Kimberly Reed

Kimberly D. Reed is a Partner at One Rock Capital Partners, where she heads the firm's Los Angeles office and sits on the firm's Investment Committee. One Rock is a private equity firm that pursues controlling investments in mature North American and European companies, frequently in complex or "real economy" situations such as corporate carve-outs, applying operational, strategic, and financial resources through a deep bench of Operating Partners.

Before One Rock, Reed was a Principal at American Capital Strategies, where she led the firm's efforts in the medical products and technology, life science, and consumer products sectors. In that role she sourced, executed, and oversaw a portfolio of six companies totaling more than 600 million in enterprise value. Earlier in her career she worked at Waterview Partners, LLC, a media-focused private equity firm she joined in 1999; at Chase Capital Partners, which she joined in 1997; and before that in CIBC Oppenheimer's High Yield and Merchant Banking Group, working on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, and financing transactions.

Reed earned a B.A. from Columbia College (reported variously as history and economics). She has been an active board member on One Rock portfolio companies and nonprofits: she served on the Board of Directors of BlueTriton Brands from 2021 until its November 2024 combination with Primo Water, and subsequently joined the Board of Primo Brands Corporation (NYSE) when that merger completed. She is also affiliated with the children's charity Baby2Baby as a "Baby2Baby Angel" (from 2019). She has appeared as a speaker at the Milken Institute Global Conference.

• Invests as a private equity principal, not as a startup angel or seed investor — the stub categorization of "Angel Investors / Seed Round" does not match her verified profile.
• Targets control buyouts of mature middle-market companies in North America and Europe, including distressed and special-situation deals and corporate carve-outs from larger parents (e.g., the carve-out of Nestlé Waters North America).
• One Rock's stated focus is enhancing value by bringing operational, strategic, and financial resources to portfolio companies, leveraging a network of Operating Partners.
• Core firm sectors: chemicals; food & beverage manufacturing and distribution; specialty manufacturing; business & environmental services. Reed's individual track record adds depth in consumer products, food & beverage, medical products/technology, and life sciences.
• Scale is institutional: more than 10 billion in cumulative commitments, with the flagship Fund IV and related vehicles raising 3.97 billion in 2025.