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 strategic alliances and joint ventures with other of our portfolio companies.
While we do not limit our investments to any particular industry or sector, we are particularly attracted to and skilled at investing in pharmaceutical and defense related businesses and in troubled 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 Wall Street smarts with Main Street sense.
As patient investors dedicated to value-creation, when the time is right, we exit our investments through IPOs, secondary offerings, and sales to strategic buyers.
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS ADVISORY:
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, research, or the numerous other business activities conducted by traditional investment banks. However, our strategic alliances with major Wall Street investment banks provide our clients with broad access to global financial markets and full service investment banking services.
We provide a broad range of advisory services for both public and private companies. These 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.
