Investors in Arkansas

The Stephens Group is a private, family-owned firm that invests its capital in private and public companies with exceptional management teams resulting in high returns on invested capital in growing industries. They invest in businesses across a broad range of industries, providing growth equity, recapitalization and leveraged buy-out financing to both private and public companies.

Founded in 1997, Seaport Capital is a lower middle market buyout firm that invests in communication infrastructure and services, business and information services and media companies (the “Focus Sectors”). Seaport’s senior investment team has over 100 years of combined experience investing in the Focus Sectors, and the team has worked collectively for over 15 years. Seaport typically invests $10 to $30 million of equity capital in companies generating EBITDA between $3 and $15 million, with the goal of maximizing the return on invested capital. Seaport’s substantial industry expertise and investing experience enable it to develop successful strategies; its relationships and team help achieve them. Nearly all of Seaport’s platform investments have been owned by founders or entrepreneurs seeking a collaborative institutional partner to provide the financial and operational resources to grow their businesses and execute on a successful strategic plan.

Arsenal Capital Partners is a private equity firm that offers investment services to middle-market industrial and healthcare companies. It was founded in 2000 and is based in New York.

NewRoad Capital Partners is a growth equity capital firm based in Rogers, AR, that invests in proven and innovative technologies, products, and services that serve existing, unmet needs in the marketplace. NewRoad focuses on investing in and acquiring demand-driven businesses in the Retail and CPG and Business Services industries with an emphasis on supply chain and logistics, marketing, human capital, franchising, and healthcare technology. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Rogers, Arkansas.

Founded in 1992, Advantage Capital Partners is a venture capital firm specialised in equity and debt investments. The firm has worked with state and federal economic organisations to invest in small businesses and in low income areas.

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners is a leading middle-market private equity platform, focusing primarily on North America. We seek to create value through management and operational improvements, value-added oversight, strategic add-on acquisitions and thoughtful capitalization. We invest primarily in control transactions via founder-led recapitalizations, growth equity investments, industry roll-ups, management buyouts, corporate carve-outs and platform builds. Throughout our history, we have maintained a consistent middle-market focus, investing in companies across a broad range of industries.

Veronis Suhler Stevenson, Research Division is a research firm. The firm offers industry research. It focuses its research on information, education, media, communications, and business services industries. The firm employs fundamental analysis to conduct its research. Its research reports provide demographic, economic, technological, institutional, behavioral and competitive served-market data to its clients. The firm also offers insight into industry trends. It caters to consultants, research analysts, companies, lenders, and investment bankers. The firm produces proprietary research for its investment process. Veronis Suhler Stevenson, Research Division was founded in 1983 and is based in New York, New York. The firm is a division of Veronis Suhler Stevenson. Veronis Suhler Stevenson, Research Division operates as a subsidiary of Veronis Suhler Stevenson

Since 1990, Argosy Private Equity has provided experienced management teams with entrepreneurial capital to grow their businesses. The Argosy team focuses on creating value in their investments – typically lower middle market business services and manufacturing companies. This is accomplished by investing in inefficient markets where creativity, hard work, and disciplined risk-taking can generate exceptional returns for the benefit of all stakeholders.

American Electric Power Company, Inc., an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments. The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, natural gas, nuclear, and hydroelectric, as well as solar, wind, and other energy sources. It also supplies and markets electric power at wholesale to other electric utility companies, rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, and other market participants. The company owns, leases, or controls approximately 4,004 railcars, 468 barges, 8 towboats, and a coal handling terminal with approximately 18 million tons of annual capacity. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Monroe Capital is a specialty finance company providing senior secured and junior secured debt to middle-market companies. Monroe Capital specializes in originating, structuring and providing customized one-stop financings to U.S. and Canadian borrowers. Monroe is committed to being a value-added and user-friendly partner to owners, senior management and transaction sponsors. Investment types include senior and junior secured debt as well as bridge loans, flexible acquisition facilities, mezzanine or last-out secured loans that stretch a companyâ€:tm:s debt capacity, acquisitions of distressed debt and equity co-investments. Monroe Capital prides itself on its flexible investment approach and its ability to close and fund transactions quickly.