LFE Capital

LFE Capital has three funds under management and is focused on high growth companies in the consumer-oriented health and wellness sectors. LFE also has a focus on businesses owned and led by women and businesses serving female markets. LFE Capital provides expansion capital and operating support to businesses with revenues of $3-50 million. LFE invests via minority and control positions and works actively with management teams to develop and execute growth plans. The firm can provide equity and/or debt. Key geographies include the Midwest, the Southeast, and the Rocky Mountain regions. LFE will consider other geographies in the continental U.S.

Kellie Bauer

Partner and CFO

Laurent Frecon

Partner

Frecon, Leslie

CEO, Founder and Managing Partner

Duane Harris

Partner and CAO

Leslie Holman

Vice President

Diana LaTour

Operating Partner

Deb Langer

Operating Partner

Steve Shank JD

Operating Partner

6 past transactions

eMindful

Series B in 2016
eMindful provides evidence-based, mindfulness programs for everyday life and chronic conditions by helping individuals make every moment matter with greater focus, creativity, and purposeful decisions. Fortune 500 employers partner with eMindful to prevent rising healthcare costs and to recruit and retain a high-performing workforce that is passionate, inspired and engaged. Leading health plans use eMindful to improve health outcomes, differentiate their business, and improve quality ratings.

The Big Know

Series A in 2016
The Big Know delivers video courses and podcasts taught by renowned experts. The Big Know help our clients lift health engagement and lower costs to serve with powerful learning software and holistic wellbeing content.

Wellbeats

Venture Round in 2015
WELLBEATS™, formerly Fitness On Request, introduced the virtual group fitness concept to the fitness industry in 2008. Since then the company has continued lead innovation in programming, delivery methods and technology applications to make group fitness more accessible to a wide audience while more targeted to meet individual needs. WELLBEATS™ has a “content-driven” strategy, producing their own programming quarterly and partnering with industry-leading fitness companies such as Silver&Fit®, EXOS™, MOVE ME!™, Jillian Michaels, Zumba® Fitness, Les Mills™ and more to deliver smart programming, in a way that makes the most effective for virtual. WELLBEATS™ offers targeted solutions for a variety of industries including health clubs, multi-family housing, schools and university, corporate and small businesses, military, park and recreation and more.

Portero

Series B in 2009
Portero is the Leading Authentic Luxury Marketplace providing a trusted place for consumers to find and buy new and vintage luxury items. Portero accomplishes this by operating a fast growth market platform that facilitates sales of luxury items by offering certified dealers, vendors and brands a unified selling platform that maintains brand and item integrity and the assurance of authenticity. Items on Portero.com include pre-owned (often in original packaging), vintage and new. All are certified and guaranteed authentic with a focus on watches, accessories, handbags and jewelry (and art). Portero™ industry expertise, combined with their new, innovative technology delivered in 2009, will position the company to deliver a superior and varied consumer shopping experience beyond the site’s current successful auction platform, including e-commerce, private member sales, brand event merchandising and product-of-the-day offerings. In 2008, Portero reported over 100 percent increase in revenue year-over-year, and projects revenues to increase by more than 100 percent in 2009.

Global ID Group

Venture Round in 2008
Global ID Group companies provide integrated food safety and food quality solutions that address the challenges and opportunities in the rapidly evolving food industry. Serving more than 15,000 clients in over 100 countries with a market-leading portfolio of testing, inspection, certification, and consulting services, the Global ID Group helps companies navigate the increasingly regulated global food economy demanding higher levels of transparency, accountability, safety and sustainability.

Coolibar

Venture Round in 2005
Coolibar designs, manufactures, and markets sun protection products for men, women, and children. The company’s portfolio of products includes sun protective clothes, SPF clothing, sun hats, sun protection swimwear, sunglasses, umbrellas, and sunscreens. Coolibar was founded in 2001 by [John Barrow](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/john-barrow) and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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