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Declaration Partners

Private investment firm with a family office background, active in growth equity, real estate and fund seeding

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TrustList summary

Declaration Partners is a private investment firm that grew out of a family office. It is anchored by David M. Rubenstein, described as a private equity veteran and philanthropist, who is also its largest investor.

The firm says it looks for entrepreneurs, operators and investors who want to create value over the long term, and that it prefers partnerships where interests are closely aligned.

What Declaration Partners offers

  • Growth equity: investing at the point where companies begin to accelerate.
  • Real estate: combining family office flexibility with institutional property experience.
  • Platform companies: building businesses around strong management teams.
  • Fund seeding: helping talented investors set up investment platforms.
  • Other opportunistic investments: deals outside the main strategies.

Clients

Founders, family owners, management teams and co-investors.

Key facts

  • Team experience: over 170 years combined institutional investment experience.
  • Deals mentioned: Figment, Rothy's and a logistics facility in California's Inland Empire.

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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Rankings

Declaration Partners is ranked on 2 TrustList rankings: #12 on 1 and #36 on 1.

Every ranking orders its listings by their reviews, how complete the profile is and the Trust Score. Declaration Partners has no reviews yet and 3 of the 10 profile details we look for. Where no listing on a page has been reviewed, the order follows the profiles alone.

Venture capital firm · 2 rankings

  • #12of 32
    Washington dc

    It is the only one of the 32 here listing series c and one of 2 here listing engineering.

    Of the 32 here, 6 also cover healthtech and 5 also cover seed stage; 11 also work in Silicon Valley and 10 also work in New York City.

    Behind Clocktower Technology Ventures, ahead of Evercore Partners.

  • #36of 87
    Chicago

    It is the only one of the top 65 here listing logistics and one of 6 here listing partnership.

    Of the top 65 here, 13 also cover partners and 8 also cover series a; 19 also work in San Francisco and 17 also work in London.

    Behind Decasonics, ahead of DNS Capital.

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