Investors in Buyout

We’re (not just) investors. We’re (more than) advisors. We’re (beyond) connectors. Ben Franklin Technology Partners combines the best practices of early stage investing with a higher purpose – to lead the region’s technology community to new heights, creating jobs and transforming lives. For over 30 years, Ben has been the leading seed stage capital provider for the region’s technology sectors, investing over $170 million in more than 1,750 regional technology companies, many of which have gone on to become industry leaders. Ben Franklin has also launched university/industry partnerships that accelerate scientific discoveries to commercialization, and has seeded regional initiatives that strengthen our entrepreneurial community.

The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm focused on making control and non-control investments in growing businesses valued at up to US$400 million. Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has invested in more than 480 transactions and has an international portfolio including more than 80 companies.

A Plus Finance, which is headquartered in Paris (France), is an independent trust company specialising in the management of Common Investment Funds for Innovation (FCPI) and Proximity Investment Funds (FIP). A Plus Finance is involved in all innovative sectors, particularly in the IT, media and security fields. The A Plus Finance team includes financiers and entrepreneurs, thus providing companies with both an awareness of the daily constraints of management and a long-term perspective on the development of their business. Managing funds amounting to nearly €220m, A Plus Finance invests between €1 million and €4 million per project.per

Gilde Buy Out Partners is a private equity firm specializing in spin offs, buyouts, public to private transactions, and middle market investments. It seeks to invest in industrial, food and beverage, and business-to-business service companies. The firm makes equity investments in the range between €75 million ($107.49 million) and €600 million ($859.94 million) and enterprise value between €100 million ($143.32 million) and €500 million ($716.61 million). The firm aims to acquire a majority stake in its portfolio companies. Gilde Buy Out Partners was founded in 1982 and is based in Utrecht, Netherlands with additional offices in Paris, France; Zurich, Switzerland; and Brussels, Belgium. It is a subsidiary of Gilde Investment Management.

Private equity investments are our everyday life. Together with managers, we have already carried out over 100 capital investments . Management buyouts are a topic that we have been dealing with for over 20 years. We specialize in MBO (management buy-out) transactions. Our private equity funds are willing to invest with professional and committed managers. We share knowledge, experience and contacts with them.

DOB Equity is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital and buy-and-build strategies in small and medium companies.

1Up Ventures is an investment Firm.

Sun Capital Partners is a leading private investment firm focused on leveraged buyouts, equity, debt, and other investments in market-leading companies that can benefit from its in-house operating professionals and experience.

Key Capital Partners, a leading player in the smaller buy-out market, comprises one of the most experienced investment teams in the UK specialising in this important but under-served sector. Providing national coverage from our offices in London and Leeds, we have a strong track record of successfully growing profitable, dynamic businesses across a wide range of sectors including consumer, manufacturing, business services, recruitment and IT.

Cornell Capital LLC is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts. It prefers to take a majority stake. Cornell Capital LLC was founded in 2013 and is based in New York, New York.