineplatform.LandscapeHub represents quality suppliers across the country, aggregating their available inventory and pricing, empowering buyers with a “one stop shop” buying experience. | $9M | Series A | Feb 10, 2022 |  |
| Sunbelt Waterproofing and Restoration | Sunbelt Waterproofing and Restoration is a provider of commercial waterproofing and restoration service. |  | Private Equity | Jul 08, 2021 |  |
| SCI Ecommerce | SCI Ecommerce Pte Ltd is the No. 1 E-commerce solution provider in Southeast Asia for local and overseas brands. | $28.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| Rheaply | Rheaply provides procurement management software to buy, sell, trade, donate, and rent resources. Its platform develops the exchange technology for researchers to share their ideas and surplus resources with colleagues to reduce time, costs, as well as environmental waste that enable clients to help lower procurement and storage costs and reducewaste.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $2.5M | Seed | Mar 17, 2020 |  |
| Litera | Litera Microsystems is a software company dedicated to providing technology solutions designed to improve document content quality and formatting, mitigate document-related risks, and enhance document production efficiency.With a strong focus on the continuous delivery of innovation, knowledge, support, and education as well as unyieldingattention to outstanding customer service, Microsystems has built and maintained an industry-leading reputation since 1995.Today, Microsystems supports over 650 document-intensive organizations worldwide, ensuring they are equipped to satisfy the complex demands of clients and regulators. Through extensive research and analysis as well as close communication with clients, Microsystems continues to identify best practices and develop new solutions utilizing the latest technology advancements to guide our client’s authoring environments and reduce their exposure to document-related risk. |  | Private Equity | Oct 08, 2012 |  |
| Nature Technologies | Nature Technologies, Inc. ("NTI") provides homeowners with a technology-based deer deterrent service to prevent destruction of residential landscaping. The company's patented technology, including a 110 decibel ultrasonic device that disturbs a deer's ability to sense predators, repels deer from protected properties. | $4.6M | Debt Financing | Nov 06, 2007 |  |
| Ketera | The Ketera Network TM transforms business buying and selling by integrating an enterprise-class spend management solution and an active community of 250,000 business buyers and suppliers that have transacted over $4 billion in spend and actively collaborate to improve results. Using the Ketera Network, the procurement organization can improve theefficiency and effectiveness of their entire source-to-pay process with its enterprise-class spend management capabilities that includes sourcing, contract management, procurement, invoicing and spend analytics. In addition, the Network's supplier discovery and marketing tools help suppliers grow their business and enable buying organizations find better suppliers. Finally, its network-level analytics enable buying organizations and suppliers to benchmark and improve their business strategies. By simultaneously delivering considerable cost savings for buyers and new business opportunities for suppliers, the Ketera Network represents the next generation of business applications that benefit from a strong community multiplier effect. | $14M | Series E | Jan 08, 2007 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Ropart Asset Management — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BEV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bev-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BlueStream Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluestream-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [HPA (Hyde Park Angels)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Ignite Venture Partners — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- A. Soriano Corporation — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Concentric Equity Partners invest in?

Concentric Equity Partners invests primarily in Software, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Private Equity and Series B stage. Most of the 15 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 Concentric Equity Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Concentric Equity Partners?

The team at Concentric Equity Partners includes Ian G. Ross (Partner), Jennifer W. Steans (Partner) and John Wood (Partner, Asia). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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