Kilmer Capital Partners

About

Kilmer Capital Partners is a leading private equity investor in Canada focused on investments in small to mid-sized businesses undergoing periods of rapid growth, significant change or ownership transition.

Our team of investment managers have worked together for over 10 years partnering with management teams with vision. We have built a successful track record backing Canada’s strongest business leaders to effect plans that transform their businesses from entrepreneurially-run small to mid-sized Canadian companies to professionally run national and international success stories.

Our investment team and extended network of business leaders provide our portfolio companies with as much support as they need. In addition to our capital, we’ll roll up our sleeves and assist management when requested. Our long history as owners and investors in Canada is reflected in the quality of our collective relationships and experiences which we bring to every opportunity for the benefit of our management partners. Furthermore, our in-house human resources, accounting, tax, legal, treasury and due diligence capabilities are often leveraged by our portfolio companies.


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Strategy

Kilmer Capital focuses its investment efforts on quality companies in industries with excellent prospects for long term growth. We employ an opportunistic approach and will consider potential investments in a variety of attractive industries.

Some of the criteria we employ include:

Investment amounts between $5 and $50 million (over time in consolidation situations)
Companies beyond early stage with revenues between $20 and $200 million
Common or structured equity of growing companies
Majority and minority investments

Typically we sponsor investments in the following situations:

Expansion capital to increase capacity or enter a new market
Acquisition financing
Consolidation or build up in a fragmented industry
Divestiture of a non-core business by a large public or private company
Management buyouts or buyins
Financial restructuring of an excessively leveraged but otherwise healthy business
Rapidly growing companies constrained by limited financial and managerial resources
Family owned businesses facing management succession issues
Rapidly transforming industries affected by technological, regulatory or competitive change

Over the years Kilmer Capital has gained significant investment experience and expertise in a number of industries including the electronics, communications, technology, food, apparel, healthcare, consumer products, media and entertainment sectors.
This industry experience enables us to make informed investment decisions quickly and bring valuable relationships to our portfolio companies.


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