Monument Capital Partners

Monument Advisors, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in management buy-ins, management buyouts, leveraged buyouts, transition transactions, mezzanine oriented (sub-debt with warrants), mature, add-on investments and recapitalizations transactions. The firm seeks to invest in small and middle market, with a primary focus on microcap companies. It seeks to invest in non-cyclical companies although it also invests in cyclical companies. The firm seeks to invest in established businesses in the service, industrial service, value added distribution, and manufacturing industries. The firm seeks to invest in industrial coatings, specialty chemicals, label manufacturers and distributors, aerospace and defense manufacturing, specialty packaging, remanufacturing, service and repair, Industrial Consumables (abrasives, adhesives, and sealants), niche plastics, telecommunication services, specialty manufacturing, precision machining, light assembly, and specialty and emergency repair. It will market primarily in companies located throughout the Midwest with a focus on Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Kentucky, and Illinois. The firm seeks to invest in companies requiring less than $5 million in capital, having enterprise values between $5 million and $25 million, and with low price of entry at less than 5.5 times EBITDA, EBITDA in value between $1 million and $4 million, and sales between $5 million and $30 million. The firm seeks to invest as a majority equity holder and seeks to take a controlling position in its portfolio companies. It seeks positions on the board of directors of the portfolio companies. The firm seeks to exit its investments either through sale to financial or strategic buyer or recapitalization scenarios. Monument Advisors, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Joseph P. Schaffer

Managing Director

Anthony R. Walker

Principal

4 past transactions

ProVox Technologies

Series C in 2003
ProVox Technologies Corporation provides speech recognition-based medical documentation and workflow management systems for group practices, hospitals, and clinics in the United States. Its products include VoxNotes, a speech recognition-based, medical documentation workflow management system that speeds the documentation process; VoxReports, a speech recognition-based, radiology reporting workflow management system; and VoxEnterprise that delivers interactive and passive speech recognition to fit into existing medical documentation workflow. The company also offers training and installation, support, system interfaces and integrations, and customization services. ProVox Technologies Corporation is based in Roanoke, Virginia.

ProVox Technologies

Venture Round in 2002
ProVox Technologies Corporation provides speech recognition-based medical documentation and workflow management systems for group practices, hospitals, and clinics in the United States. Its products include VoxNotes, a speech recognition-based, medical documentation workflow management system that speeds the documentation process; VoxReports, a speech recognition-based, radiology reporting workflow management system; and VoxEnterprise that delivers interactive and passive speech recognition to fit into existing medical documentation workflow. The company also offers training and installation, support, system interfaces and integrations, and customization services. ProVox Technologies Corporation is based in Roanoke, Virginia.

iPipe

Venture Round in 2000
iPipe, Inc. is an Internet hosting and specialty ad company with over 125 content properties and 500+ advertising affiliates -- now serving over 35 million specialty ads per month. iPipe was formed in 1995 as a primarily-owned affiliate of J&H Communications Group, Ltd. iPipe built on its BBS and Microsoft Network (MSN) heritage and evolved into an acknowledged innovator in Internet database applications. iPipe currently produces Toonville, the second largest cartoon site on the net, HR OnLine ®, a popular Human Resource site on the web, and Auntie-Dot-Com, the second largest Craft & Collectibles site on the web.

Homebytes

Series A in 2000
An Internet-based, licensed real estate firm