L Squared Capital Partners

L Squared Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in investing in buyouts, recapitalization and founder liquidity events of growth companies. It seeks to invest in technology-enabled services, industrial technology, and education sectors. Within technology-enabled services the firm targets business services with integrated technology; business process outsourcing; outsourced government services; marketing services; transaction processing; data management; software-as-a-service; internet and marketing platforms; supply chain management; information technology outsourcing; consumer services; information services; and data and analytics. Within industrial technology, it targets specialty electronic products; sensors, controls, connectors; instrumentation; specialty manufactured products; aerospace and defense; test and measurement products; specialty distribution; environmental services; water/wastewater products and services; safety products and services; and highly-engineered precision engineered components. Within education services, the firm targets early childhood, pre K-12, and higher-education operators, products, technology, content, assessment tools, software and other services; and online content, assessment and software. It targets investments in North America. The firm invests between $15 million and $75 million in equity of companies with revenues between $10 million and $100 million, target EBITDA between $3 million and $20 million, and growth of at least 10 percent per year. It seeks to take majority stakes in its portfolio companies. L Squared Capital Partners was founded in 2014 and is based in Newport Beach California with an additional office in Chicago, Illinois.

Evan Brainerd

Partner

Jeff Farrero

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Robert P Healy

Managing Partner

Randall Hunt

Partner

11 past transactions

Tripod is a Contract Research Organization in the biopharmaceutical space that provides preclinical research services for global pharma companies, R&D enterprises and institutes, and medical device developers. Tripod (TPR) is dedicated to nonclinical research (drug safety evaluation) for the candidates of new chemical entity (NCE), food additives, biologics,pesticides,veterinary drugs, and new cosmetics.

Crane 1 Services

Acquisition in 2021
Crane 1 is a provider of overhead crane MRO services and equipment that maximize safety, diminish liability, reduce maintenance costs, and increase overall productivity. The Company offers a full suite of services, including OSHA mandated inspections, maintenance, repair, design and installation of overhead crane systems and below-the-hook lifting devices. Additionally, Crane 1 recently launched a leading ecommerce site branded “Hoist Central,” providing customers with the highest level of service on hard-to-find controls and parts.

MicroPort CRM

Series C in 2021
MicroPort® CRM is a pioneering company in the field of Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM), and a subsidiary of MicroPort® Scientific Corporation (stock code: 00853.HK), with world headquarters in Clamart, just outside Paris, France. Through its long-standing expertise in CRM, MicroPort® CRM develops, manufactures and markets around the world cardiac pacemakers, implantable cardiac defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization systems and ECG diagnostic solutions for the management of cardiac rhythm disorders and heart failure. Its state-of-the-art products are manufactured in Clamart, France, Saluggia, Italy, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and Shanghai, China.

GWS Tool Group

Venture Round in 2019
GWS Tool Group is a US-based manufacturer of highly engineered custom, standard and modified standard round and insert cutting tools. Put simply, we deliver high quality custom tools in less time. We primarily work with the aerospace, defense, automotive and medical device industries.

GWS Tool Group

Acquisition in 2019
GWS Tool Group is a US-based manufacturer of highly engineered custom, standard and modified standard round and insert cutting tools. Put simply, we deliver high quality custom tools in less time. We primarily work with the aerospace, defense, automotive and medical device industries.

Raptor Scientific

Private Equity Round in 2019
Raptor Scientific was founded in 2019 by L Squared Capital Partners and backed with a $60 million equity commitment to consolidate the highly fragmented Aerospace & Defense focused testing and measurement market. The Company completed its first acquisition of Space Electronics in September 2019.

Kanopy

Private Equity Round in 2018
Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for public libraries and educational institutions that provides access to more than 30,000 films. Kanopy partners directly with filmmakers and distributors to offer award-winning collections including titles from The Criterion Collection, Frederick Wiseman, PBS, BBC, and more. Kanopy’s unique and flexible models ensure that libraries can seamlessly offer streaming film to their communities and only pay for films patrons actually watch and for the value generated. Kanopy is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

United Scope

Venture Round in 2018
AmScope’s mission is to promote interest in the advancement of science by making high-quality microscopes accessible to customers of all economic backgrounds. By designing, manufacturing, and distributing our own AmScope brand microscopes and accessories.

Learners Edge

Acquisition in 2016
Learners Edge is a leading direct-to-teacher provider of online professional development, continuing education and master’s degree programs for K-12 teachers. s the distance learning model transitioned online, they invested heavily in an online platform that could deliver full course curriculum.

Virtium

Funding Round in 2015
Virtium is a leading innovator of embedded SSD and industrial memory solutions designed specifically to meet the dynamic requirements of embedded systems. With embedded SSD and DDR products strategically aligned to application roadmaps, Virtium backs-up its technology with superior customer service and technical support.
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