Investment Criteria

Who We Serve
Chicago

We are highly selective investors who begin our focused approach through a rigorous, proprietary research-driven investment process.

Below are our significant investment criteria:

Industry Focus:

  • Companies providing value-added services to other businesses

Company

  • EBITDA greater than $3 million; smaller for add-on acquisitions
  • Reputation for high quality and integrity
  • Market / industry leadership or niche with a defensible position
  • Entrepreneurial management with a proven track record of success
  • Opportunity for growth either internally or via acquisitions in a fragmented industry
  • Low fixed assets / low fixed costs

Situation Types:

  • Industry Consolidations
  • Family-owned business transition
  • Shareholder liquidity
  • Leveraged / management buyouts
  • Growth equity

Investment Size:

  • Equity investment size $5 million to $30 million, with the ability to make larger investments through the firm’s investor network

Investment Structure:

  • Common Stock
  • Preferred Stock

Geography:

  • United States
  • Canada