Founded in 2009, TMT Capital Partners, LLC is a private investment firm that makes control investments in differentiated middle market and lower–middle market manufacturing, distribution, and business to business service companies. In addition, the firm occasionally provides advisory services to select middle market, lower–middle market, and growth businesses where its experience can add true value to a company as it strives to accomplish its objectives.

As an independent sponsor, TMT Capital Partners, LLC is not subject to the capital deployment schedules, hold period restrictions, or other requirements that govern the investment processes of traditional private equity funds. As such, we can be thoughtful about the opportunities that we review, selective about the businesses in which we invest, and interactive with the management teams of our portfolio companies. Our only objective is to identify high quality opportunities, partner with strong management teams, and work together to drive business value.

Although we actively seek investment opportunities represented by intermediaries running narrow processes, we spend much of our time evaluating companies and portfolios of companies (including Direct Secondary Transactions) that come to us through non–traditional sources. Many of these businesses possess unique characteristics, challenges, requirements, or growth profiles that may not position them well for traditional auction processes or private equity investors.

Our ability to analyze unique circumstances, collaborative approach, operating orientation and creativity allows us to identify interesting investment opportunities and create value in situations where others may not. We seek opportunities with the following criteria:

Companies in the manufacturing, distribution, and business to business service sectors
Established businesses, generally with $0 to $7.5 million in EBITDA
Control required
Platform investments headquartered in the United States, with a Midwestern preference
Preference for businesses with capable management teams
Manageable portfolio leverage (for direct secondary opportunities)
Select stressed situations with cooperative lenders

Attractive investment opportunities will include companies that exhibit many, if not all of the following characteristics:

Providers of niche products and services
Small players in large, fragmented markets
Discernible competitive differentiation
Modest capital expenditure requirements
Users to technology rather than developers of next generation products and services

TMT Capital Partners, LLC has significant experience working closely with entrepreneurs and management teams to create value in privately–held companies. Many middle market and lower–middle market companies do not have sufficient financial or operating resources to grow the business in an efficient, profitable manner. We proactively work with management teams, providing them with the financial, operating, and value–added resources that they need to leverage their abilities and focus on the execution of strategic objectives. We do not seek to manage a company’s day–to–day operations. Conversely, we provide management with tools, time, and experience so that they can efficiently use their talents and drive profitable business growth.

Our collaborative investment approach focuses on value creation through the identification, execution, and implementation of strategic, growth, and profit enhancement initiatives. We partner with management to create infrastructure, professionalize processes, and implement modern management tools to unlock the value of middle market companies, and generate meaningful returns for all stakeholders.

As part of our strategy, TMT Capital Partners, LLC actively seeks direct secondary transactions, through which business owners, generally private equity firms and/or hedge funds, seek rapid liquidity through the sale of a portfolio, a portion of a portfolio, or a strip in an underlying portfolio of companies in a single transaction in order to achieve certain strategic or portfolio management objectives. These transactions allow the seller to exit investments on an as–is where–is basis, and generate cash in an expedited, non–intrusive manner. These transactions tend to involve little to no new independent third party diligence, and provide liquidity to the seller within 60 days.

There are many potential benefits to private equity firms, hedge funds, and other business owners who employ an active portfolio management strategy, which may include the usage of the direct secondary market. The secondary market provides investors with an effective tool to manage returns, risk, time, capital, and human resources. Although distressed fund situations account for a portion of the activity seen on the direct secondary market, there are many other reasons why a general partner may choose to sell a majority or minority stake in its portfolio, or in a portion of its portfolio on the secondary market. TMT Capital Partners, LLC welcomes the opportunity to review direct secondary opportunities, providing the seller with liquidity, while instituting its active investment strategy to create value in unique companies.

Liquidity for funds at the tail–end of life cycle seeking cash for remaining portfolio
Divest legacy portfolios assets, allowing general partners to focus on recent investments and new business opportunities
Generate cash to deploy in core assets with higher return potential
Distributions to LPs seeking liquidity
Efficient transactions involving a single buyer and little reliance on the financing markets

Private equity groups seeking to actively manage their capital, portfolio, and human resources
Funds winding down operations
Hedge funds, banks, insurance companies, family offices, and private investors who wish to reduce exposure to direct investments or seeking accelerated returns on prior investments
Corporations seeking to shed non–core investments
Owners seeking liquidity for estate planning purposes
Limited Partners/investors seeking liquidity

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