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Investing Personal Time & Capital

We are seasoned entrepreneurs with deep operational experience in the small to lower-middle market. We seek to directly invest in or acquire businesses like yours, drive accelerated growth and create tangible results for all stakeholders.​
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Manufacturing • Distribution • OE • MRO

WHO WE ARE

Kyle Packer

Syndicated Partner

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Ernie Riling

Principal & Managing Partner

Ernie is a serial entrepreneur who has been heavily involved in business finance and operations for over thirty years. His experience, centered around the industrial marketplace, stretches from direct manufacturing to distribution and multiple solutions in between.

 

Building successful businesses of value has been his life-long passion and he continues that vision today.

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Who We Are

GENERAL INVESTMENT CRITERIA

Established
5+ years
Target Revenue
5 - 25mm+
EBITA Profitable
Existing Management
Investment Size 500k minimum
1-5mm+ syndicated

Growth Capital (acquisitions, equipment, RE)  ●  Operating Capital (balance sheet improvement)

Management / Partner Buy-Outs  ●  Dividend Re-Caps  ●  Other Creative Solutions

The Ferneding Building  |  5540 Far Hills Ave. Suite 204  |  Dayton, OH 45429

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