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Minority Equity Capital for Growth

We actively seek out companies in our target industries that are growing market leaders. In most cases, the companies are established and profitable with strong track records. They have often been "bootstrapped" by the company's founders and, as a result, may be thinly capitalized and need additional equity to grow more aggressively. Entrepreneurs and managers often require additional funds to expand sales and marketing efforts, finance working capital, invest in new products or markets, or make acquisitions. We help facilitate these investments and work with you to ensure the success of your efforts.

To meet your objective of raising equity to finance growth, a typical investment structure would include:

  • Investment structured as an equity instrument in which TA's economic incentives are directly tied to the appreciation in the equity value of the company
  • Moderate leverage if appropriate to the situation and to your needs
  • Funding potentially provided by some combination of TA funds and third-party financing sources that we bring to the transaction
  • TA as a minority lead investor

Examples of such investments include:

Ameritrade Holding Corporation
And 1
 
Andover.Net
BSQUARE Corporation
 
Direct Hit Technologies, Inc.
Finisar Corporation
 
Instinet Group Incorporated
Invitrogen Corporation
 
Kintana Inc.
Network Appliance