What's the difference?
At our core, we are business owners, having owned and operated our own family business for more than 20 years.
What do we value?
We value hard-working, honest business owners who possess the convictions, tenacity, and fortitude to create successful companies.
What do we do?
We partner with management teams to provide hands-on assistance with strategic, operational, and financial initiatives to drive long-term value creation.
Bennett Capital Partners (BCP) is a private investment partnership founded on the principles and conviction of providing a unique option to business owners looking for an exit strategy other than what traditional private equity or strategic acquisition partners provide today. We provide owners, founders, and families looking for an exit or recapitalization opportunity with liquidity and a strategic and highly engaged investment partner.
In 2009 our family business, The Maiman Company, was sold to Assa-Abloy, a $10+ billion revenue publicly traded global leader in door opening solutions. Through our family ownership we developed The Maiman Company into one of the most respected and well-known wood door manufacturing companies in the United States. The Maiman Company's products can be found in a number of nationally recognized buildings including the Old Executive Office Building in Washington D.C., the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, the Widener Memorial Library at Harvard, the University of Virginia, the Boston Public Library, and the Texas State Capital. Our collective family experiences have enabled us to be successful at creating value for shareholders and at the same time have empowered our employees and managers to achieve significant success.
With our viewpoint from all sides of the transaction and having sat in your seat, we are particularly knowledgeable and sensitive to all factors, risks, and gut churning decisions that go into your thought process as a business owner. We understand the challenges often faced by family businesses, entrepreneurs, management teams, and corporations and having "all your eggs in one basket." We appreciate your desire to achieve liquidity and yet continue to see what you worked hard your whole life to create continue on and succeed into the future. As such we will work together to create the most advantageous structure for all stakeholders and post-investment will move forward together as one cohesive team.
Our professionals bring over 40 years of collective operating and P&L management experience and have run both private companies and a division of a public company. We have owned our own family business for over 20 years and have worked through multiple financial, market, and industry cycles.
Company
Characteristics
- Expanding industry sectors
- Strong revenue growth dynamics
- Consistent cash flow generation
- Diverse customer base
- Differentiated products and services
Financial
Attributes
- Sustainable gross margins
- EBITDA of $3+ million for platform companies
- Any level of EBITDA for add-on acquisitions
- EBITDA margins of at least 10%
Industry
Focus
- Manufacturing
- Distribution
- Business services
- Niche construction
Geography
- United States
- Preference for Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast regions