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Advanced Practice Systems, Inc. (APS) – Tarzana, CA
APS is the leader in the physical therapy practice management software industry. APS provides computerized billing and office management software to over 3,500 therapy practices and rehabilitation agencies across the U.S. In addition to billing, the company’s software facilitates management report production, scheduling, documentation, accounting, and customer support. In November 2007, APS was acquired by Patterson Companies, Inc., a value-added distributor serving the dental, companion-pet veterinarian and rehabilitation supply markets. |
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Allrecipes.com – Seattle, WA
Allrecipes.com is a community-based Web site offering food ideas and resources, including recipes, meal ideas, meal preparation tips, nutrition analyses, shopping list and recipe-scaling tools, culinary ware, and news. Founded in 1997, Allrecipes.com makes cooking, learning, and shopping easy and fun for the novice and the experienced cook. Allrecipes.com offers tens of thousands of user-submitted and third-party recipes, a free semimonthly e-mail newsletter (Recipe Notes), and an online marketplace featuring kitchenware and specialty food items hand-selected with the recipes in mind. In April 2006, the company announced that it was purchased by Reader’s Digest for $66 million. |
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Business Alliance Capital Corp. (BACC)– Princeton, NJ
BACC specializes in providing capital to manufacturers, distributors, and service providers who are unable to obtain sufficient traditional bank financing. Typical BACC clients have over $1.5 million of revenue and require credit facilities from $300,000 to $7.5 million. BACC structures revolving loans secured by accounts receivable and inventory. To complete the financing package and make available the required credit, BACC can provide term loans secured by machinery, equipment, and owner occupied real estate. In July 2005, the company was sold to Sovereign Bank for $37.5 million. |
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Corgi International, Ltd. – Walnut Creek, CA
Master Replicas, LLC, which merged with Corgi (Nasdaq:CRGI) in December 2006, designs, produces, and markets high quality movie and television prop replicas and collectibles. The combined company generates over $100 million in annual sales and has a network of nearly 3,000 retailers. Since its founding, the company has designed, manufactured, and sold 36 products, assembled a world class management team, built a base of committed collectors, and secured licenses for leading movie and television properties including Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Aliens, Predator, Men in Black, Walt Disney Co., and Shrek. In May 2008, Corgi sold the Corgi Classics die-cast business to Hornby Bobbies Limited. |
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Dimensions Holdings, LLC – Reading, PA
Dimensions is a leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of craft and hobby products such as needlecraft, craft beads, paint-by-number kits, wearable art, and stained glass. Previously a subsidiary of Coats Viyella, Dimensions was acquired in a deal led by Capital Partners in 2001. In 2004, Dimensions acquired K&Co. and InkaDinkaDo. In August 2007, Dimensions was acquired by EK Success, a leading provider of scrapbooking and paper-based craft products. |
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Lane Berry – Boston, MA
Lane Berry is an investment bank that provides strategic advisory and capital markets advisory services to growth companies. Strategic advisory services assist clients with mergers & acquisitions, strategic alternatives, restructurings, and corporate governance opportunities, while capital markets advisory services assist clients with private and public debt/equity financing, recapitalizations, and share repurchases. Founded in 2002, Lane Berry has completed a wide range of assignments -that average roughly $200 million in size -across a diverse set of industries. www.laneberry.com |
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US Labs – Irvine, CA
US Labs provides anatomical pathological laboratory testing services through its wholly owned subsidiaries AccuPath Diagnostics Laboratory, US Labs, and US Labs-Fountain Valley. Testing services consist of tissue-based cancer testing, histology, and genetics-based testing. Customers include hospitals, university hospitals and research centers, commercial laboratories, physicians’ offices, and biopharmaceutical companies. US Labs has a national organization of over 300 employees including 40 sales representatives, board certified pathologists, and a national logistics/courier network. US Labs was acquired by Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings in December 2004 for $155 million. |
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VeriCenter, Inc. – Houston, TX
VeriCenter provides an operating infrastructure for hosting advanced Web-based applications, critical business applications, and disaster recovery solutions. In the Fall of 2000, VeriCenter launched its market-leading OpCenter enterprise hosting offering with support from Intel and Sun platforms, Oracle and SQL Server database platforms, as well as RAID and SAN storage. VeriCenter has become the largest profitable enterprise hosting company in the U.S. with more than 400 managed hosting customers and over 400,000 sq. ft. of data center space at five data centers in Houston, Dallas, Boston, Atlanta, and Denver. VeriCenter was acquired by SunGard in July 2007. |
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Visalus Holdings, LLC. – Troy, MI
ViSalus, a subsidiary of ViSalus Holdings, sells a variety of nutritional, energy, skin care, and cleaning products under its Vi-Pak, ViSalus Nutritionals, Neuro, and Natura Bella Skincare lines. In addition to direct sales, the company sells products through a vast network of distributors, including many individuals and customers. To support the sales success of its network, ViSalus markets support tools, including multimedia, literature, and event tools. The company also has a strategic alliance with PathConnect.com, a social networking website, which provides ViSalus representatives with an additional way to reach customers. In August 2008, Visalus entered into a structured sale agreement with Blyth (NYSE:BTH). |