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American Capital

American Capital is a large alternative asset management company based in Bethesda, Maryland, specializing in private equity and a variety of investment strategies. With $20 billion in capital resources under management, the firm focuses on originating, underwriting, and managing investments across private equity, leveraged finance, real estate, and structured products. It invests between $5 million to $800 million in North America and €5 million to €500 million in Europe, targeting middle-market companies. Since its inception, American Capital has committed approximately $32 billion to over 475 portfolio companies across various sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, and energy. The firm employs more than 200 investment professionals across 13 offices in the U.S. and Europe. As a publicly traded entity, American Capital provides investors with opportunities to participate in privately held companies, emphasizing a diverse investment portfolio that includes both growth capital and distressed situations.

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Investment Professional

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Managing Director, UK Buyouts

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52 past transactions

Halt Medical

Debt Financing in 2012
Halt Medical, Inc. develops uterine fibroid device for women's health. The company offers its device for the removal of uterine fibroids without resorting to a hysterectomy. Halt Medical, Inc. is based in Pleasanton, California.

Contour Semiconductor

Venture Round in 2009
Contour Semiconductor, Inc. produces non-volatile memory chips. It offers its solution for storage applications, such as digital photographs, movies, music, and data files. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in North Billerica, Massachusetts.

Aptara

Venture Round in 2007
Aptara designs and develops content transformation solutions. The company offers PowerXEditor, an online authoring tool that focuses on content sharing and management, publishing, and digital rights management; PowerReview, an online proof management solution; PowerTrack, an online tracking system; and PowerQA, a Web based quality assurance tool. It also provides digitization, data mining, forms processing, editorial and composition, data entry, and scanning and imaging services. The company caters to trade and consumer publishing, professional and education publishing, financial services, manufacturing, and retail industries. Aptara was formerly known as TechBooks and changed its name in January 2007. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia with additional offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Cambridge, the United Kingdom; Sydney, Australia; and New Delhi, India.

Techbooks

Private Equity Round in 2005
TechBooks specializes in composition, data conversion and e-learning services across five main market verticals: educational publishing, providing services to publishers of elementary, high school and college textbooks as well as digital content services for Web, wireless and e-book versions of their textbooks; professional publishing, providing composition and data conversion services to publishers of scientific, technical and medical journals; information publishing, providing data conversion services to libraries, universities and information aggregators; financial publishing, providing data conversion, composition and graphics services to financial printers; and enterprise content services, providing e-learning services, composition, conversion and content management services to major corporations in financial services, pharmaceutical, consulting and computer industries.

HomeAway

Venture Round in 2007
HomeAway online vacation rental services in the United States and global sectors.

Futurelogic

Acquisition in 2005
Futurelogic is a leading developer of small-format embedded thermal printing subassemblies. Headquartered in Glendale, CA, the company customizes its products to meet the specific demands of OEM customers for a variety of end products, including cashless slot machines, gas dispensers, medical devices, self-service kiosks, and others. ClearLight Partners recapitalized FutureLogic in partnership with its founders and provided the company with strategic guidance which lead to the expansion of the client base, assisted with the selection of a CFO and participated in restructuring the company’s debt. ClearLight exited its investment in Futurelogic in 2005.

STACAS Holdings

Venture Round in 2003
STACAS Holdings providing services in Local Trucking, Without Storage.

Electronic Warfare Associates

Venture Round in 2015
At Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc., EWA, we proudly deliver the highest quality products and services across a broad range of technology and engineering specialties, with over 30 years of experience in overcoming technological challenges and delivering on-time solutions for our customers in the U.S. and across the globe. With under 500 employees located in corporate offices and on-site throughout the United States and Canada, EWA provides focused attention to its customers. Our employees are highly skilled professionals with many years of experience in industry, government, and the military.

Gamblit Gaming

Venture Round in 2014
Gamblit Gaming is the leading technology provider in the emerging interactive entertainment meets gambling space, enabling a wide range of game genres to accommodate gambling experiences in online and on-site deployments worldwide. Gamblit’s platform provides all essential regulated technology, customer operations, and licenses; freeing up game developers, publishers, and casino operators to focus on making the best possible game experience for their players. Founded with the goal of bridging the gap between games and gambling, Gamblit’s executive team has deep roots in both industries. The company is headquartered in Glendale, California.

Hospitality Mints

Venture Round in 2004
Hospitality Mints have been made fresh every day in Boone, North Carolina since 1976, putting "Made In America" quality and pride in every mint. They also print all their candy wrappers themselves, giving us the ability to offer customized wrappers with your brand and messaging. Hospitality Mints is the largest supplier of custom mints in America. Their products are sold to leading national restaurant chains, as well as, the promotional products industry, and grocery, drug, mass, and specialty retailers. They manufacturer over one billion mints every year employing 160 individuals.

