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NMS Capital
NMS Capital is a New York headquartered private investment firm specializing in strategic equity investments and leveraged buyouts of lower middle market companies. The Firm was formed through the spin-out of a group of portfolio companies from the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division. NMS focuses on companies headquartered in the U.S. poised to benefit from sustainable growth trends with particular concentration on companies in Healthcare Services and Specialized Business Services.
For additional information, please visit www.nms-capital.com.Patriot Financial PartnersFounded in 2007, Patriot Financial Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in community banks, thrifts and financial services related companies throughout the United States. Leveraging decades of hands-on, operational experience as Senior Management of community banks, the Partners of Patriot use their expertise to catalyze growth and improve the operations of each portfolio company.
For additional information, please visit www.patriotfp.com/.Blue Wolf Capital PartnersFounded in 2005, Blue Wolf Capital Partners is a value-oriented buyout firm focused on lower middle market companies in North America. Within the lower middle market, Blue Wolf invests in businesses in industries it knows well, and that it can assist in transformational initiatives. Blue Wolf focus industries include healthcare, building products, forest products, energy services, and defense and government services. The firm typically makes investments in which resolving complex challenges, often related to leadership transition, corporate carve-outs, operational or financial distress, labor relations or government regulation, is crucial to the success of that company. Blue Wolf partners with high quality management teams to solve complex problems, unlock value and reposition businesses to achieve sustainable and responsible growth.
For more information on Blue Wolf Capital Partners, please visit www.bluewolfcapital.com.Visit our Manager Spotlight page on Blue Wolf Capital.
Ridgetop Capital PartnersRidgetop Capital Partners, a private equity firm investing since 2007, focuses exclusively on the acquisition of natural gas mineral rights in the Marcellus and Utica formations within the Appalachian Basin. This investment strategy reflects the Firm's direct experience and deep network and long-standing local knowledge within the Appalachian basin that has been developed over the past decade. The Firm's investment strategy is designed to leverage its specialized industry knowledge and deep relationships with most of the active operators in its target market. Ridgetop's team is fully-integrated and possesses complementary skill sets across energy, real estate, engineering, and capital markets, all integral to the successful execution of the Firm's strategy. To date, Ridgetop has invested $135 million across 34,000 acres in 350 discrete transactions in the Appalachian Basin, specifically in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio.
For more information on Ridgetop Capital Partners, please visit www.ridgetopcapital.com.J.F. Lehman & CompanyJ.F. Lehman & Company, a private equity firm founded in 1992, focuses exclusively on investing in companies in the defense, aerospace and maritime industries and companies using the technical capabilities that originate from these sectors. This investment strategy reflects the firm's deep experience in and commitment to these sectors for more than two decades. The firm's investment strategy is designed to leverage its specialized industry knowledge and operational skills to create significant value by helping acquired companies achieve their full potential. To date, the firm has acquired approximately 60 operating entities within 25 platform investments with an aggregate transaction value of approximately $3.2 billion.
For more information on J.F. Lehman & Company, please visit www.jflpartners.com.PeakEquity PartnersPeakEquity Partners is a private equity firm focused on investments in Enterprise Software and Solutions companies. The principals of PeakEquity Partners have extensive experience as investors and operating executives in multiple market sectors. The firm invests in businesses that have large addressable markets, proven technology, products and offerings, and demonstrated traction with a meaningful base of reference-able customers. PeakEquity invests in companies with revenues of $15 to $50 million that have the potential for annual revenue growth in excess of 30%. PeakEquity can invest $20 to $50 million or more per portfolio company and will take minority or majority positions. The firm leverages and provides access to extensive operating resources to provide companies an edge in capturing market segment leadership and achieving revenue growth and margin objectives.
For more information on PeakEquity Partners, please visit www.peakequity.com.Southern Cross GroupFounded in 1998, Southern Cross Group is a leading Latin American private equity firm with offices in Buenos Aires, Santiago, São Paulo and Mexico City. Southern Cross Group targets control acquisitions of high quality companies that have solid underlying assets and significant potential for improved performance and growth. Southern Cross Group leverages its team's significant operating, consulting, turnaround and private equity investing experience with a goal to dramatically improve their portfolio companies' operating performance and strategic direction.
