Cyprium Partners is pleased to announce its portfolio company Bensussen Deutsch & Associates, LLC (BDA) has completed three complementary acquisitions during the last few months. In July, BDA acquired Boston-based SwervePoint, a complementary business to BDA’s Merchandise Agency™ model for promotional and branded merchandise. Founded in 2004, SwervePoint brings a boutique approach to a diverse…
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Monroe’s Own Backyard Products Expanding Nationally
Backyard Products, which moved its plant to Monroe from Warren 10 years ago, continues to expand its market and products…
Cyprium Partners Announces New Investment in ACT Lighting, Inc.
Cyprium Partners, a non-control private equity firm, has completed a preferred equity investment in ACT Lighting, Inc. Cyprium’s capital was used to facilitate a strategic acquisition, redeem outstanding debt, and provide growth capital. Founded in 1993, ACT Lighting, Inc. is a specialized distributor of lighting control consoles, lighting fixtures and ancillary products for the live…
M-D Building Products: DIY Stuff with Staying Power
M-D Building Products Inc. provides essential weatherproofing products for residential homeowners—basic DIY offerings that help position the company itself to be somewhat impervious to economic fluctuations in the broader economy.
Cyprium Partners Announces New Investment in Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio: Cyprium Partners, a non-control private equity firm, is pleased to announce its new subordinated debt and equity investment in Irvin Automotive Products, Inc. (Irvin). The investment was used to facilitate an acquisition of the business by Detroit entrepreneur Vinnie Johnson from Takata Corporation. Irvin will operate separate from Piston Group, another automotive business owned by Mr. Johnson, and will continue to be run by Irvin’s current management team led by Joseph Finn. This investment was the twelfth transaction from the firm’s Cyprium Investors IV fund, which closed in December 2014.
Cyprium Partners Announces New Investment in Paper Machinery Corporation (PMC).
Cleveland, Ohio: Cyprium Partners, a non-control private equity firm, is pleased to announce its new subordinated debt investment in Paper Machinery Corporation (PMC). The capital was used to facilitate an acquisition of the business by a newly formed Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from the Baumgartner family. The selling shareholders, Donald Baumgartner and John Baumgartner, will continue to serve on the company’s board of directors.
Cyprium Partners Announces New Sponsorless Mezzanine Investment in Bensussen Deutsch & Associates, LLC (BDA)
Cleveland, Ohio: Cyprium Partners, a non-control private equity firm, is pleased to announce its new sponsorless mezzanine investment and commitment in Bensussen Deutsch & Associates, LLC (BDA). This investment was the eleventh transaction from the firm’s Cyprium Investors IV fund, which closed in December 2014.
Baumgartners turn over Paper Machinery to surprised employees
By Rick Barrett of the Journal Sentinel A family with some of Milwaukee’s deepest manufacturing roots has decided to turn its company over to the people it credits most for its success. The families of Donald Baumgartner and his son, John, owners of Paper Machinery Corp., handed the 65-year-old Milwaukee company over to stunned employees…
Selection Bias – All Capital Is Not Created Equal
Cyprium Capital Markets Perspectives By John Sinnenberg, Chairman, Cyprium Partners My colleagues and I came together seventeen years ago to form the core investment team of Cyprium Investment Partners. Our guiding investment philosophy since our founding has been to make long-term, illiquid, non-controlling investments directly alongside entrepreneurs and families to facilitate the continued growth of…
Cyprium Partners Announces New Preferred Equity and Subordinated Debt Investment in Weaber, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio: Cyprium Partners, a non-control private equity firm, is pleased to announce a preferred equity and subordinated debt investment in Weaber, Inc. The capital was used to facilitate the acquisition of the company by third generation President and CEO, Matthew G. Weaber. This investment was Cyprium’s sixth transaction from its Cyprium Investors IV fund, which closed in December 2014.
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