Brandmuscle

Acquisition in 2015
Brandmuscle is an integrated local marketing platform that simplifies the task for marketers and their local partners, offering brands the versatility they need to scale, and delivering the power needed to achieve impact. Headquartered in Chicago with offices in Cleveland, Austin and New Jersey, Brandmuscle employs over 650 talented professionals and serves nearly 200 of the world's leading brands. Brandmuscle has appeared on Inc. Magazine’s 500 | 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies in America List multiple years, and is the only software provider ranked “Best” in all categories of Gleanster’s 2014 Local Marketing Automation Vendor Benchmark report.

Cottman Transmission Holdings

Acquisition in 2004
Cottman Transmission Systems, LLC provides transmission and auto repair services in the United States. The company specializes in transmission repair and services for cars, trucks, and RVs. It offers transmissions, brakes, belts and hoses, and clutch services and repairs, as well as computer diagnostics and factory scheduled maintenance. The company also franchises its transmission and auto repair centers. Cottman Transmission Systems, LLC was founded in 1962 and is based in Horsham, Pennsylvania.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems

Acquisition in 2003
Roadrunner Transportation Systems is a asset-light transportation and logistics services provider offering a full suite of solutions, including customized and expedited less-than-truckload, truckload, intermodal, brokerage as well as consolidation and warehousing services to over 35,000 customers through-out the U.S. and globally.

Financial Asset Management Systems

Acquisition in 2006
FAMS has a long track record of gold standard performance for clients in the Education, Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, and Telecommunications / Media markets. Our strategy is to do a few things very well, creating long term, performance-driven business relationships based on integrity, mutual respect, superior results and dedicated client service. As a private equity-backed company with an experienced management team, FAMS is well positioned to make the investments required to achieve top performance for every client. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Atlanta, FAMS operates geographically diverse call centers in Georgia, Missouri, and Ohio.

T-Netix

Venture Round in 2004
T-NETIX, founded in 1986 and headquartered outside of Dallas, TX, provides telecommunications products and services to more than 350 local, county and state public correctional facilities in the U.S. and Canada. Products and services provided to correctional facilities include prison telecommunications equipment and software, security-enhanced call processing, call validation and billing. The company processes over 10 million phone calls per month, employs over 370 people in 35 states and has grown sales by nearly 13% over the past three years.

Narus

Venture Round in 2006
Narus, an independent subsidiary of The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), is a pioneer in cybersecurity. Narus is one of the first companies to apply patented advanced analytics to proactively identify cyber threats from insiders and outside intruders. The innovative Narus nSystem of products and applications is based on the principles of Cyber 3.0, where the semantic Web and cyber intersect. Using incisive intelligence culled from big data analytics, Narus nSystem identifies, predicts and characterizes the most advanced security threats, empowering organizations to better protect their critical assets. Narus counts governments, carriers and enterprises around the world among its growing customer base. The company is based in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale, Calif.

Valley Proteins

Debt Financing in 2004
Valley Proteins has been a leader in providing an invaluable service to global economies and the environment.

Hilco Vision

Venture Round in 2004
Hilco Vision is an industry global eyewear/eye care company delivering comprehensive solutions to customers.

Life-Like Products

Acquisition in 2004
Founded in the early 1930's, Life-Like is a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of a broad array of molded expandable polystyrene (EPS) foam products under the brand name LIFOAM(R) for consumer and industrial end markets. The only EPS consumer foam manufacturer with a national scale and scope, Life-Like provides a broad range of consumer foam and accessory products, such as reusable ice and freeze packs, to large national and regional retail accounts with large, well known retailers and has major market share in consumer foam picnic coolers.

Coleman Natural Foods

Venture Round in 2003
Coleman Natural Foods has been a pioneer in organic and no-antibiotics-ever meats, part of legacy of quality that stretches back to 1875. They work with family farmers throughout the country who share with us a conviction to provide families with premium chicken and no-antibiotics-ever poultry, pork, lamb and beef.

Halt Medical

Series C in 2007
Halt Medical, Inc. develops uterine fibroid device for women's health. The company offers its device for the removal of uterine fibroids without resorting to a hysterectomy. Halt Medical, Inc. is based in Pleasanton, California.

Imperial Supplies

Acquisition in 2007
Imperial Supplies LLC is a national distributor of quality maintenance products. Founded in 1958, Imperial services customers through a nationwide network of regional distribution centers.

Flexi-Mat

Acquisition in 2003
Flexi-Mat Corporation engages in producing, importing, and marketing pet beds serving the pet bedding industry.

Potpourri Holdings

Acquisition in 2005
Potpourriis a home/gift and knitting craft cataloger marketed under eleven different titles, including Potpourri, Expressions, The Stitchery, Counted Cross Stitch, and Back in the Saddle, Inc. Potpourri distributes more than 80 million catalogs per year. Potpourri has established an extensive infrastructure of in-house catalog design capabilities, logistics and distribution center, and information systems which will continue to support its aggressive growth and acquisition strategy.

