We are focused on one thing – helping our companies build market leading positions

We are dedicated to using our in-house operating expertise to help talented management teams and entrepreneurs build companies of significant value. We work closely with our portfolio companies and provide capital, operating and strategic expertise, and a network of strategic industry contacts to help them become industry leaders.

We align ourselves with visionary management teams and entrepreneurs who take substantial equity positions in their companies and help build businesses of significant value. Our team has substantial operating, consulting, technology, and financial management experience, enabling us to contribute meaningfully to our portfolio companies.

H.I.G.’s investments fall into two categories:

  • Management-led buyouts or recapitalizations of well-established, profitable manufacturing and service businesses.
  • Growth / Development capital investments in promising high growth companies.

Since our founding in 1993, we have been an active investor, acquiring more than 400 businesses, and have provided growth capital to a long list of promising growth-oriented companies. We invest in attractive companies throughout the United States, Europe, and Latin America.

Philosophy

H.I.G.’s philosophy is to invest in operating companies that can take advantage of our ability to add value to a business. This expertise makes us better able to recognize the inherent value of a company, which allows us to place a higher valuation on a business enterprise than would a strictly financially driven investment firm. It also allows us to consider more challenging investment opportunities, such as underperforming businesses, businesses facing strategic, operational challenges, or complex structural issues.

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Approach

H.I.G. takes a creative and flexible approach to private equity investment. Financing transactions in a sensible and prudent manner, we take into account the capital requirements necessary to meet the company’s growth and expansion plans and allow for a comfortable operating cushion to accommodate fluctuations in company performance. Our investments take a variety of forms, from control private equity investments, management-backed recapitalizations, and industry consolidations to minority investments.

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Structure

H.I.G. takes a creative and flexible approach to private equity investment. Financing transactions in a sensible and prudent manner, we take into account the capital requirements necessary to meet the company’s growth and expansion plans and allow for a comfortable operating cushion to accommodate fluctuations in company performance.

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Criteria

We invest in middle market enterprises, typically with enterprise values between $50 million to $1 billion, with high-quality, value-added products, favorable growth prospects, and proven, motivated management teams who take significant equity ownership positions in their companies.

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