Merit Capital Partners Management

Private Equity SEC-registered adviser

Legal name: Merit Capital Partners Management, L.L.C.

Chicago, IL Website

AUM

$991.1M
Regulatory AUM

Private funds

2
Private Equity 2

Private fund assets

$991.1M
Gross asset value

Employees

19

Last Form D raise

Nov 2025
Most recent fund filing

From SEC Form ADV filing (filed Jul 31, 2026). View on SEC

People(5)

Owners and executive officers named on the firm's SEC Form ADV.

B
Benjamin Yarbrough
Member
Source: SEC Form ADV
D
Daniel Pansing
Member
Source: SEC Form ADV
E
Evan Gallinson
Member
Source: SEC Form ADV
J
John Darguzas
Member
Source: SEC Form ADV
J
Joseph Polaneczky
Member
Source: SEC Form ADV

Funds(2)

Private funds reported on Form ADV, with amounts raised from the funds' SEC Form D filings.

FundTypeGross assetsRaised (Form D)InvestorsLast Form DRecency
Merit Capital Fund VIII, L.P.Private Equity$422.0M——Nov 2025Warm
Merit Capital Fund VII, L.P.Private Equity$569.1M$395.9M49Apr 2021Cold

Board seats

Companies whose SEC Form D filings name one of this firm's people as a director, matched by name and office ZIP code.

No board seats matched from SEC filings yet.

Regulatory identifiers

CRD number
156890
SEC file number
801-73477

Sources