Sterling Partners

Sterling Partners is a private equity firm with a history of generating extraordinary returns for their investors. With nearly $4 billion of capital under management, their investment strategy is to invest from $5 million to more than $150 million of equity in each company with which they partner. They invest in industries with positive, long-term trends and bring their experience, expertise, and network in driving value to their portfolio companies. Their continued success is driven by Sterling's investment in an operationally-focused strategy, and by their unique team of industry veterans, operators, investors, strategy experts and human capital professionals.
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Courtney Altman

VP

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Alex Amedeo

Associate

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Nishaad Balachandran

Senior Associate

Doug Becker

Co-Founder and MD

Eric D. Becker

Co-Founder

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Renee Berghoff

Director

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Sean Bisceglia

Operating Partner of Education Opportunity Fund

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Jim Boyce

VP of Information Technology

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Michael Brown

VP

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Logan Derck

Director and Associate Director

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Ishan Dey

Associate

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Shawn Domanic

VP

Michael Drai

Senior Advisor

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Jeffrey (Jeff) Elburn

MD

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Rick Elfman

MD

Merrick M. Elfman

MD

Avi Epstein

MD

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Michael Gershenzon

VP

Chris Hoehn-Saric

Co-Founder and MD

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Jeffrey Keith

Operating Partner

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Whitney Krutulis

VP

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Sam Leibovitz

VP

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Alan Macksey

MD

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Zachary Ozog

Associate

Jason Rosenberg

MD

Scott Schelle

Principal

Brian Schwartz

Principal

Steven Taslitz

Chairman and Co-Founder

Shoshana M. Vernick

MD

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Matthew Warren

VP

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Todd A. Wilson

Principal and Operations Partner

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Eugene Yeh

VP

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Big Blue Marble Academy

Private Equity Round in 2018
Big Blue Marble Academy, LLC offers childcare education services. It provides curriculum of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education with a second language enrichment that gives all ages exposure to another language for global learning. The company also offers programs, such as cultural awareness, character development, Spanish immersion preschool, after school programs, and summer camps according to ages. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Gilbert, South Carolina.

Fancy Sprinkles LLC

Series A in 2018
Fancy Sprinkles is a woman-owned, women-run company. It was started in 2016 by now CEO & Creative Director Lisa Stelly Osbourne. Fancy Sprinkles strives to make the very best in confectionery sprinkles as a direct-to-consumer, e-commerce-based business, and has the ability to work directly with its customers and provide them with exceptional goods and customer service.

Telenisus

Series C in 2001
Telenisus is a technology firm that provides e-commerce internet solutions to its clients. It was founded in 1999 and is based in Illinois.

Traffic Solutions Corporation

Private Equity Round in 2018
Headquartered in Irvine, CA, Traffic Solutions Corporation (“TSC”) is one of largest providers of traffic control products and services with 18 locations in California, Hawaii, and Nevada. The company offers a diverse array of traffic control solutions, including job-site work, product sales, equipment rental, sign manufacturing, and installation for customers. TSC’s scale, broad capabilities, professionally trained staff, and strong product distribution capabilities significantly differentiate the company from the competition.

SecureNet Payment Systems

Private Equity Round in 2012
SecureNet is streamlining the way businesses accept payments in-store, online and via mobile device. It is the first processor to implement a single stack of APIs for all types of transactions, in all development languages, across all channels. This means shorter integration times and a simpler certification process. The platform is backed by detailed analytics that help companies make informed decisions to grow their business, and security features that rank among the highest by the Payments Card Industry. SecureNet’s unique direct connection to card networks makes pricing the most transparent and straightforward in the industry. By choosing SecureNet to process payments and provide industry-leading technology and useful consumer data, businesses are not only getting paid, but getting smart.

CHAMPtitles, LLC

Series B in 2022
Through the application of its secure, patent-pending technology, CHAMPtitles ends the reliance on legacy systems to manage U.S. automobile titles. CHAMPtitles partners with each party in the vehicle title ecosystem to reduce their costs in handling titles, turning the burdensome administrative process of issuing a vehicle title into a profitable activity.

