Criteria & Approach

EBITDA

$5 – 25 million

Initial Equity Investment

$20 – 100 million

Geography

US or Canada

Ownership

Founder-owned
Management-owned
Secondary buyouts

Transactions

Recapitalizations
Buyouts
Growth equity

Characteristics

Proven management teams
Meaningful recurring revenue
Scalable platforms

The CIVC Approach

Partnership

Experience

Growth-Focused

Partnership

Align incentives with key members of management through broad equity participation
Serve as thought partner to management in developing strategic plan
Provide management the flexibility and autonomy necessary to operate and grow the business
Create long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships

Experience

Patient investors with experience through multiple cycles
Sector focus results in deep network of industry specific resources and capabilities
Diverse investor backgrounds fosters idea generation
Thematic approach seeks to capitalize on prior experiences

Growth-Focused

Focus on growth rather than financial engineering or excess leverage to generate returns
Make investments necessary to drive geographic, service-line, and end-market expansion
Support add-on M&A efforts – have sourced and executed more than 100 add-ons since 1989