Helping companies improve performance over the long-term
We know that running a successful business requires endurance and hard work.
About ICV
We know that running a successful business requires endurance and hard work. We’re sensitive to what smaller companies face, what they need and what they’re trying to achieve.
We have a strong track record of helping companies improve performance over the long-term.
We focus solely on companies in the lower end of the middle market and we learn from each relationship. Through a singular focus, we’re committed to the realities of growing a mid size business.

Our History
Helping to grow companies is as much as art as science
CV Partners was founded in 1998 as “Inner City Ventures.”
Our goal was to create a world-class, ethnic minority-owned private investment company.
CV Partners was founded in 1998 as “Inner City Ventures.”
Our goal was to create a world-class, ethnic minority-owned private investment company.
CV Partners was founded in 1998 as “Inner City Ventures.”
Our goal was to create a world-class, ethnic minority-owned private investment company.
Helping companies improve performance over the long-term
We know that running a successful business requires endurance and hard work.
About ICV
We know that running a successful business requires endurance and hard work. We’re sensitive to what smaller companies face, what they need and what they’re trying to achieve.
We have a strong track record of helping companies improve performance over the long-term.
We focus solely on companies in the lower end of the middle market and we learn from each relationship. Through a singular focus, we’re committed to the realities of growing a mid size business.

Management teams trust our time tested tools.
- thoughtful strategies for growing top line revenues,
- post-closing retreats,
- strategy development,
- Asian product-sourcing for significant cost-savings,
- best practices and benchmarking,
- conservative balance sheets,
- sourcing, funding and structuring key add-on acquisitions, and
- fast, seamless closings.
Our History
ICV Partners was founded in 1998 as “Inner City Ventures.” Our goal was to create a world-class, ethnic minority-owned private investment company.
Over a decade later, ICV is a leading private investment firm with over $440 million in capital. ICV is focused on partnering with management teams of companies in the lower end of the middle market.
ICV invests in leading companies with sales of $25 – $250 million.
ICV’s principals have crafted a strong track record, investing more than $235 million in 19 companies.
co-sponsors
CV also boasts special partnerships with two institutional co-sponsors – American Securities and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC). These sponsors provide invaluable resources such as deal flow, institutional expertise, back-office support, best practices and industry connections.

American Securities is a leading U.S. private equity firm that invests in market-leading North American companies with annual revenues generally ranging from $500 million to $2 billion. American Securities has over $9 billion under management and is currently investing from its sixth fund.
American Securities adheres to a proven investment strategy:
- Invest in market-leading companies with sustainable positions.
- Operate in stable demand industries.
- Employ a conservative capital structure with no subordinated debt.
- Work diligently with management teams to be a value-added partner. Our Resources Group includes world-class functional experts who are full-time American Securities employees available to portfolio company management teams on request.
Michael G. Fisch
President & CEO,
American Securities


Michael E. Porter
Founder & Chairman
ICIC

The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) is a national not-for-profit organization founded in 1994 by Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter.
ICIC’s mission is to promote economic prosperity in America’s inner cities through private sector engagement that leads to job, income and wealth creation for local residents. ICIC brings together business and civic leaders to drive innovation and action, transform thinking, and accelerate inner city business growth.
ICIC’s nationally recognized Board of Directors includes CEOs, scholars, venture capitalists, and community leaders.
Fund I 6 Investments
Fund I
6 Investments
Fund II 8 Investments
Fund I
8 Investments
Fund III 8 Investments
Fund III
8 Investments
Fund IV 1 Investments
Fund IV
1 Investment
- AAMP of America
- Chung’s Foods, Inc.
- Hilsinger Company
- Innovative Packaging Solutions
- Marshall Retail Group
- Sterling Foods




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- Enjoys traveling to the Caribbean
- Enjoys interior design and home renovations
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- Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Avid traveler and history buff
- Passionate fan of Manchester United Football Club


- Grew up in Mystic, CT
- Once a Flight Attendant for Tower Airlines
- Wildlife enthusiast


- Born and raised in the Bronx, NY
- Certified instrument-rated pilot
- Played college baseball as a left-handed pitcher


- Born in New York City
- Father of twin boys
- Enjoys grilling, driving stick shifts and skiing


- On a quest with his wife and 2 children to visit every National Park in the U.S.
- Enjoys cooking and learning about new cuisines
- Long-time fan of his native Detroit sports teams: Red Wings, Pistons, Tigers, and Lions


- Enjoys traveling, watching youth basketball and writing poetry
- In her spare time, she supports initiatives that seek to bridge the wealth and educational divide that exists in underrepresented communities.


- I’m an Army brat
- I’ve completed nine marathons
- I love to travel internationally with my wife of thirty-six years


- From the Bronx, NY
- Long-suffering fan of the New York Mets, Cincinnati Bengals, and New Jersey Nets
- Of Jamaican, Chinese and Indian heritage