John Martin Fruehwirth

Provides business loan and financing services

Explores, refines and sells crude oil, natural gas & related lubricants

Wachovia Capital Partners (WCP) focuses on the following sectors: business and technology services, consumer and industrial, energy, financial services, healthcare and media and communications. They look for companies with an exceptional management team, a unique business model offering a differentiated product or service, a defensible position in an attractive industry sector, a history of profitability and cash flow generation, limited customer or supplier concentration and significant growth potential. When considering start-up opportunities, WCP makes both control and minority equity investments. They invest in the form of both equity and mezzanine securities. Investments typically range from $20 million to $150 million. Transaction types include MBOs, LBOs, recapitalizations, growth financings, acquisition financings, mezzanine financings (sponsor or non-sponsor transactions) and special situations such as PIPEs and distressed situations.

Calder Capital Partners specializes in making value-added investments in manufacturing, distribution and service companies valued under $100 million in the US and Korea. The firm focuses on transactions that arise from management buyouts, recapitalizations and growth equity financings. Calder targets companies that present clear opportunities to create value through revitalized growth and on-going operational improvements. In general, these companies have proven management teams, significant growth potential, well-defined business niches and sustainable competitive advantages.

Bank holding company

Functions as a College/University

Allied Investments provides capital to support companies in a variety of transactions including growth capital, acquisitions, buyouts, recapitalizations, note purchases and bridge financings. The firm looks for companies with strong management teams that have meaningful equity ownership. Companies should also have dominant or defensible market positions, stable operating margins, significant free cash flow, high returns on invested capital and well-constructed balance sheets. Allied Investments tends to focus on investments in the business services, financial services, energy, healthcare services and consumer products sectors.

Rotunda Capital Partners invests in lower middle market companies located in the United States with an enterprise values of USD 50 - 200 million. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of asset-light logistics, value added distribution, industrial, business, home and residential service sectors. It provides financing for growth stage capital requirements.

Functions as a College/University