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Established in 1998, Charlesbank is an experienced middle-market private equity firm with a strong history of investing across a range of core sectors and business cycles. TOF will apply the firm's disciplined and repeatable investment approach and strong risk management to pursue meaningful value creation. The fund will target key technology sectors including enterprise software, cybersecurity, cloud computing, financial technology, healthcare IT, and technology-enabled services.

Charlesbank Managing Directors Hiren Mankodi and Darren Battistoni, who joined the firm in 2018 and have a combined 33 years of technology investing experience, will lead the investment and management of TOF, along with Mayur Desai, a Principal who originally joined Charlesbank's private equity team in 2009. The focused team also includes new hires Bhuvan Jain, Dhruva Kaul, Michael Zirngibl, Nicolo Carrara and Jonathan Page, as well as William Eisenbeis, who is engaged as Advisory Director. These team additions, together with the broader technology investment group for Charlesbank's flagship vehicles, will enable the firm to invest across a broad spectrum of technology-focused companies with the potential for strong risk-adjusted private equity returns.

Michael Choe, CEO and Managing Director at Charlesbank, said, "The focused strategy that will be pursued by TOF creates significant synergies with our overall strategy as a firm. Together we can invest across the spectrum, targeting investments ranging from $20M of equity up to $500 million in a single technology transaction across applicable Charlesbank funds. Moreover, the technology team's deep pattern recognition is invaluable to our whole portfolio, as technology continues to spur innovation, product development and growth across all of our key verticals."

TOF will primarily invest in control-oriented transactions, seeking companies with a defensible business model and predictable financial profile with attractive unit economics. "The TOF strategy targets a very compelling investment opportunity as technology continues to reshape and disrupt traditional industries and create new opportunities for private equity value creation," said Mr. Mankodi. "With this powerful long-term trend, we see the potential to deliver attractive returns for years to come and are grateful for our investors' confidence in us."

Mr. Battistoni added, "It is gratifying to see the results of leveraging our deep sector focus, broad sourcing and executive network, together with the broader insights generated by the Charlesbank platform. This combination has already yielded three exciting new investments for our debut fund." The Fund's 2019 investments include: DoiT International, a provider of public cloud software and managed services; WolfePak Software, a leading provider of ERP software to the oil & gas industry; and HelpSystems, a provider of automation and cybersecurity solutions.

In addition to the Technology Opportunities Fund, Charlesbank is currently investing its ninth flagship private equity fund (2018 vintage), capitalized at $3.0 billion in total commitments; the firm also has its Credit Opportunities strategy, which was launched in 2016.