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35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 3300Chicago, 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
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                                | 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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