Investors in New Jersey

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.

New Jersey Economic Development Authority is a government agency based in Trenton, New Jersey. The firm provides the financing, training, technical and real estate development assistance for the corporations, manufacturing businesses, technology and life sciences.

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.

Jumpstart is a private, member-lead, angel group that invests in early-stage technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic region. As the leading angel group in New Jersey, Jumpstart members include many successful entrepreneurs, business executives and venture capitalists in the region.

Established in 1998, Lucent Venture Partners is a New Jersey-based asset management firm targeting early-stage investments in technology companies across North America.

Johnson & Johnson was founded by the brothers Robert Wood Johnson, James Wood Johnson and Edward Mead Johnson in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1886. The firm is an American multinational pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturing company. Johnson & Johnson Innovation (JJDC) is the venture capital investment arm of the company. The firm sponsors a non-contributory defined benefit pension plan for its employees.

Newark Venture Partner Labs is an accelerator specializing in startup, seed and series A, and incubation investments. The firm does not invest in idea and b-plan-only stage start-ups. The firm seeks to invest in technology sector which includes marketplaces, business to business (B2B), business to consumer (B2C), and internet of things (IoT). It does not invest in clean tech, pharma drug, med device, and store front. The firm provides initial grant of $0.08 million with a follow-on investment up to $1 million. The firm tends to take 6% equity stake in the company. It seeks to invest $10 million per year into companies. Newark Venture Partner Labs was founded in 2015 and is based in Newark, New Jersey.

Clairvest Group Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in mid market, growth equity investments, buyouts, and consolidating industries and add-on acquisitions. It seeks to invest in small and mid-sized gaming and casino, local market gaming, healthcare, equipment rental, oilfield services, waste management, business services, consumer services, aerospace, defense, document management, warranty, contact manufacturing, environmental services, rental services, gaming, healthcare services, insurance services, IT services, logistics, mining services, packaging, pest control, specialty aviation, education, software (mature), textile rental, utility services, water, building products, government services, industrial services, media, property management, and restaurants. The firm typically invests in companies based in North America including United States and Canada. It seeks to make equity investments between CAD$15 million ($15.03 million) and CAD$100 million ($76.32 million) in its portfolio company with EBITDA between CAD$5 million ($3.81 million) and CAD$50 million ($38.16 million). The firm can make either majority or controlling or minority investments and seeks to acquire between 20 percent and 80 percent stake. It invests its own capital and seeks to take a board seat on its portfolio companies. The firm typically exits its investments through market share offering, a strategic sale or sale to a financial buyer. Clairvest Group Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Founded in 1999, NewSpring Capital manages four distinct investment strategies focused on leveraging operational expertise and capital to build market leading companies. Since inception, NewSpring Capital has raised over $1 billion of capital supporting over 100 portfolio companies.

Kelso is one of the most experienced and cohesive firms focused on North American middle-market private equity investing. Since 1980, Kelso has raised a total of eight private equity funds which have made over 110 investments. Kelso is currently investing its $4.9 billion Fund VIII. Kelso was initially founded by Louis Kelso, the inventor of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan, and the tenets of the Kelso ESOP heritage remain key components of the Firm's strategy and differentiation. Just as the ESOP represented a solution which aligned management and shareholder interests, Kelso today seeks to partner and create a strong alignment of interest with outstanding management teams and corporations seeking a value-added partner.