Banyan typically invests in companies with revenues between $10 million to $200 million and actively looks for the following types of investment opportunities:
- Buyout transactions from business owners looking to retire in the near to medium term
- Privately held companies seeking to accelerate growth through acquisition, facilitate ownership change or recapitalize their balance sheet
- Leveraged acquisitions of “orphaned” corporate divisions or small-cap public companies lacking strong institutional investor following
- Micro and small-cap public companies seeking negotiated placements of preferred equity or equity-linked securities
- Senior executives seeking a financial partner to acquire or invest in a company or sector in which they have intimate knowledge and a demonstrated track record of value creation