Investment Summary

Banyan Investment Partners Invests In Perceptics

On October 1, 2006, mezzanine finance firm Banyan Investment Partners invested in technology hardware company Perceptics

Investment Highlights
  • This is Banyan Investment Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Banyan Investment Partners’ 19th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Banyan Investment Partners’ 1st transaction in Tennessee.

Investment Summary

Date 2006-10-01
Target Perceptics
Sector Technology Hardware
Investor(s) Banyan Investment Partners
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Perceptics

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Perceptics engages in optical engineering technology with products including license plate readers, under-vehicle inspection systems, and industrial process and quality control inspection systems. Perceptics was founded in 1979 and is based in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Banyan Investment Partners

Miami, Florida, United States

Investor


Category Mezzanine Finance Firm
Founded 2002
PE ASSETS 550M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Banyan is a specialty finance firm that provides mezzanine capital to smaller middle-market companies headquartered primarily in the Southeast US. Banyan looks to invest $5 to $25 million of junior capital in profitable companies. The Firm does not have any industry preferences, however, Banyan will not invest in real estate development, oil and gas exploration, direct lenders, start-ups or turn-around situations. Banyan Mezzanine was formed in 2002 and is based in Miami, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 73
Sector (Technology Hardware) 2 of 2
Type (Stake Purchase) 13 of 22
State (Tennessee) 1 of 3
Country (United States) 19 of 73
Year (2006) 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-05-05 Highwinds

Winter Park, Florida, United States

Highwinds is a multi-platform IP services provider that specializes in software, content delivery network and IP infrastructure services (transport, hosting and storage). Highwinds is based in Winter Park, Florida.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-11-01 Official Reporting Service

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Official Reporting Service is a provider of court reporting services (primarily in Miami-Dade and Broward counties) including transcriptions, condensing transcripts, video depositions, interpreters, and other related services.

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