# McCarthy Capital

> McCarthy Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 39 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Omaha, United States
- Total investments: 39
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 90%
- Fund size: $535M
- Last fund: Aug 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mccarthy-capital-corporation/
- Website: http://mccarthycapital.com

McCarthy Capital is a private-equity firm focused on being a value-added partner for management teams, founders and families.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 26% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 18% |
| Health Care | 6 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 8% |
| Telecommunications | 3 | 8% |

75 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 26 | 67% |
| Series A | 5 | 13% |
| Seed | 2 | 5% |
| Series B | 2 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 35 | 90% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bob Emmert | Managing Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-emmert-c2b8 |
| Patrick Duffy | President & Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-duffy-e8a1 |
| BJ Hansen | Managing Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bj-hansen-ed99 |
| Justin Disick | vice president | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-disick |
| Matt Breunsbach | Managing Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-breunsbach |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Progressive Dental | Progressive Dental is a marketing company dedicated to dental practice growth by connecting patients with clinicians who are committed to providing the highest standard of care.The company was founded on creativity, collaboration, and hard work. It is constantly evolving and is passionate about providing the best suite of dental marketingservices to its clients.Its goal is to provide individualized service to each client and assist them in reaching their unique practice objectives through strategic marketing and support services. Progressive Dental enables them to achieve their professional and personal goal by attracting and serving patients in need of the highest quality, cutting-edge dental procedures.The company was established in 2009 and is based in Clearwater, Florida. | $100M | Private Equity | May 30, 2024 |  |
| Critical Response Group | Critical Response Group develops solutions that are validated by thousands of real-world incidents under stressful conditions, and are deployed across the United States and internationally to protect schools, businesses, hospitals, and other critical infrastructure.Collaborative Response Graphics® is a visual communication and collaboration tool,useable under stress, to coordinate emergency response outside and inside a building. CRGs enhances response time and improve command and control during an incident. | $49M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 17, 2024 |  |
| WIT | Wit is a video contest platform that helps brands generate authentic video content and rewards creators with cash prizes! |  | Series A | Feb 14, 2024 |  |
| Workshop | Workshop is a delightful company intranet designed for efficient internal communication | $12M | Series A | Nov 16, 2023 |  |
| Aplós | Aplós creates a bold and aromatic non-alcoholic spirit that offers a sophisticated new way to unwind. | $5.5M | Series A | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| Spreetail | Spreetail is a global ecommerce accelerator that offers logistics and channel management to manufacturers. It has seven fulfillment centers in the United States and expanded internationally in 2018. Spreetail works with over 500 brands to help them accelerate their e-commerce sales across global marketplaces like Amazon, Target.com, Wayfair,Walmart.com, eBay, and many more. Spreetail uses efficient tech-based analytics, insights, and logistics to help brands sell products quickly in e-commerce. | $208M |  | Feb 23, 2023 |  |
| Spreetail | Spreetail is a global ecommerce accelerator that offers logistics and channel management to manufacturers. It has seven fulfillment centers in the United States and expanded internationally in 2018. Spreetail works with over 500 brands to help them accelerate their e-commerce sales across global marketplaces like Amazon, Target.com, Wayfair,Walmart.com, eBay, and many more. Spreetail uses efficient tech-based analytics, insights, and logistics to help brands sell products quickly in e-commerce. | $208M | Private Equity | Feb 16, 2023 |  |
| zLinq | zLinq is a company that offers strategic communications management services. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, United States. | $5M | Series B | Nov 29, 2022 |  |
| LASSO | LASSO is the people platform for the events and entertainment industry. It provides workforce management software that unifies event staff management tasks into one easy workflow via scheduling, communication, onboarding, time tracking, payroll, travel, and talent sourcing. | $5M | Series A | Nov 07, 2022 |  |
| Caraway | Caraway specializes in manufacturing non-toxic ceramic cookware. Caraway is on a mission to craft well-designed, non-toxic ceramic cookware that thoughtfully raises the standards of what you cook with. The company's products are made with naturally smooth ceramic, not polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon)—a chemical that can leach toxic substancesinto food and the air.Caraway was founded in 2018 and is based in New York City. | $35M | Series A | Sep 28, 2022 |  |

10 of 39 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Globalive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globalive-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Halpern, Denny & Co.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/halpern-denny-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [INCapital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incapital-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Invest Nebraska](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invest-nebraska) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [M25](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/M25-VC) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [All Access Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/all-access-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does McCarthy Capital invest in?

McCarthy Capital invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Health Care startups, most often at Private Equity and Series A stage. Most of the 39 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 McCarthy Capital?

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### Who are the partners at McCarthy Capital?

The team at McCarthy Capital includes Bob Emmert (Managing Partner), Patrick Duffy (President & Managing Partner) and BJ Hansen (Managing Director), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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