Reading Plus, LLC

Private Equity Round in 2019
Reading Plus, LLC engages in designing and producing reading assessments. It develops software and hardware that integrates comprehension, vocabulary, motivation, and reading efficiency into one program. The company was founded in 1930 and is based in Winooski, Vermont.

Cortera

Series B in 2004
Cortera is a provider of comprehensive business-to-business payment and purchase behavior data and insights on public and private companies. The company tracks $1.6 trillion in business-to-business purchases across 45 spend categories to deliver insights on 20 million U.S. business locations. Cortera's solutions enable companies of all sizes to better understand their customers, suppliers and business partners by gaining visibility into what they purchase, how they pay and how their purchase and payment behavior changes over time. Thousands of companies across diverse industries use Cortera solutions to increase revenue, improve sales and marketing effectiveness, and reduce risk. Cortera is privately held with offices in Boca Raton, Florida; Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts and Bangalore, India.

Avectra

Series A in 2007
Avectra, Inc. provides on demand membership management software solutions. The company’s products include netFORUM Enterprise, which is designed to manage tasks, including processing and maintaining member profiles, information, communications, and transactions for its members; and netFORUM Team and Pro Editions that provides the tools, which enable to identify, secure, and build members for life to the small and mid-sized organizations. It also provides consulting services; implementation, training, and development services; designs and implements Web sites; and ASP hosting services. Avectra, Inc. was formerly known as ABLAZE Business Systems, Inc. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia with additional offices in Los Angeles and Chicago.

School of Rock, LLC

Venture Round in 2011
School of Rock, LLC owns, operates, and franchises a chain of schools that provide performance-based after school music education in the United States and internationally. It teaches guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards, and drums; and combines weekly private music instruction and group band rehearsals to prepare students to take the stage in front of live audiences in an authentic concert setting. School of Rock, LLC was formerly known as Paul Green School of Rock Music, LLC. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in El Segundo, California.

Cerebro Capital

Seed Round in 2018
Cerebro Capital, Inc. develops a web-based portal designed for middle-market companies looking to utilize credit facilities for operations, organic growth, or acquisitions. It integrates data from over 80 lenders, offers analytics to match the type of financing to the lender, and offers graphical interfaces for data interpretation. The company was formerly known as MCB Enterprises, LLC. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Panopto, Inc.

Private Equity Round in 2016
Panopto helps businesses and universities create searchable video libraries of their institutional knowledge. Since 2007, the company has been a pioneer in video capture software, video content management systems, and inside-video search technology. Today, Panopto’s video platform is the largest repository of expert learning videos in the world. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in Pittsburgh, London, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Sydney, Panopto has received industry recognition for its innovation, rapid growth, and company culture.

IO.com

Private Equity Round in 2008
IO, the leading provider of next-generation modular data center technology and services designs, engineers and delivers data center infrastructure for the world's largest enterprises, governments and service providers.

Hoffman Southwest Corp.

Acquisition in 2015
Hoffman Southwest Corp. (HSW) is a leading provider of water flow solutions services. Its Professional Pipe Services (Pro-Pipe) division is a leader in underground pipeline condition assessment and repair, providing state-of-the-art closed circuit television (CCTV) inspection services, including video inspection, underground mapping, cleaning and rehabilitating sewage pipelines for municipalities, contractors, engineers, government agencies, facility owners, homeowners and natural gas providers in the western United States.

TidePoint

Series A in 2000
A provider of business partner infrastructure solutions

IO.com

Private Equity Round in 2011
IO, the leading provider of next-generation modular data center technology and services designs, engineers and delivers data center infrastructure for the world's largest enterprises, governments and service providers.

SAVO

Venture Round in 2014
The SAVO Group Ltd. develops sales enablement platform for financial services, life sciences, technology, and manufacturing industries. It offers Aero, a technology platform for sales content management and sales enablement; Smarter Engagement tools that enable sellers to create custom presentations and proposals; Smarter Execution, a sales execution solution; Smarter Content, a content management solution; and solutions for blue-chip customers. The company also provides implementation services. The SAVO Group Ltd. was founded in 1999 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. As per the transaction announced on May 8, 2018, The SAVO Group Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Seismic Software, Inc..

