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321 Newbury Street, 2nd Floor 
Boston, MA 02115 
Phone: 781-891-6660 
Fax: 781-891-9712 
 
 
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 Business Services
Manufacturing & Industrial
Transportation & Distribution
			
			 
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Founded in 1978, Watermill Group is a private buyout group focusing on acquiring middle-market (<$40-500M sales) companies in transition based in the U.S. and Canada. The firm's preferred industry types are Manufacturing, Value-added distribution, and Business services. The only industries that Watermill will not consider are those with short product life cycles, such as pure fashion or leading edge technology. The ideal company will be generating between $35 to $400 million in revenues and present an opportunity for Watermill to acquire a control position. Watermill engages a wide range of business situations, including the following: Situations which require creativity, operating experience, strategic insight, and ability to act quickly; Carve outs and divestitures of non-core businesses; Secured lender sales; Balance sheet restructurings; Prepackaged bankruptcies, section 363 sales, and stalking horse bids; and Distressed, turnaround, and other special situations.
			 
			 
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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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