# Crestview Partners

> Crestview Partners is a VC fund backing Telecommunications and Internet. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 64%
- Fund size: $1.9B
- Last fund: Jun 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crestview-partners-llc
- Website: http://www.crestview.com

Crestview Partners is a private equity firm focused on middle-market contrarian and distressed investments, and special situations. The company specializes in companies based in the media, energy, financial services, healthcare, and industrials sectors.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Telecommunications | 7 | 32% |
| Internet | 3 | 14% |
| Insurance | 3 | 14% |
| Media and Entertainment | 3 | 14% |
| TV | 2 | 9% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 14 | 64% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 14% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 2 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | 59% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 14% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Klein | General Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-klein-87d9 |
| Barry Volpert | Founder & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barry-volpert |
| Mike DuBose | Operating Executive | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-dubose-3707 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Saber Interactive | Saber Interactive is a developers of interactive games in Russia and Eastern Europe and one of the few remaining independent game studios consistently producing industry-leading content. |  | Private Equity | Sep 13, 2024 |  |
| The Gersh Agency | The Gersh Agency is a talent and literary company that offers film production, theater, digital, branding, and endorsements services. |  | Private Equity | May 01, 2023 |  |
| Modern Wealth Management | Modern Wealth Management operates as a registered investment advisory(RIA) firm. | $200M | Private Equity | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| Digicomm International | Digicomm provides services, including the largest and latest inventory stocking position, shipping system, attentive customer service, vendor-managed inventory program (VMI), and engineering expertise serving the telecommunications industry. |  | Private Equity | Aug 16, 2022 |  |
| Digicomm International | Digicomm provides services, including the largest and latest inventory stocking position, shipping system, attentive customer service, vendor-managed inventory program (VMI), and engineering expertise serving the telecommunications industry. |  | Private Equity | Aug 16, 2022 |  |
| Framestore | Framestore is a creative studio that offers production, preproduction, and postproduction services for its users. It provides computer-generated imagery solutions for both film and broadcast markets. The company is capable of making moving images, content, design, and digital for the advertising, entertainment, and film industries.Framestorecollaborates from the conception of a project and brings a creative and technological problem-solving approach to its partners’ business challenges. Its global team is connected through real-time production enabling 900 colleagues to collaborate on projects.The company was founded in 1986 and is based in London with additional offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Montreal. |  |  | Dec 10, 2020 |  |
| Upwell Water | Upwell Water provides capital to ensure a sustainable water future. |  | Private Equity | Jul 30, 2020 |  |
| Fidelis Insurance | Fidelis Insurance is a property and casualty (re)insurance start up. The company offering effective, bespoke coverage within specialist lines providing significant capacity with a strong balance sheet. | $500M | Private Equity | Jun 11, 2020 |  |
| ICM Partners | ICM Partners is one of the world’s largest talent and literary agencies, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C. and London. A cornerstone of the entertainment industry for more than three decades, ICM Partners represents creative and technical talent in the fields of motion pictures, television, music, publishing, live performance,branded entertainment and new media. Under the leadership of partners from each of the agency’s core areas of business, ICM Partners continues actively to seek new opportunities for its clients as emerging technologies reshape the media landscape. ICM was formed in 1975 through the merger of Creative Management Associates and International Famous Agency. In 2005, the company raised equity financing to fund strategic growth, and in 2006, ICM acquired the literary agency Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann. In 2012, the agency completed a management buyout and formed a partnership with the new name, ICM Partners. | $150M | Private Equity | Dec 16, 2019 |  |
| Congruex | Congruex is a multi-national company delivering turn-key broadband network design and build services. Our nationwide customers include AT&T, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox, Crown Castle, Google, Lumen, TDS, Verizon, and many more. It is our mission to satisfy our customers by providing the expertise, technology, and resources necessary tobuild better networks.The telecommunications network construction industry is fraught with fragmentation and outdated internal technology infrastructure. This is where Congruex bridges the gap by specializing in integrated project delivery, leveraging best-in-class technologies, and crafting data-based solutions in-house. The One Congruex family is made up of over 4,000 employees, 10 business units, and four tuck-in businesses. We span 44 offices and align under our core values of GRIT – Guts to do the right thing, Reliability to deliver what we promise, Improvement to get better every day, and Teamwork. | $48.9M | Private Equity | Aug 19, 2019 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Crestview Partners invest in?

Crestview Partners invests primarily in Telecommunications, Internet and Insurance startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 22 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 Crestview Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Crestview Partners?

The team at Crestview Partners includes Adam Klein (General Partner), Barry Volpert (Founder & CEO) and Mike DuBose (Operating Executive). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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