For more information on Southern Cross Group, please visit www.southerncrossgroup.com.AfricInvestAfricInvest was founded in 1994 and is today among the leading private equity firms in North and Sub-Saharan Africa with around 1 billion USD of assets under management across 14 PE funds and sponsored by prestigious DFIs, private and institutional investors. AfricInvest relies on a team of 50 highly skilled investment professionals with over 130 years of cumulative PE experience, operating out of seven offices in Tunis, Nairobi, Casablanca, Algiers, Lagos, Abidjan and Paris. AfricInvest is the co-founder of the African Venture Capital Association (www.avca-africa.org), the East African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (www.eavca.org) and the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (www.empea.org) and member of the Euromed Capital Forum (www.euromed-capital.com).
For more information on AfricInvest, please visit www.africinvest.com
Clearspring Capital PartnersFounded in 2002, Clearspring Capital Partners is a leading Canadian mid-market private equity firm that invests in and acquires medium-sized companies through buyouts, growth and acquisition financings, going private transactions, industry consolidations, restructurings, recapitalizations and other types of transactions. Clearspring seeks to invest between $20 and $50 million in companies that operate in established, stable industries and have developed strong market positions, with a sustainable, customer-focused competitive advantage. Clearspring's companies are led by seasoned, high-quality management teams, and have significant opportunities to grow organically or through acquisitions.
For more information on Clearspring Capital Partners, please visit www.cscap.ca.Aquiline Capital PartnersAquiline Capital Partners, founded in 2005, is a private equity firm based in New York investing in middle-market businesses across the financial services sector in banking and credit, insurance, investment management and markets, and financial technology and services. Aquiline targets specialized businesses that have potential for improved performance and growth in conjunction with Aquiline's equity ownership and active involvement. The firm consists of industry experts, many with operating experience, who use a hands-on approach to build value in portfolio companies.
For more information on Aquiline Capital Partners, please visit www.aquiline-llc.com.Axxon GroupFounded in 2001, the Axxon Group is a leading value-oriented private equity firm that focuses on the small and mid-cap market in Brazil. Within the small and mid-cap market, Axxon targets control and significant minority investments in high-quality businesses that have significant untapped potential for revenue and EBITDA growth. Axxon leverages its team's deep understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities facing small and mid-cap companies in Brazil to help its portfolio companies reach their full potential and to generate superior returns for the firm's investors.
For more information on Axxon Group, please visit www.axxongroup.com.br.M/C PartnersFounded in 1986, M/C Partners ("M/C") targets investments in the services sectors of communications, technology, and media, cultivating lucrative investment opportunities in areas such as wireless services, fiber communications services, out-of-home advertising and technology-services. Headquartered in Boston, MA, the firm is the quintessential lead investor and takes an active role in its investments by working closely and effectively with management teams to deliver success and strong investment returns. M/C firm leverages its deep domain expertise to guide companies from early stages to profitability and ultimately to successful exits.
For more information on M/C Partners, please visit www.mcpartners.com.ACON InvestmentsACON Investments, L.L.C. is a Washington, DC-based international private equity investment firm that manages private equity funds and special purpose partnerships that make investments in the United States and Latin America. Founded in 1996, ACON and its principals have managed over $3.5 billion of capital. ACON has professionals in Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Mexico City, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Bogotá. The Fund represents ACON's fourth pool of capital for Latin America. In the United States, affiliates of ACON are currently investing out of its third institutional capital pool.
For more information, visit: www.aconinvestments.com.Blue Wolf Capital PartnersFounded in 2005, Blue Wolf Capital Partners ("Blue Wolf") is a value-oriented buyout firm focused on lower middle market companies in North America. Within the lower middle market, Blue Wolf seeks to capitalize on unique "special situations" by making investments in business that have solid underlying assets whose value has been obscured by financial or operational distress, troubled labor relations, and/or governmental and regulatory challenges. Blue Wolf partners with high quality management teams to solve complex problems, unlock value and reposition businesses to achieve sustainable and responsible growth.
