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Lead Lap is a Northfield, Illinois-based private investment firm with several current investments in private companies. Lead Lap seeks control investments in the business services, consumer, online, education, information, media, marketing services, and health services sectors of small to mid-size company buyouts. Lead Lap also makes non-control growth capital investments in promising businesses. Lead Lap was founded by operating executive David F. Zucker ("Zucker"), who serves as Managing Partner, and made his first private company investment in 1994. Zucker combines twenty-three years of…
Pondera Holdings is an operationally-focused holding company that provides capital to private, entrepreneurial businesses. Our objective with each investment is to create value for employees, customers, communities, and our shareholders. Pondera’s principals serve as active board members of portfolio companies, and in certain situations, will play an active management role if needed.As a holding company with permanent capital, we are not constrained by the fixed time horizon of a traditional private equity fund. This structure is advantageous for all stakeholders because it allows for a…
We are equity investors across company lifecycle, from seed to turnaround, with a focus on leveraged buyouts of operating companies that fit our reshoring and sustainability investment theses. Because Lorentzen Investments is a family office, we do not have any preconceived timeframe for an investment. Our expectation, in any investment, is to hold permanently. Our goal is to implement best-in-class safety and environmental procedures, invest in sustaining maintenance and profitable growth, and then harvest the cash flow on a financially prudent basis.
About UsNorth Park Group is a team of business leaders focused on acquiring and operating US-based manufacturing and distribution businesses. We are business operators who love to work in small to mid-size businesses. We grew up in manufacturing businesses and feel more comfortable on the shop floor than in the board room.Meet the TeamRyan Sullivan (Managing Director) is a proven CEO with extensive experience in diverse industries, a record of increasing profitability, market share & developing strong management teams. While at CMC, led the turnaround from neutral earnings to double-digit…
Cresset Private Capital investing team makes direct investments in operating companies where we have experience. We focus on long term partnerships with like-minded entrepreneurs, founders, and management teams. We believe in long-term, flexible, and patient capital avoiding misalignment, friction and unfavorable fee structures, which can produce inefficient results for business owners and investors.
Camp Lake Capital (“CLC”) is a Chicago-based private investment firm focused on acquiring and growing lower middle-market industrial businesses for the long-term. We seek to partner with leading industrial companies led by best-in-class management teams who desire to grow with and participate in the ownership of the business. In addition to providing capital, CLC also offers a network of operating resources who can assist with growth and operational improvement in a variety of ways, from new customer relationships and strengthening market share to increasing operating margins and sourcing…
Modi Investment Group is a private investment company specializing in the acquisition and management of established and profitable small and mid-size businesses with attractive growth prospects. Our capital is fully-committed and available immediately to invest in companies that meet our criteria. As a hands-on investor, we specifically look for business owners who are seeking to retire or simply transition away from management responsibilities. We work directly with the company's existing management team with a goal to secure the immediate and long-term success of the company. Balancing…
Majic Investments is Chicago-based private equity, family office firm that invests in middle-market businesses. Transactions include leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, industry consolidations, and family succession transactions, as well as growth investments to fund expansion or acquisition.Majic employs a disciplined, value-oriented investment approach and partners with talented managers in a given industry, as well as other leading investors. We create value through meaningful involvement with the strategic decision making and operating philosophies of the to be acquired companies. We…
I’ve spent the last 10+ years in engineering leadership for Google/Meta(Facebook). Looking for a company that i can acquire and grow through improved technology/software. Looking for companies around Chicago with EBITDA between 1M-3M.
Funded Ventures is a private investment firm focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We partner with exceptional companies seeking the next stage of growth. Post acquisition, we work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders.
The Boler Company is a private firm with a global footprint focused on upper-middle-market acquisitions. As a family enterprise, it buys, builds, and holds.
GPC believes that collaboration, experience and enthusiasm can enhance small businesses on the top line and bottom line. We’re focused on growing businesses, not reducing headcount.The team specializes in the physical world. We’re focused on distribution, industrials and light manufacturing. Our team has experience in large, medium and small businesses from start-up through maturity.We grow businesses the old-fashioned way by listening to customers and growing with them. Email is nice, but personal interactions are better.We are concerned with all stakeholders. A company is only as…
BMH Partners, LLC has been in existence since 2017 and has been an equity investor in multiple endeavors and industries including Trampoline Parks, a Cannabis Farm, a Healthcare IT company, and Real Estate. It currently holds positions in the Real Estate and Trampoline Parks and is looking to grow by investing in a new opportunity as a part of an investment group or acquiring its own business and operating it. BMH Partners is led by its owner and Managing Director Mr. Brian Harms. Brian is a 23 year veteran of GE and most recently was the President over a portion of GE Healthcare's US based…
Brandsma Asset Management is a Single Family Office founded in 2018 after the sale of our family business. To date we have made 15+ investments ranging from passive minority positions to full change of control acquisitions. We are looking to further our investment in high-quality operating businesses throughout the United States.Â
The focus of our business is investing in growth businesses in the dental, home and environmental services space. The family office brings decades of experience in growing platform service providers.Our Main focus for acquisition is septic repair and pumping companies in the South and Southeast USA. We also have a secondary focus on plumbing and dental companies as a start to a platform.
Justin is a member of a private family office in Chicago seeking acquisitions in the water, alternative energy, infrastructure, and mission-critical real estate.
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Justin Weber
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Rollup of multisite retail healthcare practice portfolio
Chaifetz Group is a private investment firm that partners with carefully selected entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams to build and grow game-changing businesses.Our team has an established track record of building businesses and working with management teams to create lasting value. We understand from personal experience that each business is unique and does not follow a perfectly scripted growth path. Every business requires a unique combination of time, flexibility, capital, resourcefulness, and tenacity in order to become industry leaders. Accordingly, Chaifetz Group…
Concentric Equity Partners (“CEP”) is a private investment firm based in Chicago, IL. We partner with leading middle market companies by providing capital and strategic advisory to accelerate long term value creation. Our approach is simple: support entrepreneurs and operators by providing the resources required to achieve extraordinary results.CEP’s investment team is made up of individuals with distinguished track records as operators and professional investors across a variety of growth oriented middle market companies.CEP is the direct investing arm of Financial Investments…
