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Cue Ball Capital

Cue Ball Capital backs early-stage and high-growth companies, typically pre-profit, from United States. It states a focus on consumer & retail, software & internet and media & communications.

Capital raised$55macross 1 SEC-filed vehicle
Most recent fund2014
HeadquartersUnited States
Largest single fund$55m

Stated investment criteria

What Cue Ball Capital says it buys

Read from Cue Ball Capital’s own website in August 2026. This is what the firm says it buys, not what anyone has recorded it buying, and figures are shown in the currency the firm itself used - nothing here is converted. Every line links to the page it was read from.

Minimum EBITDA it states$10m1
Stated holding periodEvergreen capital1
People listed on its team page62

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SEC filings

What Cue Ball Capital has raised

From this firm's own Form D filings. A fund files one within fifteen days of its first sale, under penalty of perjury, which makes these the hardest numbers on the page.

Vehicles filed1
Total capital raised$55m
Largest single vehicle$55m
Filing history2014
Smallest accepted commitment$250k
Filed fromMASSACHUSETTS

Form D covers US-domiciled vehicles raised from accredited investors. It will not capture a fund raised outside the United States, separately managed accounts, or capital deployed off balance sheet, so treat these as a floor rather than a total.

Regulatory record

How Cue Ball Capital is registered

From this firm's Form ADV, the annual filing every registered and exempt investment adviser makes to the SEC.

Adviser statusExempt reporting adviser
Regulatory assets under managementNot reported by an ERA
Private funds advised2 · $73m gross
SEC adviser numberCRD 162245

An exempt reporting adviser is not required to report regulatory assets under management, so the blank above means the question was not asked rather than that the answer is unknown. Where a figure exists it is the gross asset value of the private funds the firm advises, which is a different and usually larger measure.

Valuation context

Transaction values in Consumer & Retail

What companies have actually sold for in consumer & retail, across 837 recorded transactions.

Median consideration$90m
Middle 50%$25m-$280m
Revenue multiple1.2×
EBITDA multiple8.05×

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