Castle Creek Capital LLC

Castle Creek Capital LLC is an alternative asset management firm focused exclusively on investments in the community banking and financial services industry in the United States. The firm provides long-term private equity capital to community banking institutions with assets below $10 billion, pursuing control investments, recapitalizations, growth financings, and PIPE transactions in banks that are underperforming, under-scaled, or seeking capital to fund growth or acquisition strategies. Castle Creek supports portfolio company management teams with operational expertise across areas including strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, technology contract negotiation, and regulatory navigation, drawing on a team with extensive combined experience as both bank operators and private equity investors in the sector. Majority and significant minority ownership positions are both pursued depending on transaction structure. The firm has raised and managed multiple private equity and special situations funds since its inception. Founded in 1990, the firm is headquartered in San Diego, California, United States, with an additional office in Dallas, Texas.