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  Accomplishments
  • Over 100 investments since firm was founded in 1988
  • Five investment funds with more than $400 million under management
  • More than 60 successful exits
    • More than 20 IPO’s and follow-on public offerings
    • More than 40 sales or mergers
  • 15 companies have achieved valuations in excess of $250 million
    • 3 have surpassed $1 billion valuations
   Selected Public Offerings
   CompanyUnderwriters$ Amount
   Data Critical Corp.Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette$35,000,000
   Eastern Environmental Services, Inc.Smith Barney, Inc.$75,000,000
   F.Y.I. Inc (now Sourcecorp)Montgomery Securities$62,000,000
   NuCO2 Inc.Bears Stearns & Co$124,000,000
   Omnipoint Corporation (now T-Mobile)Allen & Company LLC$128,800,000
   Security Dynamics (now RSA Security)Alex. Brown & Co$56,000,000
   The Cobalt Group, Inc.Robertson Stephens & Co$49,500,000
   Tut Systems, Inc.Lehman Brothers$48,000,000
   USA Waste Services (now Waste Management)Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette$120,000,000
   White Cap Holdings, Inc.Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette$71,500,000
      
   Selected Mergers and Sales
   CompanyAcquired By$ Value
   Automated HealthcareMcKesson Corp.$65,000,000
   Continental Waste Industries, Inc.Republic Industries$300,000,000
   CrossMedia Services, Inc.Gannet-Knight Ridder-Tribune$75,000,000
   netBOAAutomatic Data Processing, Inc.Undisclosed
   Omnipoint Corporation (now T-Mobile)VoiceStream => T-Mobile$4.5 billion
   SPI ManufacturingModtech Holdings, Inc.$105,000,000
   TRADEXAriba$1.8 billion
   TransCore Holdings, Inc.Roper Industries, Inc.$600,000,000
   VPNet Avaya, Inc.$120,000,000
   White Cap Holdings, Inc.Leonard Green Partners, LP$240,000,000
      
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