PRIVATE-EQUITY INVESTING:
Equity Development Systems, Ltd. Private-Equity Group invests in ‘people’ and affords owners and management more than just investment dollars. Running a company is a complex process, requiring expert planning, advice, and execution. Our seasoned professionals provide our portfolio companies with a broad range of value creating—monetizing advice and services. This includes growing the company through intra-strategic alliances and joint ventures within other of our portfolio companies.
While we do not limit our investments and M&A advisory services to any particular industry or sector, we are attracted to and particularly skilled at investing in and advising health-care IT, pharmaceuticals, national defense security related infrastructure construction, women-owned businesses, and in special-asset and turnaround situations.
Many extraordinary companies are closely-held and family-owned businesses. Owners of such businesses are motivated for a variety of reasons, but one element remains constant: they want their babies to grow and succeed. We regard our portfolio companies as family. Our commitment is nurturing, reliable, constant, and untiring. We bring our family of portfolio companies and advisory clients ‘Wall Street smarts with Main Street sense’.
As patient investors dedicated to value creation, when the time is right, we exit our investments through IPO’s, sales to strategic buyers, and other means.
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS ADVISORY SERVICES:
Our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory Group (M&A Group) specializes in value creation advice and turnaround management services to troubled companies and lenders with special-asset situations.
As a boutique investment bank, EDS is not engaged in securities underwriting, trading or certain other activities conducted by traditional investment banks. However, we do provide a broad range of research and advisory services for both public and private companies.
Our services include handling the sale of a company or division or divisional capital assets, both real and moveable, as well as acquiring an investment-grade business or product line. When required, our strategic alliances with major Wall Street investment banks provide our clients with broad access to global financial markets and traditional full service investment banking services.