Geosign

Private Equity Round in 2007
Geosign, based out of Guelph, Ontario was an Internet media company focused on online publishing and targeted search. Geosign owned over 180 websites in 20 different categories. Geosign claimed to receive over 35 million unique visitors to its collection of sites every month. Some of Geosign's notable sites included GizmoCafe.com, ThinkFashion.com, TheRenewablePlanet.com. Tim Nye was Geosign's Chairman and founder.

Cinelease

Private Equity Round in 2007
Cinelease is the largest set lighting and grip rental company in the US.

Narus

Venture Round in 2009
Narus, an independent subsidiary of The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), is a pioneer in cybersecurity. Narus is one of the first companies to apply patented advanced analytics to proactively identify cyber threats from insiders and outside intruders. The innovative Narus nSystem of products and applications is based on the principles of Cyber 3.0, where the semantic Web and cyber intersect. Using incisive intelligence culled from big data analytics, Narus nSystem identifies, predicts and characterizes the most advanced security threats, empowering organizations to better protect their critical assets. Narus counts governments, carriers and enterprises around the world among its growing customer base. The company is based in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale, Calif.

Coghead

Series A in 2006
Coghead is a database driven application service aimed at enabling non-developers to solve problems traditionally requiring programming knowledge.

Coghead

Series B in 2007
Coghead is a database driven application service aimed at enabling non-developers to solve problems traditionally requiring programming knowledge.

Rug Doctor

Acquisition in 2007
Rug Doctor is an international manufacturer and marketer of the most convenient, compact, and powerful hot water extraction carpet-cleaning machines and products available today. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, its carpet-cleaning rental machines and full line of Rug Doctor carpet-cleaning products can be found in more than 33,000 grocery, drug, hardware, and home center stores across the US.

Bensussen Deutsch

Venture Round in 2014
Bensussen Deutsch is a merchandise agency that offers its services to Fortune 1000 companies. The company offers supply chain management, customer service, fulfillment, and distribution services to its clients. Its agency model offers a range of services, including market research analysis, account management, reporting, logistics, social compliance, product design and development, and supply chain transparency. Bensussen Deutsch was founded in 1984 by Jay Deutsch and Eric Bensussen and is based in Woodinville.

Global Dosimetry Solutions

Acquisition in 2003
Global Dosimetry Solutions is one of the world's largest providers of radiation dosimetry services.

Halt Medical

Series E in 2013
Halt Medical, Inc. develops uterine fibroid device for women's health. The company offers its device for the removal of uterine fibroids without resorting to a hysterectomy. Halt Medical, Inc. is based in Pleasanton, California.

WIS International

Acquisition in 2007
WIS International Ltd. provides inventory and data collection services for retailers worldwide. It offers retail, healthcare, warehouse and logistics, fixed asset, and government inventory services; self-service inventory services; retail merchandising services; and space optimization services. WIS International Ltd. was formerly known as Western Inventory Service Ltd. and changed its name to WIS International Ltd. in April 2005. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in Mississauga, Canada with locations in San Diego, California; and Flower Mound, Texas.

Jones Stephens

Venture Round in 2003
Jones Stephens Corporation manufactures and markets plumbing products. It offers decorative products, faucets and bath accessories, specialties and repair, miscellaneous plumbing specialties, fittings and valves, commercial/residential plastics, cast iron, tools, gaskets and couplings, tubular, PVC/DWV fittings, merchandising, black and galv malleables/pipe nipples, copper, and toilet seats. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Moody, Alabama. Jones Stephens Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.

Imaging Business Machines

Acquisition in 2007
ibml's Capture Suite drives process efficiencies from the point of capture, managing the end to end scanning and capture workflow - from document receipt to data storage and reporting.

Escort

Venture Round in 2003
Escort Inc. is a proud North American company.Headquartered in metro Cincinnati, OH, Escort Inc. has been designing, engineering, and manufacturing industry leading radar/laser detectors and premium automotive accessories right here in North America for over 30 years. We operate under one simple premise: Provide our customers with the best products and services period. After all it all starts with you - our customer. We have the finest engineers, a state of the art manufacturing facility and a focus on quality that is second to none. Escort has sold more than 10 million detectors and automotive products that help you Drive Smarter. Our goal is to exceed your expectation on every unit we sell. View Escort's corporate information video and see why we are the leader in our industry.

Delsey

Debt Financing in 2015
Delsey is the second largest travel luggage brand worldwide in its segment and distributes a complete range of travel luggage globally. The company is recognised for the quality, resilience and innovative design of its products. With sales in over 100 countries and 5 continents, Delsey has a number 2 position globally in its segment (except in the U.S. where Delsey has the third largest market share) and is the co-leader in France, where its design team are based.

