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525 W. Monroe St., Suite 1900
Chicago, IL 60661
Phone: 312-902-5259
Fax: 312-902-1061
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Business Services
Consumer Products & Services
Manufacturing & Industrial
Transportation & Distribution
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MERK Capital Corporation is an operationally-oriented private equity group that provides equity investments to good middle-market businesses with strong management. The firm's investments are focused on packaging, consumer products, food and building material, automotive, aerospace and business services related businesses. The firm explores opportunities with Transaction Values of $10 to $400 million; Revenues of $15 milion to $500 million; and EBITDA of $2 million to $50 million for platform companies. The firm requires no minimum EBITDA for add-on acquisitions. All platform companies must be headquartered in the United States, with no geographic preference for add-on acquisitions. The firm's partners have over the course of their careers invested or advised in over 100 companies deploying over $4.5 billion of investment capital. MERK Capital has over the past several years been able to partner up with a wide range of investors, including both high net worth individuals, family offices and institutional groups to invest in businesses that range in size from $20 million to $2.5 billion in revenues.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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| COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
| Venture Capital | |
Seed Stage
(includes "pre-seed," or
concept stage) | No Revenue |
| Early Stage | Minimal
Revenue |
Growth Stage
(also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage
(also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
| Private Equity | |
| Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
| Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
| Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
| Large Cap | >$1B |
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