# Searchlight Capital Partners

> Searchlight Capital Partners is a VC fund backing Telecommunications. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 83%
- Fund size: $3.4B
- Last fund: Apr 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/searchlight-capital-partners/about/
- Website: http://www.searchlightcap.com

Searchlight Capital Partners is a private investment firm operating in North America and Europe. They have the ability to invest across the capital structure in both equity and debt. They seek to invest in attractive companies across a wide range of industries and are comfortable investing in complex situations. There objective is to work inpartnership with company management by providing patient, long-term capital as well as the strategic and operational support to enhance value creation for all stakeholders.Searchlight Capital Partners was founded in 2010 by senior partners from industry-leading investment management firms (Apollo, KKR, Ontario Teachers’) with significant investment experience in a wide range of industries in North America, Europe, and Asia.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Telecommunications | 7 | 24% |
| Internet | 5 | 17% |
| Software | 4 | 14% |
| Marketing | 4 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 14% |

62 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 14 | 48% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 5 | 17% |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 7% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 52% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 10% |
| France | 2 | 7% |
| Germany | 2 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amanda Good | Partner and Head of Global Value Creation | 0 | — |
| Ana Castro Henckel | Pricipal | 0 | — |
| Andrew Claerhout | Partner | 1 | — |
| Chris Cruz | Principal | 0 | — |
| Darren Glatt | Partner | 6 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CloserStill | CloserStill Media - often described as the fastest growing business media company in the UK - specialises in high-value, content-driven events and the nurturing of B2B or professional communities. The company operates chiefly in the healthcare and technology markets. CloserStill's portfolio includes some of the UK's fastest-growing andoften award winning events including Learning Technologies. Cloud Expo Europe. The Pharmacy Show and The London Vet Show. In the last four years CloserStill has been repeatedly recognised as a leading innovator with its teams and events winning multiple Awards including Best Marketing Manager -four times in succession - Best Trade Exhibition. Best launch Exhibition. Rising Star - two years in succession - Best Operations Manager. Best Sales Person and Management Team of the Year. |  | Private Equity | May 01, 2026 |  |
| wefox | wefox is a digital insurance company aiming to make people safe and prevent risk by reinventing insurance at scale through technology. Its focus is selling insurance via intermediaries and not via direct channels. Through analytics, wefox achieves better loss ratios than the market. Technology allows wefox to have >90%straight-through-processing and a central product factory that ships product innovations internationally much quicker and more cost-effective than the competition.Wefox has built up a network of thousands of digitally enabled advisors across Europe which increases customer satisfaction, reduces customer acquisition costs, increases cross-selling, and decreases churn.Wefox was founded in 2015 and is based in Berlin, Germany. | $88M | Debt Financing | Jul 07, 2025 |  |
| Gracie Point | Gracie Point is a boutique specialty finance company that offers innovative loan programs designed to help individuals and businesses with their insurance planning needs. Gracie Point offers its clients cost-effective ways to finance their premium payments with: access to multiple capital sources, including bank lending and proprietarycapital-markets driven products, each specifically tailored to meet the unique needs of clients; innovative financing solutions for single life, multi-life, new business, and in-force policies; and decades of experience in life insurance, premium finance, and structured finance.Founded in 2010, Gracie Point is headquartered in New York. |  | Private Equity | Feb 20, 2025 |  |
| RSK Group | RSK Group is a privately-owned multi-disciplinary environmental consultancy and one of the fastest-growing companies. | $635.7M | Private Equity | Jun 17, 2024 |  |
| RSK Group | RSK Group is a privately-owned multi-disciplinary environmental consultancy and one of the fastest-growing companies. | $635.7M | Private Equity | Jun 17, 2024 |  |
| KORE Wireless | KORE is the provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) network services - offering truly global connectivity over GSM, CDMA & Satellite technologies. We deliver network services to application solution providers and enterprises supported by a wireless operator grade, distributed and highly scalable business management platform that presents allnetwork services and technologies through a single, unified interface. | $150M | Post-IPO Equity | Nov 09, 2023 |  |
| Mainstream Fiber Networks | Mainstream is a telecommunications company that provides optic fiber internet, VoIP, wireless, and security solutions.Mainstream Fiber Networks is a locally established company in Indiana with the goal of improving the lives of its customers, whether they are at work, home, or leisure. Their mission is to bring high-speed and dependablefiber-optic internet service to areas in the Midwest that have been overlooked. The values of the company are centered around loyalty, community, customer service, commitment, and family. As a member of the Mainstream team, the speaker is proud to be a part of this venture and excited to offer their clients the internet connectivity they deserve. |  | Private Equity | Oct 30, 2023 |  |
| Mainstream Fiber Networks | Mainstream is a telecommunications company that provides optic fiber internet, VoIP, wireless, and security solutions.Mainstream Fiber Networks is a locally established company in Indiana with the goal of improving the lives of its customers, whether they are at work, home, or leisure. Their mission is to bring high-speed and dependablefiber-optic internet service to areas in the Midwest that have been overlooked. The values of the company are centered around loyalty, community, customer service, commitment, and family. As a member of the Mainstream team, the speaker is proud to be a part of this venture and excited to offer their clients the internet connectivity they deserve. |  | Private Equity | Oct 30, 2023 |  |
| The Third Space | The Third Space is a luxury health club, occupying over 100,000 sqft over 3 floors, in the heart of London’s financial centre. | $107.4M | Debt Financing | Sep 27, 2023 |  |
| Wecom | Wecom provides fiber optic networks, broadband internet, and transport services. They provide hosted pbx, engineering, construction, two way radio, public safety, and site leasing services. They provide residential internet, digital voice, small business internet, unified communications, enterprise internet, transport, and fiber optic networkservices. |  | Private Equity | May 15, 2023 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ares Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ares-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Searchlight Capital Partners invest in?

Searchlight Capital Partners invests primarily in Telecommunications, Internet and Software startups, most often at Private Equity and Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 29 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 Searchlight Capital Partners?

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

The team at Searchlight Capital Partners includes Amanda Good (Partner and Head of Global Value Creation), Ana Castro Henckel (Pricipal) and Andrew Claerhout (Partner), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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