Broadsword Partners

Broadsword Partners, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm based in New York, specializing in early-stage investments, buyouts, growth capital, and acquisitions. The firm focuses on niche sectors, including manufacturing and services, media and technology, natural resources, security, alternative energy, aviation, consumer products, healthcare, and defense. Broadsword Partners emphasizes investments in sustainable energy and cleantech, particularly nuclear storage, solar power, and energy-efficient solutions. Additionally, the firm targets sectors such as consumer products, healthcare, and financial services, seeking companies with revenues between $10 million and $500 million. Broadsword Partners also offers strategic planning and management consulting services, as well as acquisition and capital-raising assistance for middle-market companies leveraging its extensive industry relationships. While it primarily invests in North America, Europe, and Latin America, it has a strong preference for companies located in the Northeast and Western United States. The firm typically aims for investments with EBITDA margins of 15 percent or higher and seeks board representation in its portfolio companies.

Michael Becker

Founder and Managing Partner

Michael A. Bucci

Managing Director and Managing Partner

3 past transactions

SureFire

Private Equity Round in 2007

SureFire provides illumination tools and gears designed to meet the demanding needs of high-risk professionals. It designs and manufactures illumination tools and tactical equipment. The company’s illumination tools include flash, weapon, helmet, wrist, law enforcement, search and spot, next generation, V-series IR, and fire rescue lights, as well as headlamps; and tactical equipment that comprises sound suppressors, muzzle brakes and flash hiders, magazines, adapters for X-series lights, rapid transition sights, and hearing protection products. It also offers parts, accessories, pens, apparel, and batteries; and various training courses, including training in firearms and edged weapons, unarmed defensive and combative techniques, law enforcement and military low-light tactics, and tactical and protective driving. SureFire is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 1979 by John Matthews.

BuildForge

Series A in 2004

As of May 2, 2006, BuildForge Inc. was acquired by International Business Machines Corp. BuildForge Inc. develops and markets build process management software solutions. The company's products include BuildForge 3.1, which manages and automates the software build process to accelerate development cycles, optimize resource utilization, and create reliable build environments. BuildForge was founded in 2001 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Vodium

Series B in 2001

Vodium, Inc. provides Webcasts, media on demand, and media library solutions. It also offers medical education, marketing communications, and government policy announcements and conference solutions to federal government, associations, and the healthcare industry

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