Convergent Capital is a private equity firm founded in 1998 and headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The firm specializes in providing growth and acquisition capital, focusing primarily on mid-market manufacturing and technology companies. Convergent Capital engages in equity and debt investments, structuring financial solutions around recapitalizations, management buyouts, and consolidations. The firm's investment strategy encompasses sectors such as business services, niche manufacturing, and specialty distribution, aiming to support companies in their growth and operational enhancement.
Co-Founder, Member of the Investment Committee and Board of Director
John C. Chan
Managing Partner
Matthew P. Grossman
Managing Partner
Chris Lamers
Vice President
John H. Mason
Co-Founder and Investment Committee Member
Travis D. Soule
Principal
Will Unterseher
Associate
9 past transactions
Crescendo Networks
Series C in 2008
Crescendo Networks specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of application delivery controllers (ADCs) that enhance the performance and efficiency of business-critical web applications. The company’s ADCs feature a purpose-built hardware design with a massively parallel architecture, allowing them to excel under peak loads while maintaining full functionality. This performance capability enables servers to effectively manage high volumes of HTTP traffic, ensuring optimal usability even during extreme load conditions. Crescendo Networks' products are utilized by some of the most advanced and rapidly growing web properties globally, helping organizations improve their operational efficiency, reduce IT costs, and drive revenue growth.
DiBcom
Series E in 2007
DiBcom S.A., a fabless semiconductor company, offers a range of integrated circuits in France & internationally. It specializes in the development of broadband wireless solutions following digital video broadcasting and other broadband communication standards. The company offers chipsets and development kits. Its solutions are used in automotive, portable LCD TV, PC, mobile phones and other handheld device applications. DiBcom S.A. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Palaiseau, France.
Streamcore System
Series B in 2007
StreamCore is a prominent provider of visibility and performance control solutions designed for managing interactive applications and real-time communications, such as VoIP and video, over wide area networks (WAN) and local area networks (LAN). The company's products offer enterprises comprehensive visibility across network performance, applications, and communication channels, all accessible from a single centralized management console. StreamCore's solutions uniquely integrate visibility with advanced performance control, allowing for efficient monitoring and reporting. This integration enhances the management of application delivery and ensures rapid deployment while maintaining cost-effectiveness for organizations.
Crescendo Networks
Series A in 2006
Crescendo Networks specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of application delivery controllers (ADCs) that enhance the performance and efficiency of business-critical web applications. The company’s ADCs feature a purpose-built hardware design with a massively parallel architecture, allowing them to excel under peak loads while maintaining full functionality. This performance capability enables servers to effectively manage high volumes of HTTP traffic, ensuring optimal usability even during extreme load conditions. Crescendo Networks' products are utilized by some of the most advanced and rapidly growing web properties globally, helping organizations improve their operational efficiency, reduce IT costs, and drive revenue growth.
Streamcore System
Series A in 2005
StreamCore is a prominent provider of visibility and performance control solutions designed for managing interactive applications and real-time communications, such as VoIP and video, over wide area networks (WAN) and local area networks (LAN). The company's products offer enterprises comprehensive visibility across network performance, applications, and communication channels, all accessible from a single centralized management console. StreamCore's solutions uniquely integrate visibility with advanced performance control, allowing for efficient monitoring and reporting. This integration enhances the management of application delivery and ensures rapid deployment while maintaining cost-effectiveness for organizations.
Imperative Networks
Venture Round in 2005
Imperative Networks develops and markets storage area network (SAN) technology for fiber channel (FC) and Internet protocol networks. The company's products include FC and FC-iSCSI switches that are based on Smart Matrix technology. Imperative Networks was formerly known as SANChips and it changed its name in December 2004. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Yoqneam, Israel with an additional office in San Jose, United States.
DiBcom
Series C in 2004
DiBcom S.A., a fabless semiconductor company, offers a range of integrated circuits in France & internationally. It specializes in the development of broadband wireless solutions following digital video broadcasting and other broadband communication standards. The company offers chipsets and development kits. Its solutions are used in automotive, portable LCD TV, PC, mobile phones and other handheld device applications. DiBcom S.A. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Palaiseau, France.
DiBcom
Venture Round in 2003
DiBcom S.A., a fabless semiconductor company, offers a range of integrated circuits in France & internationally. It specializes in the development of broadband wireless solutions following digital video broadcasting and other broadband communication standards. The company offers chipsets and development kits. Its solutions are used in automotive, portable LCD TV, PC, mobile phones and other handheld device applications. DiBcom S.A. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Palaiseau, France.
Grande Communications Networks
Venture Round in 2000
Grande Communications Networks is a telecom company that provides a suite of internet, television, and phone services to residential and business customers. It offers high-speed Internet, wireless home networking, and fiber Internet services; digital basic TV; cable, preferred, and premier TV services; and advertising services. The company also provides data, voice, video, colocation, commercial development, bundles, MDU, and customer care services to small and enterprise businesses. ###Grande Communications Networks is recapitalized by ABRY Partners in 2009###
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