Stripes

Kenneth Fox founded Stripes and is the executive officer named on every fund filing the firm has made, from Stripes III in 2014 through Stripes VII in 2026. Daniel Marriott was his co-signatory on Stripes III; since Stripes V in 2020, Wayne Marino has been the second named executive officer on every flagship vehicle and co-investment entity. The firm supplements the investment team with an in-house Scale Team covering go-to-market, talent and recruiting, finance and capital markets, operational work and research, drawing on a network the firm puts at more than 70 advisors and council members. Sharon Rothstein, formerly chief marketing officer of Starbucks, works as an operating partner and sits on portfolio company boards.

Stripes' fund series is disclosed through New York-registered partnerships signed by founder Kenneth Fox. Stripes III, LP filed a $500 million offering and reported it fully sold by an August 2014 amendment, with a first sale in June 2014. Stripes V, LP and its parallel Stripes V(A), LP filed on indefinite offering amounts and reported $437,368,421 sold by December 2020, following a first sale in February 2020. A Stripes Continuation Fund I, LP was filed in July 2021. Stripes VI, LP and Stripes VI (A), LP reported $1,356,367,876 sold by a November 2022 amendment after a first sale in February 2022, roughly tripling the prior vintage. The current vehicle, Stripes VII, LP, reported $1,048,698,454 sold by an April 2026 amendment following a first sale in May 2025, and is supplemented by a J.P. Morgan-distributed feeder, Stripes VII Private Investors, LLC, at $70.9 million onshore plus a $20.9 million Cayman offshore sleeve. The firm also runs named co-investment vehicles, including Stripes Co-Invest (K), LP at $50.5 million.