For more information on Blue Wolf Capital Partners, please visit www.blue-wolf.com.Visit our Manager Spotlight page on Blue Wolf Capital.
Altra InvestmentsFounded in 2005, Altra Investments ("Altra") is a value-oriented buyout firm focused on midcap companies in the ANDEAN region, with an emphasis on businesses that have significant operations in Colombia and/or Peru. Within the midcap segment, Altra seeks to acquire controlling stakes in businesses that have significant potential for improved performance and growth in conjunction with firm's equity sponsorship and active engagement. Altra leverages its team's unique combination of operating, consulting and private equity investment experience, particularly within the context of family-owned businesses, to serve as a value-added shareholder to investee companies.
For more information on Altra Investments, please visit www.altrainv.com.Visit our Manager Spotlight page on Altra Investments.
Artiman VenturesFounded in 2000, Artiman Ventures ("Artiman") is an early stage venture capital firm with offices in Palo Alto and Bangalore. Artiman's core focus is on helping talented entrepreneurs commercialize leading edge technologies to create world-class companies. Artiman targets investments in "white spaces," which it defines as large market opportunities where a company has no identifiable competition and at least a 12-month lead on existing technologies or the market. Artiman seeks to partner with "concept-stage" entrepreneurs to significantly impact a company's strategy, focus, team, industry relationships, business model, and culture. When appropriate, Artiman plays an active role in helping its portfolio companies establish India-based operations, significantly reducing the amount of capital required to build and scale a business.
For more information on Artiman Ventures, please visit www.artimanventures.com.Visit our Manager Spotlight page on Artiman Ventures.
J.F. Lehman & CompanyJ.F. Lehman & Company ("JFLCO"), a private equity firm founded in 1992, focuses exclusively on investing in companies in the defense, aerospace and maritime industries and companies using the technical capabilities that originate from these sectors. This investment strategy reflects the firm's deep experience in and commitment to these sectors for more than two decades. JFLCO is headquartered in New York with an additional office in Washington, DC.
For more information on J.F. Lehman & Company, please visit www.jflpartners.com.Visit our Manager Spotlight page on J.F. Lehman & Company.
Axxon GroupFounded in 2001, the Axxon Group is a leading value-oriented private equity firm that focuses on the small and mid-cap market in Brazil. Within the small and mid-cap market, Axxon targets control and significant minority investments in high-quality businesses that have significant untapped potential for revenue and EBITDA growth. Axxon leverages its team's deep understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities facing small and mid-cap companies in Brazil to help its portfolio companies reach their full potential and to generate superior returns for the firm's investors.
For more information on Axxon Group, please visit www.axxongroup.com.br.Artiman VenturesFounded in 2000, Artiman Ventures ("Artiman") is an early stage venture capital firm with offices in Palo Alto and Bangalore. Artiman's core focus is on helping talented entrepreneurs commercialize leading edge technologies to create world-class companies. Artiman targets investments in "white spaces," which it defines as large market opportunities where a company has no identifiable competition and at least a 12-month lead on existing technologies or the market. Artiman seeks to partner with "concept-stage" entrepreneurs to significantly impact a company's strategy, focus, team, industry relationships, business model, and culture. When appropriate, Artiman plays an active role in helping its portfolio companies establish India-based operations, significantly reducing the amount of capital required to build and scale a business.
For more information on Artiman Ventures, please visit www.artimanventures.com.Visit our Manager Spotlight page on Artiman Ventures.
The Southern Cross GroupFounded in 1998, Southern Cross Group ("Southern Cross") is one of the leading and longest standing private equity firms dedicated to Latin America, with offices in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Argentina. Southern Cross targets control acquisitions of high quality companies that possess solid underlying assets and have significant potential for improved performance and growth. Southern Cross leverages its team's significant operating, consulting, turnaround and private equity investing experience in Latin America in order to help its portfolio companies create genuine, long-term, sustainable value.
For more information on Southern Cross Group, please visit www.southerncrossgroup.com.Visit our Manager Spotlight page on Southern Cross Group.
