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The BPE Portfolio currently consists of thirty four companies in the Business Services, Health Care, Life Sciences and Manufactured Products sectors. We have consolidated revenues in excess of $1.0 billion, over 3,000 employees globally and operating locations in North America, Europe and Asia.
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Accume Partners, LLC, New York, New York
Accume is a leading national provider of outsourced internal auditing, IT auditing, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and related risk management services. Accume serves over 300 clients from 16 locations and has a significant presence in Pennsylvania, Florida and Georgia.
Invested: February 2006
Industry: Business Services |
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American Auto Auction Group, Charleston, South Carolina
American Auto Auction Group (AAAG) was formed by Baird Capital Partners in partnership with experienced industry veterans to execute an acquisition platform strategy in the whole car auto auction market. Auto auctions create a transaction marketplace for wholesalers, independent dealers, and franchise dealers to sell and purchase vehicles. AAAG will focus on acquiring independent auction facilities in order to create a nationwide auto auction platform.
Invested: January 2010
Industry: Business Services |
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Arroweye Solutions, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Arroweye is a card marketing and production partner that provides just-in-time, highly customized plastic gift, incentive and payment cards and carriers. With a unique combination of web-based design tools and on-demand manufacturing and personalization capabilities, Arroweye is the first fully-digital producer of plastic within the open-loop and closed-loop industries.
Invested: May 2007
Industry: Business Services |
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Austin Logistics, Austin, Texas
Austin Logistics develops analytic software and solutions that enable financial services organizations to make proactive, profit-focused decisions that optimize actions in key decision areas, including collections, risk & fraud, marketing and customer service.
Invested: February 2004
Industry: Business Services |
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Backyard Discovery, Pittsburg, Kansas
Backyard Discovery supplies ready-to-assemble outdoor wood play sets in the United States, Canada, the U.K and Mexico. Product is sold through mass market, warehouse club, home improvement, and specialty dealer network channels.
Invested: February 2007
Industry: Manufactured Products |
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Celleration, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Celleration, Inc. has developed a proprietary device utilizing therapeutic non-contact ultrasound technology for treatment of chronic and recalcitrant dermal wounds.
Invested: October 2005
Industry: Healthcare / Life Sciences |
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Harris Research, Inc.(HRI), Logan, Utah
Harris Research, Inc. (“HRI”), is a leading franchisor of in-home consumer services in the United States and internationally. Based in Logan, Utah, HRI’s Chem-Dry brand is the world’s largest provider of carpet and upholstery cleaning services with approximately 4,000 franchises worldwide.
Invested: September 2011
Industry: Business Services |
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ClickFuel, Boston, Massachusetts
ClickFuel, Inc. provides Internet marketing services to small businesses. The company has developed a suite of search engine marketing solutions that help businesses drive brand awareness and customer acquisition via the Internet.
Invested: June 2009
Industry: Business Services |
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Coalfire Systems, Inc., Louisville, CO
Coalfire Systems, Inc. is a provider of information technology (IT) audit, security assessment and compliance management solutions to more than 1,000 small and mid-sized businesses.
Invested: February 2011
Industry: Business Services |
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Digi-Star Holdings, Inc., Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
Digi-Star Holdings, Inc. is a leading international manufacturer of agriculture scales and weighing equipment. The company’s customized weighing systems and software are incorporated into mobile farm equipment to provide precise control over input costs, monitor resource utilization, enhance yield management and optimize farm profitability.
Invested: November 2011
Industry: Manufactured Products |
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CoAxia, Inc., Maple Grove, Minnesota
CoAxia, Inc. is a medical device company pioneering the use of catheter-based perfusion augmentation systems for the treatment of cerebral ischemia.
Invested: September 2004
Industry: Healthcare / Life Sciences |
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Core Essence Orthopaedics, Inc., Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Core Essence Orthopaedics, Inc. is a Pennsylvania-based orthopaedic device company focused in arthroscopic and endoscopic small bone and soft tissue repair.
Invested: March 2011
Industry: Healthcare / Life Sciences |
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Ellman International, Oceanside, New York
Ellman International is a privately-held manufacturer of surgical devices used to perform medical, dental and veterinary procedures in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Invested: February 2008
Industry: Manufactured Products |
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Fellon-McCord & Associates, Louisville, Kentucky
Fellon-McCord provides energy management, dispatch and consulting services to clients in the industrial and commercial sectors.
Invested: December 2009
Industry: Business Services |
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Flatirons Solutions Corporation, Boulder, Colorado
Flatirons Solutions Corporation is a professional services firm that provides IT consulting, systems integration, systems and software engineering, and program management expertise to corporate and government clients.
Invested: September 2007
Industry: Business Services |
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Frontage Laboratories, Inc., Malvern, Pennsylvania
Frontage is a leading U.S. - China Contract Research Organization (“CRO”) that provides research services to facilitate pharmaceutical discovery, development and commercialization for large and emerging pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The Company has facilities in Pennsylvania (Malvern and Exton) and in China (Shanghai).
Invested: April 2008
Industry: Healthcare / Life Sciences |
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High Street Partners, Annapolis, Maryland
High Street Partners is the leading international business services firm. The firm’s signature solution, HSP OverseasDirect®, integrates payroll, bookkeeping, tax filing, HR, and legal compliance services to simplify the management and control of international operations, empowering Finance, Legal and HR to focus strategically. Clients operate in more than 75 countries and span a variety of industries, including technology, high education, and not-for-profit.
