Lateral Investment Management

FirstClose is a highly respected financial technology provider of best-in-class property & borrower data intelligence and settlement services nationwide.FirstClose ONE™, an award-winning SaaS solution built by our in-house software engineering teams, combines everything from application to closing (credit, valuation, title, tax, flood, income verification, automated decisioning, closing, and recording) on ONE easy-to-navigate platform for residential lending. FirstClose ONE™ technology platform leverages property data, borrower-provided data, and industry-leading partners to simplify vendor management by consolidating vendors within ONE platform. FirstClose enables residential lenders to compete for and close mortgage and consumer loans, unlike any other industry solution.

Our Mission Empower the small business economy by enabling banks, B2B vendors and suppliers and the other critical institutions that SMBs rely on. Our Story "Fundation was founded on the premise of re-engineering the credit delivery process to small businesses through technology and advanced analytics. Over time we did just that by combining the talents of professionals with deep financial services and lending expertise with building a platform on modern digital technology. Today, companies ranging from super regional banks to community banks to a variety of B2B companies trust us to be their exclusive partner to serve their small business clients. Our innovation agenda is always determined by a simple foundation - what can we do to enhance our partners' ability to serve their small business clients better." Sam Graziano | Chief Executive Officer

NewLife Forest Products is to health to conserve our watershed, reduce catastrophic wild fires, and create industry and jobs. With the resources we pull from the forest, we manufacture lumber, landscape bark, horse bedding, wood-chips, and soils for gardens. We are a global company and very focus on conserving our nation’s resource.

Brand Street Market is a marketing and media company that provides consumer electronics in the beauty space. They make use of internet commerce and live shopping to distribute products. They build brands through brand awareness and direct sales.

LexMar Global manufactures materials analysis equipment used to measure the quality of products within the polyolefin industry. It leverages nuclear magnetic resonance and electrostatic measurement technologies to produce equipment that analyzes materials in real-time, allowing customers to make critical real-time adjustments and significantly improve the efficiency and costs of operations.

Morae Global provides end-to-end legal and compliance solutions to General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officers around the world. It is comprised of a seasoned team of professionals who help the Office of General Counsel and law firms improve business performance by developing strategy, creating processes, deploying people, leveraging technology, and measuring with data in order to deliver results. The company’s core service offerings include management consulting, eLEXir on-demand legal resources, and information and discovery management for the legal industry. Morae Global has offices throughout the United States, including in Houston, Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C., and internationally in London, Bangalore, Zurich, and Hong Kong.

Pinnacle Technology Partners provides cloud migration and managed services. It helps its innovative clients prepare and securely migrate existing on-premises data and systems to public and private cloud infrastructures.

FTE Networks, Inc., has acquired privately held Benchmark Builders, Inc., a leading provider of construction management services based in New York.

American made, family-owned Dacor has been designing and manufacturing luxury kitchen appliances for three generations. Dacor provides a full line of innovative products designed to appeal to a broad segment of the luxury kitchen appliance market. With products available through a network of over 1,500 retail locations, Dacor is bringing luxurious appliances to customers throughout North America, and into select countries worldwide.

CFG Merchant Solutions provides funding solutions. They focus on providing capital access to businesses that intend to use the working capital proceeds in order to grow or operate their business. Their products include small business advances, invoice factoring, purchase order financing, and equipment finance.

Benchmark Builders is a construction company. They offer single-family, carriage, and townhomes. It provides a partnership program and a realtor portal.