Private Equity InvestorsFound in 1992, Private Equity Investors ("PEI") is among longest standing and most experienced investors in the secondary market. PEI specializes in small private equity secondary purchases, typically less than $30 million in net asset value, of mature venture capital, growth equity, mezzanine and buyout fund interests and portfolios of direct privately held companies. The scope of PEI's secondary business includes (i) acquiring limited partnership interests; (ii) purchasing direct private holdings; (iii) restructuring funds; and (iv) executing financial institution or corporate spin-outs.
For more information on Private Equity Investors, please visit www.peifunds.com.Tripod CapitalTripod Capital is a leading growth equity and buyout firm with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Changsha and Xi'an. Tripod Capital leverages its team's extensive operating and investment experience to transform emerging private companies and underperforming state-owned enterprises into domestic and global leaders.
For more information on Tripod Capital, please visit www.tripodcapital.com.The Southern Cross GroupFounded in 1998, Southern Cross Group ("Southern Cross") is one of the leading and longest standing private equity firms dedicated to Latin America, with offices in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Argentina. Southern Cross targets control acquisitions of high quality companies that possess solid underlying assets and have significant potential for improved performance and growth. Southern Cross leverages its team's significant operating, consulting, turnaround and private equity investing experience in Latin America in order to help its portfolio companies create genuine, long-term, sustainable value.
For more information on Southern Cross Group, please visit www.southerncrossgroup.com.Visit our Manager Spotlight page on Southern Cross Group.
Artiman VenturesFounded in 2000, Artiman Ventures ("Artiman") is an early stage venture capital firm with offices in Palo Alto and Bangalore. Artiman's core focus is on helping talented entrepreneurs commercialize leading edge technologies to create world-class companies. Artiman targets investments in "white spaces," which it defines as large market opportunities where a company has no identifiable competition and at least a 12-month lead on existing technologies or the market. Artiman seeks to partner with "concept-stage" entrepreneurs to significantly impact a company's strategy, focus, team, industry relationships, business model, and culture. When appropriate, Artiman plays an active role in helping its portfolio companies establish India-based operations, significantly reducing the amount of capital required to build and scale a business.
For more information on Artiman Ventures, please visit www.artimanventures.com.Visit our Manager Spotlight page on Artiman Ventures.
J.F. Lehman & CompanyJ.F. Lehman & Company ("JFLCO"), a private equity firm founded in 1992, focuses exclusively on investing in companies in the defense, aerospace and maritime industries and companies using the technical capabilities that originate from these sectors. This investment strategy reflects the firm's deep experience in and commitment to these sectors for more than two decades. JFLCO is headquartered in New York with an additional office in Washington, DC.
For more information on J.F. Lehman & Company, please visit www.jflpartners.com.Visit our Manager Spotlight page on J.F. Lehman & Company.
Court Square VenturesFounded in 2000, Court Square Ventures ("Court Square") makes minority and control investments in companies operating across a variety of sectors, particularly those where information technology, digital media, and communications technologies can be used to drive growth. Court Square brings significant operating experience to bear in helping companies map out and execute growth strategies and generate operational efficiencies.
The firm's deep understanding of applying technology to business operations stems from the partners' more than 60 years of technology operating and investing experience. Court Square uses this base of experience to support companies expanding into new markets, extending core intellectual property to create new product and business lines, growing via acquisition, and looking to build and bolster data-driven sales and operating functions within existing business lines. In addition, Court Square helps its portfolio companies to source customers, find strategic partners, and recruit key personnel by tapping a broad national network of contacts.
For more information on Court Square Ventures, please visit www.courtsquareventures.com.Private Equity InvestorsFound in 1992, Private Equity Investors ("PEI") is among longest standing and most experienced investors in the secondary market. PEI specializes in small private equity secondary purchases, typically less than $30 million in net asset value, of mature venture capital, growth equity, mezzanine and buyout fund interests and portfolios of direct privately held companies. The scope of PEI's secondary business includes (i) acquiring limited partnership interests; (ii) purchasing direct private holdings; (iii) restructuring funds; and (iv) executing financial institution or corporate spin-outs.
For more information on Private Equity Investors, please visit www.peifunds.com.