The Meadows

Acquisition in 2006
As one of the premier addiction and psychological trauma treatment centers in the country, they help change the lives of individuals through the Meadows Model, 12-step practices, and the holistic healing of mind, body and spirit. On a 14-acre campus in the serene Sonoran Desert, The Meadows employs traditional group therapies combined with alternative physical and emotional therapies. They also provide patients with a depth of treatment that taps into the underlying root issues behind self-destructive behaviors like low self-esteem, codependency, immaturity and childhood trauma. Whether you're entering treatment for the first time or find yourself in relapse, The Meadows Model is unparalleled in producing successful outcomes for recovery and a proven model for treating trauma and addiction. They invite you to learn more about The Meadows.

Axygen

Acquisition in 2006
Founded and incorporated in 1993, Axygen Scientific is the leading global supplier of laboratory plastics for the research industry, including the pharmaceutical, biotech, and academia markets. It is headquartered in Union City, California in the San Francisco Bay Area

3SI Security Systems

Venture Round in 2002
3SI Security Systems is the world leader in asset protection systems designed to recover stolen cash and high-value assets, apprehend criminals and deter crime. With over 40 years’ experience and protecting more than 250,000 locations worldwide, their innovative solutions combat crime through a variety of technologies including GPS tracking, dye and ink staining, DNA and explosive gas neutralization technology. They have served thousands of institutions and organizations in the Financial, Retail, Courier/Cash in Transit and Law Enforcement markets. Why have they succeeded for so long? Because they offer innovative SOLUTIONS supported by a first class SERVICE organization which pledges customer SATISFACTION through products that perform.

Phillips & Temro Industries

Venture Round in 2002
Phillips and Temro Industries serves global customers in designing and manufacturing thermal solutions and systems. A century of technical experience and manufacturing expertise back our ability to engineer, validate, and deliver effective solutions across a diverse range of markets. Customers count on our flexibility, rapid response and ability to manage complexity to assist them in engineering processes. From concept design, to rapid proto-typing and on-site product testing, OEM leaders trust Phillips and Temro Industries in valued partnerships that span decades. Whether a system requires heating, cooling, or electrification components, Phillips and Temro has the solution for the job.

Unwired Technology

Acquisition in 2005
Unwired Technology is focused on the development of electronic devices and technology solutions for the automotive industry. Unwired Technology designs and markets USB connectivity modules and wireless headphones for automotive entertainment systems. Unwired Technology is acquired by Delphi Automotive PLC. Unwired Technology is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan and has offices in Woodbury, New York and Hong Kong, China. It was founded by Larry David Lichtenstein and Max Kraynov in 1997.

Tsavo Media

Series A in 2008
Tsavo, founded in August 2008 by former Userplane execs, is developing relevancy technology and acquiring a number of third party content and advertising sites.

Future Food

Acquisition in 2004
Future Food dips, spreads and seafood salads to our rapidly increasing number of loyal customers.

Tymphany

Venture Round in 2006
Tymphany Corporation is the leading provider of innovative, high quality audio transducers and acoustical engineering customization services for manufacturers of both lifestyle consumer electronic products and audiophile-quality, high-end solutions. The company, as it exists today, was formed in 2005 through a merger of Tymphany Corporation and Danish Sound Technology, producer of renowned audio transducer brands Peerless, ScanSpeak, and Vifa. Combining an 80 year history of Danish acoustical engineering expertise, Experienced US management team and world-class, cost-effective manufacturing capabilities in China, Tymphany is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of today's demanding global marketplace.

CCS Medical

Venture Round in 2004
CCS Medical process your claims.They verify your insurance and coordinate your benefits.

Directed Electronics

Debt Financing in 2004
Directed is the largest designer and marketer in North America of consumer-branded vehicle security and remote start systems (sold under Viper®, Clifford®, Python®, Autostart® and other brand names). Directed markets its broad portfolio of products through many channels including leading national retailers and specialty chains throughout North America and around the world.

CIBT, Inc.

Venture Round in 2006
The Company serves all major travel lanes requiring visas from these and numerous other jurisdictions. As the global leader in visa and immigration services, CIBT works side-by-side with its corporate and individual clients in these highly complex and time-sensitive processes. CIBT, which is in McLean, Virginia, employs nearly 1,300 employees across 15 countries worldwide, including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and the Netherlands.

CIBT, Inc.

Venture Round in 2010
The Company serves all major travel lanes requiring visas from these and numerous other jurisdictions. As the global leader in visa and immigration services, CIBT works side-by-side with its corporate and individual clients in these highly complex and time-sensitive processes. CIBT, which is in McLean, Virginia, employs nearly 1,300 employees across 15 countries worldwide, including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and the Netherlands.

HomeAway

Series B in 2006
HomeAway online vacation rental services in the United States and global sectors.