FI/PE  Equity Group Investments

https://www.egizell.com/





     Office Locations:

Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-454-1800
Fax: 312-454-9678

 

Stages:

  • Late
  • Middle Market


 

Industries:

  • Communications & Networking
  • Energy & Clean Tech
  • Financial Services
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • Real Estate & Construction
  • Transportation & Distribution

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    Description:

    Equity Group Investments is a private investment firm specializing in opportunistic, often complex and contrarian, investments across industries, in public or private companies, with controlling or non-controlling interests, in debt or equity, short- or long-term, at any point in the economic cycle. Founded by Sam Zell in 1968, the firm's multi-billion dollar investment portfolio includes businesses in transportation and logistics, energy, waste and infrastructure, manufacturing, communications, healthcare, agribusiness, insurance, and real estate. Sam Zell is the Chairman of Equity Group Investments, the private investment firm he founded more than 50 years ago. He also chairs five companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange: Equity Residential, an apartment REIT; Equity LifeStyle Properties, a manufactured home community and resort REIT; Equity Commonwealth, an office REIT; Covanta Holding Corporation, an international owner/operator of energy-from-waste and power generation facilities; and Equity Distribution Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) targeting opportunities to apply technological advancement within the industrial industry. Within direct investments, Equity Group Investments invests in distressed, stand-alone capital restructuring, middle market, later stage, mature, turnaround, late venture, PIPEs, bridge, buyout, recapitalization, growth capital, and turnaround investments in large companies. Within fund of fund, the firm invests in private equity funds, venture capital funds, mezzanine funds, hedge funds, and secondary investments.



    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
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    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
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Bill Bartolotta Executive Producer
    David Helfand Advisor
    Mark Sotir President
    Megan McCoy Principal
    Philip Tinkler CFO

     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Able Freight


      Antec


      CFI


      Covera Health
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      Jacor


      RailUSA


      Revco


      SIRVA


      Therasense


      Veridiam


      Vigoro


     

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