Consumer

In the Consumer arena, we seek investment opportunities of consumer companies that design, manufacture, market and distribute the following types of products:

• Household Products and Supplies
• Food and Beverage
• Healthcare Accessories
• Personal Care
• Entertainment, Gifts and Promotional

We look for Consumer companies with the following characteristics:

• Greater than $25 million of revenue and $5 million of EBITDA with minimal capital expenditure requirements
• Strong brand recognition and equity value
• Non-cyclical products and distribution channel strength
• Limited pricing pressure or exposure to low-cost alternatives
• Diversified and referenceable customers
• Large (> $100 million) market growing in excess of GDP

We seek to accelerate the growth of our Consumer investments through various strategies including add-on acquisitions, additional capital investments and management additions. Additionally, we have assisted a prior Consumer portfolio company with international expansion initiatives throughout Asia, Europe and North America.

Representative Consumer portfolio companies include: