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Top Line Stats
98
Total Platform Investments since 1999
36
Active Portfolio Companies Today
10
New Investments in 2018
6
Exits Closed or Signed in 2018
30
Portfolio Add-Ons in 2018
14,000+
People Employed by Active Portfolio Companies in 2018
Learn.
LLR believes in sharing the wealth of experience and expertise in our portfolio companies, network and teams in order to inspire and help accelerate growth for a wider community of business leaders. Here is some of the best advice we shared in 2018.
Network.
LLR’s network of consultants and industry experts continued to grow in 2018, including:
Executives in Residence to lead a buy-and-build strategy in industrial technology.
New Senior Operating Advisors to help LLR evaluate new investment opportunities and support the growth of our portfolio companies.
Jesse Gray
Industrial Technology Strategy, LLR Equity Partners 5
Cary Burch
Senior Operating Advisor, Software
Jonathan Kaplan
Senior Operating Advisor, Education
John Spiliotis
Senior Operating Advisor, Security
New Team Members.
LLR continues to invest in our own growth, adding 14 new team members in 2018.
Rahul Agarwal
Analyst
Melanie Blaine
Talent Associate
Jason Canavan
Analyst
Connor Crump
Analyst
PJ Cusack
Analyst
Elin Eugeniev
Market Development Analyst
Dan Figueiredo
Compliance Associate
Sarah Kornhaber
Director, People & Culture
Ralph Lanza
Analyst
Sam Musselman
IT Business Analyst
Kyle Nowelski
Analyst
Pete Schwartz
Analyst
Connor Shaw
Analyst
Sean Sy
Associate
Team Member Promotions.
Congratulations to the LLR team members who were promoted as we head into 2019.
Frank Bequer
Senior Associate
Katie Lankalis
Senior Associate
Ralph Lanza
Associate
Collin McKernan
Associate
Sam Ryder
Vice President
Pete Schwartz
Associate
Real people.Good partners.
Interested in working for LLR? Check out our new Careers page for open positions.
Collaborate.
Each year, LLR brings together its portfolio company leadership to exchange growth insights. In 2018, we expanded our Collaborate program so that more than 150 leaders could interact through live and digital forums, user groups, technology studies and more.
Exclusive forum where CEOs gained both inspiration and practical advice for growing their businesses from:
Attendees opened their playbooks on sales development, account-based marketing and more to share:
IS leaders joined CFOs to share growth company MIS roadmaps and find ways to help each other:
Representative New Investments.
Cybersecurity solutions to automate the monitoring and protection of SAP and Oracle ERP and business-critical applications
Online training and patient engagement platform for physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology and nursing
Fully-automated software platform to prevent, analyze and manage payment card chargebacks
Full-service eye care practice management company located in the Southeast
Managed security services to protect organizations against phishing attacks targeting customers and employees
Integrated software solutions for local governments, including ERP applications, real-time mobile applications and self-service portals
Community engagement solutions for K-12 schools including content management, communication, forms and payments
Vertically-focused, integrated commerce solutions provider
Nation's leading provider of complex rehab technology
Portfolio Add-On Acquisitions.
Agility Recovery acquired Rentsys
WorldAware acquired Blueline Grid
Eye Health America acquired Montgomery & Riddle Eyecare and other optometry practices and ASCs
PCS acquired PensionSource Corporation
SICOM acquired NEXTEP SYSTEMS
eLocal acquired Ring Router, CityGrid and Felix
Kemberton Healthcare Services acquired Professional Receivables Network
LEARN Behavioral acquired Wisconsin Early Autism Project, Total Spectrum and others
Numotion acquired 4 complex rehab technology providers
Schweiger Dermatology acquired 7 dermatology practices
Exits.
Aasonn acquired by Rizing
Illuminate Education merges with IO Education, SchoolCity, Alpine Achievement and Key Data Systems
SICOM Systems acquired by Global Payments
Numotion acquired by AEA Investors
GTCR to separately acquire Ultimus Fund Solutions and the Gemini Companies in a strategic combination (under contract)
Orbis Education to be acquired by Grand Canyon Education (under contract)
Good work.Great recognition.
In early 2018, following a busy year for platform investments, add-ons and exits, and significant growth of our team and digital strategy, we were honored to be named M&A Mid-Market Private Equity Firm of the Year by Mergers & Acquisitions magazine.
What's Next?
By now, you know to expect more deal activity and great content from LLR in 2019. In addition, look for:
GrowthBits
More great insights shared by our portfolio leaders and network, including new series on Strategic Planning, M&A and more.
Subscribe here so you don’t miss a thing!
2019 LLR Growth Guide
All the best insight from our 2018 Collaborate events and GrowthBits in one, downloadable eBook.
Collaborate 2.0
New opportunities for our portfolio companies to exchange knowledge and resources.
LLR’s 20th Anniversary
Take a trip down memory lane when LLR celebrates 20 years of deal making in 2019.
We are always interested in speaking to new companies and making new contacts.
Reach out to see how we can work together in 2019.
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