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Office Locations:
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191 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-592-6111
Fax: 312-592-6112
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Business Services
Manufacturing & Industrial
Transportation & Distribution
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Merit Capital Partners manages over $2.5 billion of capital through six institutionally-sponsored limited partnerships. Merit invests mezzanine and equity capital in middle-market companies principally in manufacturing, distribution and services industries. Merit invests in the following transaction types: Management Buyouts, Acquisition Financings, Shareholder Liquidity Events, Recapitalizations, Growth Financings, and ESOPs. The firm targets an investment size of at least $15 million in companies with revenues of at least $20 million and EBITDA of at least $4 million. Merit does not consider start-ups, turnarounds, real estate financings, specialty retailers, and oil and gas opportunities.
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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 |
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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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