Centre Street Partners

Centre Street Partners is a New York City-based private equity investment firm founded in 2022 by Managing Partners Abie J. Cohen and Jonathan Kerstein. The firm operates at the intersection of technology and lower-middle market private equity, with a particular focus on deploying artificial intelligence and technology-enabled operating leverage to accelerate growth within professional services businesses. Currently investing out of CSP Fund II, the firm partners with world-class technical operators and U.S. small and medium-sized business owners to execute a distinctive, technology-led approach to middle-market buyouts and subsequent value creation. Centre Street Partners targets services businesses across a range of professional services categories, working with owners and operators to transform smaller enterprises into category-leading, enduring platforms. The firm's core thesis centers on the belief that while artificial intelligence represents a profoundly transformational force, the greatest share of economic value generated by this technology will ultimately be captured at the ownership layer of services providers rather than by pure-play technology companies. This perspective drives CSP's strategy of acquiring and scaling SMB services businesses by embedding AI-driven efficiencies and technology-enabled leverage throughout operations. The firm blends capital, talent, and proprietary operating capabilities to help portfolio companies scale meaningfully beyond their origins as small businesses.