Oak Investment Partners

Oak Investment Partners is an investment firm that has backed growing companies across several industries. Its own site tells the story mainly through testimonials from chief executives of businesses it funded.

The portfolio shown includes NetSpend, a provider of reloadable prepaid debit cards, and Castlight Health, which gives people pricing information for healthcare. It also lists Zayo, a fibre network operator, and Kayak, the travel search site.

Services

• Growth capital: investment in companies during expansion, including help financing an acquisition.
• Strategic guidance: input on international expansion plans and company strategy.
• Sector spread: exposure to financial services, healthcare benefits, telecoms, travel, electric vehicles and business outsourcing.

Who it works with

Founders and chief executives of established and fast-growing companies. Other named holdings include Benefitfocus, a benefits management platform, Protean Electric, which makes in-wheel motors, and Sutherland, a business process services provider.

Key facts

• Type: investment partnership