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Office Locations:
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411 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1280
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: 414-727-6400
Fax: 414-727-6410
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Business Services
Manufacturing & Industrial
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Mason Wells is a private equity investor in companies with revenues of $25 million to $300 million. Since 1982, the firm has invested in over 50 companies in three specific industry sectors: engineered products and services; outsourced business services; and specialty paper and packaging. Founded in 1982 as a subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Mason Wells became an independent firm in 1998. The firm invested through Mason Wells Buyout Fund III, a $525 million fund raised to make control-oriented buyout investments of middle market companies primarily located in the Midwestern United States. The firm invested through Mason Wells Buyout Fund IV, a $615 million fund raised to make control-oriented buyout investments of middle market companies primarily located in the Midwestern United States. Mason Wells seeks profitable companies with minimum EBITDA of $5 million and has a geographic focus of the Midwestern United States. The firm is currently investing through Mason Wells Buyout Fund V, a $767 million fund, raised to make control-oriented buyout investments of middle market companies primarily located in the Midwestern United States.
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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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