Investment Summary

MVP Capital Partners and Grindstone Partners Invest In Northern Contours

On May 20, 2005, private equity firms MVP Capital Partners and Grindstone Partners invested in building materials company Northern Contours

Investment Highlights
  • This is MVP Capital Partners’ 1st and Grindstone Partners’ 1st transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is MVP Capital Partners’ 20th and Grindstone Partners’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is MVP Capital Partners’ 1st and Grindstone Partners’ 1st transaction in Minnesota.

Investment Summary

Date 2005-05-20
Target Northern Contours
Sector Building Materials
Investor(s) MVP Capital Partners
Grindstone Partners
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Northern Contours

St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Northern Contours manufactures and distributes rigid thermofoil, wood veneer, and hybrid solid wood/veneer doors, insert panels, drawer fronts, and other components to its core kitchen cabinet market as well as the office furniture, store fixtures, closet, and millwork markets. Northern Contours was founded in 1992 and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

MVP Capital Partners

Radnor, Pennsylvania, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 200M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

MVP Capital Partners is a private equity firm focuses on investing in middle market companies with $10-100 million in revenues through buyouts, recapitalizations and expansion capital financing and providing growth capital investments in later stage businesses as well as equity financing to support acquisitions and recapitalization. MVP generally looks at US-based companies valued up to $100 million. Target sectors include aviation, business/financial services, healthcare, niche manufacturing, publishing/media, and specialty retail/consumer. MVP Capital Partners was formed in 1987 and is located in Radnor, Pennsylvania.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 26
Sector: Building Materials M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 11 of 12
State: Minnesota M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 20 of 26
Year: 2005 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-01 Air Culinaire Worldwide

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Air Culinaire International, and CaterLink Worldwide. As the largest private aviation caterer, we are dedicated to providing innovative catering solutions for charter operators, corporate flight departments, fractional operators, flight attendants, international flight management companies and FBO's.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-08-31 Cadence Capital Management

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Cadence Capital Management LLC provides investment management services to institutional investors as well as wealthy individuals through managed account programs, variable annuities, and mutual funds. Cadence Capital Management was established in 1988 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Investor

Grindstone Partners

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2009
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Grindstone Partners is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts and growth capital investments in small and mid market companies throughout the US. The Firm looks to invests $2 to $20 million equity per transaction. Areas of interest includes manufacturing, healthcare, direct marketing, telecommunication, software, building products and business services. Grindstone Partners was formed in 2009 and is based in Alexandria, Virginia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 6
Sector: Building Materials M&A 1 of 1
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Minnesota M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 6
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-01-14 TelStar Hosted Services

Leesburg, Virginia, United States

TelStar Hosted Services, Inc. is a provider of Communication-as-a-Service via the cloud that is affordable, scalable, flexible,stable and reliable.

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