Investing in Innovation

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Investing in Innovation: Providing Capital Beyond Start Up By: Margaret Rea     The Year of the Seller: PE Fund managers scramble to build strong portfolios Middle market companies — those with $25M to $1B in annual revenue — are the entrepreneurial fuel powering the American economy. But many of these companies are running on fumes. According to The National Center for the Middle Market, nearly seven in 10 middle market firms reported a year-over-year increase in revenue in Q1 2016, and about a third plan to expand into new markets over the next 12 months[1]. However, businesses in the lower mid-market (LMM) or firms with annual revenues between $25 million to $100 million, are struggling to secure additional lines of credit from lenders still reeling from the recession and, therefore, have limited or no access to traditional financing for growth plays like adding staff, or building out product portfolios. If you're the owner or executive of one of these American success story works-in-progress, you may have already started looking into alternative funding sources like private equity (PE). Continue reading this article in Pipeline... Download the full article in PDF format     The Lotus Innovations Fund™, located in Southern California, is a private equity fund that builds wealth for its investors by acquiring, transforming, and exiting high-potential, small to mid-size technology companies that serve large enterprise customers in enterprise IT and telecom. The Lotus Methodology™ provides shared services support including Finance, HR, IT, Legal and Marketing; instant business infrastructure that takes a growing business from distracted to dynamic. The Fund's founders, board of directors, and strategic advisors bring over six decades of experience in high-tech, nance, sales, and operations to help grow Portfolio Companies and build wealth for investors. For more information, please visit www.lotus-innovations.com.

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