Invested: May 2010
Industry: Business Services |
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InsideTrack, Inc., San Francisco, California
InsideTrack, Inc. is a leading provider of student coaching services to colleges and universities to help improve student engagement and retention. To date, InsideTrack has coached nearly 100,000 students at more than 50 campus locations nationally, enabling its partner colleges to increase student retention, total enrollment, graduation rates and tuition revenue.
Invested: April 2008
Industry: Business Services |
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Justrite Manufacturing Company, L.L.C, Des Plaines, Illinois
Justrite Manufacturing Company, L.L.C. is a designer and manufacturer of safety products for the handling and storage of flammable and hazardous liquids.
Invested: July 2011
Industry: Manufactured Products |
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Mayline Group, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
The Mayline Group is an award-winning designer, manufacturer and distributor of innovative office furniture.
Invested: April 2007
Industry: Manufactured Products |
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MedData Inc., Seattle, Washington
MedData is a premier medical billing, coding, and data management company that provides outsourced revenue cycle management services to independent physician groups and staffing firms serving hospital emergency departments.
Invested: September 2007
Industry: Business Services |
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MedPlast, Inc., Tempe, Arizona
MedPlast is a manufacturer of precision molded plastic and rubber components, serving the healthcare and select commercial markets. Headquartered in Tempe, Ariz., MedPlast operates five plants across the United States with approximately 800 employees.
Invested: April 2008
Industry: Manufactured Products |
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MIR, Ann Arbor Michigan
MIR is a contract research organization (CRO) that specializes in the in vivo preclinical imaging of small animals to enhance the decision-making of pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices companies.
Invested: May 2011
Industry: Healthcare / Life Sciences |
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Montage Talent, Delafield, Wisconsin
Montage is a pioneer in the development of video technology that optimizes the hiring process. Through a high-touch candidate engagement model, Montage connects potential job candidates with employers while driving faster decisions, eliminating travel requirements and improving the overall quality of hire
Invested: December 2011
Industry: Business Services |
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New Vitality, Farmingdale, New York
New Vitality is a leading direct marketer of premium nutritional supplements and personal care products.
Invested: March 2010
Industry: Healthcare / Life Sciences |
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PayChoice*, Moorestown, New Jersey
PayChoice is a national provider of payroll processing software and services.
Invested: December 2004
Industry: Business Services |
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Paylon Medical Corp., Santa Clarita, CA.
Paylon Medical Corp. is a medical device company developing technologies for the treatment of chronic pain, spasticity and other neurological diseases.
Invested: April 2009
Industry: Healthcare / Life Sciences |
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PathCentral, Irvine, CA
PathCentral is an Irvine, California-based anatomic pathology services company offering community pathologists the first fully integrated, web-based platform to support their practice.
Invested: October 2010
Industry: Healthcare/Life Sciences |
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Pentagon Technologies Group, Inc., Hayward, California
Pentagon provides clean manufacturing services and products, with a focus on defect reduction solutions, to the semiconductor industry and other industries where critically clean environments are important.
Invested: July 2000
Industry: Manufactured Products |
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PharMEDium Healthcare Corporation, Lake Forest, Illinois
PharMEDium Healthcare Corporation is a leading provider of outsourced pharmacy compounding services to the hospital market.
Invested: August 2003
Industry: Healthcare / Life Sciences |
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StartWire, Lebanon, NH
StartWire is a web-based job search company, which aims to close the “résumé black hole” by providing job seekers with automatic application status updates from thousands of employers.
Invested: October 2011
Industry: Business Services |
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Pinstripe, Inc., Brookfield, Wisconsin
Pinstripe, Inc. provides a comprehensive suite of recruitment process outsourcing services focused on designing, building and managing talent acquisition and management solutions
Invested: November 2005
Industry: Business Services |
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Qualitor, Inc., Southfield, Michigan
Qualitor is a leading diversified supplier of aftermarket parts for the automotive and medium-to-heavy duty truck and trailer industries.
Invested: December 2004
Industry: Manufactured Products |
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Remesas Quisqueyana, Inc (RQI), New York, New York
Remesas Quisqueyana, Inc. (aka LatinVest, LLC) is a leading provider of electronic fund transfer services with the capability to send money to 48 countries through over 18,000 payout locations. In addition to its core remittance service, the company offers ancillary products, including discount and prepaid telecom cards, travel services and tax preparation services.
Invested: April 2008
Industry: Business Services |
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Sittercity, Chicago, Illinois
Sittercity is America's largest and most trusted website connecting families with child care, pet care, eldercare, home care and tutoring solutions.
Invested: April 2011
Industry: Business Services |
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SnagAJob.com, Inc., Richmond, Virginia
SnagAJob is the largest online community of hourly workers and a provider of SaaS-based workforce management solutions to employers.
Invested: July 2006
Industry: Business Services |
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Veniti, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri
Veniti, Inc. (Veniti), is a growing medical device company focused on treating chronic venous disease. The Veniti platform will offer clinicians the first multi-product company solely focused on venous disease, including a vapor-based endovenous ablation system, a vena cava filter anchoring technology, and a venous stent system.
Invested: March 2011
Industry: Healthcare / Life Sciences |
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