First Choice Emergency Room

Private Equity Round in 2011
First Choice Emergency Room represents an entirely new concept in the delivery of emergency medical services. First Choice Emergency Room is a free-standing, fully equipped emergency room. All of their physicians are board certified, emergency medicine physicians and their nurses are registered nurses with emergency room training. They are prepared to manage all adult and pediatric major and minor emergencies.

Cerebro Capital

Seed Round in 2020
Cerebro Capital, Inc. develops a web-based portal designed for middle-market companies looking to utilize credit facilities for operations, organic growth, or acquisitions. It integrates data from over 80 lenders, offers analytics to match the type of financing to the lender, and offers graphical interfaces for data interpretation. The company was formerly known as MCB Enterprises, LLC. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Grand Rapids Ophthalmology

Private Equity Round in 2017
Grand Rapids Ophthalmology, P.C. provides eye care services including ophthalmology, optometry, and retail optical services throughout West Michigan. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

DBi Services

Venture Round in 2016
Founded in 1978, DBi Services is a world leader in transportation infrastructure operations and maintenance. With over 60 locations in six countries, DBi operates a fleet of over 2500 specialized vehicles and has been recognized by "FleetOwner" Magazine as one of America's Top 500 Private Fleets.

SAVO

Series A in 2005
The SAVO Group Ltd. develops sales enablement platform for financial services, life sciences, technology, and manufacturing industries. It offers Aero, a technology platform for sales content management and sales enablement; Smarter Engagement tools that enable sellers to create custom presentations and proposals; Smarter Execution, a sales execution solution; Smarter Content, a content management solution; and solutions for blue-chip customers. The company also provides implementation services. The SAVO Group Ltd. was founded in 1999 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. As per the transaction announced on May 8, 2018, The SAVO Group Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Seismic Software, Inc..

Results Physiotherapy

Private Equity Round in 2014
Results Physiotherapy is an Outpatient Orthopedic Physical Therapy Company committed to world-class treatment of its patients with a growing presence in Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, Louisville, Raleigh, Huntsville, Knoxville and the Tri-Cities. Results specializes in the “Hands-On” treatment of post-surgical patients, neck and back pain, sports injuries, motor vehicle accidents, workman’s compensation, arthritis, headaches, running injuries, TMJ, women's health and a variety of conditions.

UPshow

Angel Round in 2017
UPshow, Inc. develops a digital signage and social TV software platform that transforms the TVs at businesses into customized marketing and entertainment screens. It allows patrons to display their social media posts instantly on TVs within a venue to feature new products, promotions, events, trivia, and interactive games. The company serves bars, restaurants, retail, automotive, entertainment, fitness, and healthcare industries. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Amerigo Education, LLC

Venture Round in 2017
Amerigo supports international students at U.S. high schools with a holistic and supportive approach that emphasizes success and growth.They help international students seeking a preparatory education in the United States thrive both in and out of the American classroom. Combining a nurturing boarding environment, supplemental academic support, English language development, and an approach oriented around successful college outcomes, Amerigo prepares students with the skills, values, and care required to succeed in high school, at the college level, and beyond.

Florida Coastal School of Law

Acquisition in 2004
Florida Coastal School of Law is a school.

AnAerobics

Series A in 2002
AnAerobics, a Rochester, N.Y.-based developer of anaerobic wastewater treatment systems.

School of Rock, LLC

Venture Round in 2012
School of Rock, LLC owns, operates, and franchises a chain of schools that provide performance-based after school music education in the United States and internationally. It teaches guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards, and drums; and combines weekly private music instruction and group band rehearsals to prepare students to take the stage in front of live audiences in an authentic concert setting. School of Rock, LLC was formerly known as Paul Green School of Rock Music, LLC. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in El Segundo, California.