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Office Locations:
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35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 3300
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312-283-0630
Fax: 847-881-0749
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Energy & Clean Tech
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Manufacturing & Industrial
Medical Device
Transportation & Distribution
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Founded in 2006, Rock Gate Partners, LLC (RGP) is a merchant banking firm that acquires and makes later stage growth capital investments in lower middle market companies and provides advisory services to selected relationship clients. Rock Gate Partners acquires and invests in companies that have created unique market positions, providing the basis for organic growth while offering a platform for acquisitions. RGP partners with management teams in leveraged buyouts, corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, industry consolidations and selectively makes later stage growth capital investments in companies typically generating $10 to $125 million in revenue and $3 - $12 million in sustainable EBITDA with margins in excess of 10%. Control transactions in the $10 - 75 million enterprise value range typically requiring $3 - $25 million in equity capital. RGP is primarily focused on acquiring companies that design, engineer, market and distribute products or provide differentiated services to a wide range of business-to-business and business-to-consumer industry sectors.
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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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