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Office Locations:
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200 West Madison Street, Suite 2710
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-782-7400
Fax: 312-782-7410
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Business Services
Information Technology
Manufacturing & Industrial
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Prospect Partners, LLC is a leading lower-middle-market private equity firm based in Chicago. Prospect focuses exclusively on management-led leveraged acquisitions of small companies with niche strategies. The firm manages three funds totaling $470 million and is a leading private equity buyer of companies with revenues between $10 million to $75 million and EBITDA up to $8 million. In addition, for our existing platforms, we pursue acquisitions of add-on companies with as little as $2 million in revenue. Prospect seeks to invest $2 to $30 million in management-led leveraged acquisitions. Since 1998, Prospect has invested in 90 companies (including 39 platforms) across a wide range of niche consumer, commercial, specialty distribution and service markets throughout the 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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