Experience

We have invested in over 100 companies since our founding in 1988. During this time, we have guided companies through good times and bad, strong markets and weak ones, and addressed nearly every circumstance faced by rapidly growing businesses. As lead investor and a board member for most of our portfolio companies, we take an active role in the development of our companies and provide them with the benefit of this experience.

Success

We have helped our portfolio companies achieve over 60 successful exits including IPO’s, public offerings, strategic sales, and recaps. Many of our portfolio companies have become industry leading companies with 15 of our companies achieving valuations in excess of $250 million and 3 over $1 billion.

Reputation

During our 18 years of investing, we have developed a stellar reputation within the investment community for our integrity, dependability, and honoring our commitments. This has enabled us to form strong bonds with our portfolio company CEO’s, often becoming long-term trusted advisors. This is evidenced by the fact that we have backed several of our portfolio company CEO’s in subsequent ventures and many have become limited partners in our funds. We have also built strong relationships with many of the leading private equity firms, investment banking firms, and lending institutions that has facilitated many financings by our portfolio companies.

Support

We are active participants in the strategic development of our portfolio companies. We are proud of our record of achievement in assisting our companies reach business goals or overcome challenges. We have an impressive record of directly generating new customers, raising additional capital, and initiating strategic business combinations. We also have a strong record of leading company turnarounds by taking decisive action and initiating remedial steps when required. When needed, we have even taken direct operating roles in our companies for interim periods.

Creativity

We think outside-the-box to solve problems or achieve desired results. Whether it’s merging into a public shell to facilitate an acquisition strategy or devising a flexible financial structure to make an investment opportunity work, our primary objective is to maximize value for all of our important constituents: management, other shareholders, and our limited partners.

Expertise

During our 18 year history of private investing, we have developed significant industry knowledge in many segments of the outsourced services, healthcare, and technology industries. This industry knowledge is supplemented by our long standing relationship with First Analysis Corporation (FAC), a highly regarded research-driven investment banking and private equity firm. First Analysis provides industry-leading research on over 100 public companies in a variety of sectors in outsourced services, information technology, and chemistry-enabled businesses. As a general partner with First Analysis in three private equity funds, our portfolio companies gain access to the deep domain expertise of FAC’s 20 research focused investment professionals.