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Goldline International, Inc.
 
  • Direct marketer of precious metals
  • Santa Monica, California
  • CIVC Investment: 2009
  • www.goldline.com
Goldline International, Inc. is a direct marketer of numismatic coins, bullion, and rare currency to the collector and investor community. Goldline markets its products through multiple media channels, and is the only vertically integrated precious metal products company with in-house shipping and fulfillment, valuation and coin pricing services, lead generation, account management, and storage capabilities.


GWC Warranty Corporation
 
GWC Warranty Corporation is a leading provider of vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products sold through automotive dealers. Over the past eleven years, GWC has built one of the few integrated platforms in the industry, providing sales and marketing, claims administration, and insurance (rated A- Excellent by A.M. Best) for its customers. CIVC partnered with the existing management team in August of 2006 to acquire the Company and support its continued growth. GWC is actively seeking add-on acquisitions.


Honor Finance LLC
 
Honor Finance is a specialty finance company that originates, finances, and services automobile finance contracts for non-prime consumers. Honor purchases contracts from carefully screened automobile dealers with consumers who have limited access to traditional sources of credit. Since its founding in 2000, the Company has maintained loss rates well below industry averages through rigorous dealer screening, a customized and hands-on underwriting process, and a company-wide emphasis on collections. CIVC provided the majority of the equity capital for the October 2011 transaction, and all previous shareholders (including five members of the Honor management team) remain invested in the Company.


Pacific Crest
 
Pacific Crest Securities is the leading investment bank focused exclusively on technology. The firm is a full-service investment bank providing research, institutional sales and trading, and investment banking services to technology investors and companies worldwide. Pacific Crest is headquartered in Portland, OR, and has additional offices in Beijing, San Francisco, Boston and Stamford, CT.


Wintrust Financial Corporation
 
  • Regional bank holding company
  • Lake Forest, Illinois
  • CIVC Investment: 2008
  • www.wintrust.com
Wintrust Financial Corporation is a publicly traded (NASDAQ: WTFC) financial services holding company that engages in community banking, wealth management, specialty finance and mortgage origination. Wintrust has grown rapidly since its founding in 1991, building an attractive franchise with leading deposit market share positions in the suburbs of Chicago and southeastern Wisconsin. In August 2008, CIVC invested $50 million in Wintrust convertible preferred stock to enhance the Company’s capital position and support its pursuit of growth opportunities.
 
 
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