JP Conte Launches New Family Office Lupine Crest Capital

Jean-Pierre "JP" Conte has announced the launch of his new family office, Lupine Crest Capital. The official launch took place on March 5, 2025.

Strategic Vision for Lupine Crest Capital

The newly formed family office, Lupine Crest Capital, will deploy strategic capital across diverse asset classes, leveraging Conte's extensive experience in the private equity sector. According to the announcement, the family office will focus on three primary areas: private equity, real estate, and venture investments, with an emphasis on transforming mid-sized companies into industry leaders.

Conte's new family office aims to apply his proven investment expertise to companies typically generating between $50 million and $500 million in revenue. The family office will target businesses across sectors where Conte has demonstrated success throughout his career, including healthcare, financial services, software, and industrial technology.

"Entrepreneurship and innovation form the bedrock of American economic growth. Through my new family office, I am looking forward to investing in the next generation of businesses to give them the boost they need to go from good to great," shared Conte. This optimistic outlook aligns with his vision for the family office, which will target mid-sized companies with revenues between $50 million and $500 million across sectors where he has demonstrated success.

Building on Decades of Private Equity Leadership

The establishment of Lupine Crest Capital builds upon Conte's remarkable 35-year career in private equity and investment leadership. Conte described the venture as "an exciting new avenue to continue my life's work of helping companies achieve their full potential," highlighting the continuity between his previous work and this new chapter in his career.

As a distinguished leader in private equity, Conte has overseen extraordinary growth throughout his career, transforming investment operations and building impressive portfolios. Under his stewardship, he has guided middle-market private equity investments across the United States, investing in high-quality companies across multiple industries.

And, Lupine Crest is now poised to harness these decades of experience with Conte helming his family office.

A Self-Made Success Story

JP Conte's journey to becoming one of private equity's respected figures began with his education at Colgate University, where he earned his undergraduate degree in 1985. He then gained valuable experience in the financial sector, starting his finance career that same year at a bank in New York City. After earning his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1989, Conte entered the private equity field shortly thereafter.

Within just three years, Conte rose to leadership positions, demonstrating the business acumen and leadership capabilities that would fuel decades of success. His approach emphasized collaborative culture and a focus on building teams of top specialists capable of transforming companies into industry leaders.

This background, refined throughout his 35 year career, provided Conte with the expertise and perspective now being applied to Lupine Crest Capital. The name itself —Lupine Crest— evokes imagery of growth and elevated perspective, aligning with the family office's mission to transform promising companies into industry leaders.

Investment Strategy and Focus Areas

Lupine Crest Capital's investment strategy appears to combine elements of traditional private equity with the more flexible approach characteristic of family offices. While maintaining focus on sectors where Conte has demonstrated expertise—healthcare, financial services, software, and industrial technology—the family office structure potentially allows for more patient capital and creative investment approaches.

The family office will target companies with strong leadership that experience solid growth and generate superior investment returns. This approach mirrors Conte's successful strategy throughout his career, where he has built a reputation for identifying promising businesses and helping them reach their full potential through strategic guidance and operational improvements.

By focusing on mid-sized companies with revenues between $50 million and $500 million, Lupine Crest positions itself in a market segment where transformational growth remains possible but might be overlooked by larger private equity firms focusing on larger acquisitions. This middle-market focus has been a sweet spot for Conte throughout his investment career.

Broadening Investment Horizons

The launch of Lupine Crest Capital continues Conte's pattern of broadening his investment activities through carefully considered new ventures. Conte has demonstrated interest in diverse investment opportunities, including sports and international business investments.

Since late 2022, he has served on the board of Eagle Football Holdings LLC, an investment group that owns stakes in prominent soccer clubs worldwide, including Olympique Lyonnais (France), Botafogo (Brazil), and Crystal Palace (England). This venture blends his personal interests with business, as Conte has stated he backed the Lyon football club deal in honor of his late father's love of the sport.

The establishment of Lupine Crest Capital as Conte’s family office follows a similar pattern of strategic expansion, allowing Conte to pursue investment opportunities aligned with both his expertise and personal interests. 

A New Chapter in Private Equity

As he builds his family office, Lupine Crest Capital, Conte continues his leadership in private equity, guiding investment strategy and organizational culture now for his own family office. This multilayered approach highlights his commitment to both excellence.

Throughout his distinguished career, Conte has successfully raised billions in investment capital and built a track record of successful investments. His continued success in the private equity arena provides a strong foundation from which he can explore additional investment avenues through his family office.

By establishing this family office now, Conte positions himself to capitalize on emerging trends and opportunities he observes in the market.

Investment Leadership & Philanthropic Impact

Jean-Pierre "JP" Conte is an American business executive and philanthropist with over 35 years of experience in private equity leadership. Throughout his career, he has transformed investment operations into industry leaders with substantial assets under management.

Beyond his business accomplishments, Conte has established himself as a significant philanthropist, focusing on causes such as neuroscience research. In 2017, he founded the J-P Conte Family Foundation to channel his charitable efforts. Following the loss of his father to Parkinson's disease that same year, Conte shifted much of his philanthropy toward funding research on neurodegenerative diseases, recently making a major $5 million pledge to UCSF in November 2024 to establish two endowed professorships in neurology.

Conte earned his undergraduate degree from Colgate University in 1985 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1989. Throughout his career, he has held numerous corporate board positions with companies in the healthcare and life sciences domain, including ConnectiveRx, Signant Health, and Advarra.

The launch of Lupine Crest Capital as Conte’s family office represents a significant milestone in JP Conte's investment career, allowing him to expand his influence while continuing to apply the expertise and strategic approach that have defined his success. As this new venture develops, it bears watching how Conte's proven strategy of transforming promising companies into industry leaders will manifest through this more flexible investment vehicle, potentially creating new opportunities across healthcare, financial services, software, and industrial technology sectors.