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Contact UsSan Mateo, CA – Jan 29, 2013 – Bertram Capital was recognized on December 11, 2012 as the Private Equity Firm of the Year at the 11th Annual M&A Advisor Awards. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Jan 23, 2013 – Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in San Mateo, California, is pleased to announce the promotion of Brian Wheeler to Partner. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Jan 09, 2013 – Bertram Capital announced today its acquisition of Webex, Inc. a leading manufacturer of precision engineered rolls and specialized systems for web handling and converting applications. Based in Neenah, WI, Webex marks Bertram's second platform investment and third transaction in the plastic processing and web handling equipment industry. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Dec 04, 2012 – Bertram Capital today announced its investment in Paula's Choice, a rapidly growing skin care and cosmetics company with distribution in 50 countries around the world. Paula's Choice is known for its unique content-driven ecommerce platform offering proprietary products, extensive skin care research, and exclusive reviews of more than 45,000 products from other brands. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Jul 25, 2012 – Bertram Capital announced today the sale of Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI) to Pearson plc (LSE: PSON; NYSE: PSO), the world's leading learning company and parent of Penguin Books Ltd, one of the largest traditional book publishers in the world. The $116 million all-cash deal marks Bertram Capital's third portfolio company exit in the last nine months. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Jun 14, 2012 – Bertram Capital announced today the sale of EDI Holdings, Inc. (EDI) to Nordson Corporation (Nasdaq: NDSN). The $200 million all-cash deal was previously announced by Nordson on May 21st and today's announcement reflects the completion of the transaction. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – May 16, 2012 – Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in San Mateo, California, is pleased to announce the promotion of Ingrid Swenson to Partner and Managing Director. Ms. Swenson, the Chief Financial Officer at Bertram, has been with the firm since its inception in 2006 and oversees all of Bertram Capital's Finance, Administrative and internal Information Technology activities. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Apr 04, 2012 – Bertram Capital portfolio company ProconGPS Inc., a leading service provider of mobile resource management (MRM) solutions for businesses worldwide, announced its new corporate name, Spireon, Inc. The Spireon brand was officially launched on March 24th at a special ribbon-cutting ceremony for the company's new state-of-the-art Technology Center in Irvine, CA... Read More »
Chippewa Falls, WI – Mar 15, 2012 – Extrusion Dies Industries (EDI), a leading designer and manufacturer of extrusion dies, coating heads and related products for producers of cast film, sheet, coatings and laminates has acquired Premier Dies Corporation (Premier). Based in Chippewa Falls, WI, Premier is a leading designer and manufacturer of slot coating and flat polymer extrusion dies. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Mar 06, 2012 – Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in San Mateo, California, is pleased to announce the promotion of Ryan Craig to Partner. Mr. Craig, previously a Principal at Bertram, has been with the firm since its inception in 2006 and focuses his efforts on executing and monitoring portfolio company investments in the consumer and healthcare sectors. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Jan 03, 2012 – Bertram Capital is pleased to announce that their February 2011 acquisition of Procon/Enfotrace was selected as a winner of both the Professional Services (B-to-B) Deal of the Year and Information Technology Deal of the Year (for transactions under $100 million) at the 10th Annual M&A Advisor Awards. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Oct 12, 2011 – Bertram Capital announced today the sale of Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI) to Smiths Interconnect, a division of global technology business Smiths Group plc for $235 million. The all-cash sale was previously announced by Smiths in September and today's announcement reflects the completion of the transaction. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Sep 26, 2011 – This interview originally appear in the September 26, 2011 issue of "On the Left", a weekly capital markets update published by Churchill Financial and distributed to over 40,000 finance professionals. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Sep 20, 2011 – Bertram Capital was recognized as a top performing buyout fund in a September 15, 2011 PitchBook Data, Inc. analysis of 2006 vintage US buyout funds with B2C investments. Of the 67 funds analyzed, Bertram Growth Capital I ("BGC-1") ranked number three overall in IRR, representing top decile performance in relation to its peers. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Jul 26, 2011 – Kevin Yamashita, Partner at Bertram Capital, has been recognized by The M&A Advisor as a winner in its annual "40 Under 40" award program. Kevin was honored at a black tie awards gala at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 26. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Jun 20, 2011 – Bertram Capital was recognized today by ACG New York and The M&A Advisor with the inaugural ACG New York Champion's Award for Business Services Deal of the Year for the acquisition of Procon and Enfotrace. Judged by an independent body of experts representing a cross-section of the middle market... Read More »
Reno, NV – Jun 07, 2011 – The Board of Directors of Sanare, LLC announced today the election of Tim Hargarten as the company's Chairman of the Board. Hargarten has over twenty years of leadership experience in healthcare services and information technology. Most recently, Hargarten served as President and CEO... Read More »
Reno, NV – Apr 21, 2011 – Sanare, LLC announced today that the company has become a National Strategic Partner of the American Diabetes Association and will serve as a founding sponsor of the Association's "Living with Type 2 Diabetes" educational program. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Feb 21, 2011 – Bertram Capital has launched a new platform in the location-based services industry through a partnership with the executive teams at ProconGPS, Inc. ("Procon") and Trackn Inc. d.b.a. Enfotrace ("Enfotrace"). Procon and Enfotrace are two of the leading providers of risk mitigation products... Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Oct 25, 2010 – Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in San Mateo, California, announced the promotions of Ryan Craig and Stephanie Ho to Principal. Craig leads the firm's investment in One Distribution (Supra Footwear and KR3W Apparel) and also serves as a Director with Bertram General Partner Ken Drazan on the firm's investment in GENASCIS. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Oct 11, 2010 – Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in San Mateo, California, announced the promotions of Tom Beerle, Jeff Giles and Tim Heston to Vice President. The promotions follow the successful closing of Bertram Capital's second fund, Bertram Growth Capital II, with $500 million in limited partner commitments. Read More »
Livingston, NJ – Oct 05, 2010 – Stoffel Seals Corporation, a manufacturer of security and traceability products and brand identification and promotional solutions, has been acquired by Livingston, NJ based Tyden Group Holdings Corporation. Tyden Group is a Crimson Investment and Bertram Capital portfolio company. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Sep 29, 2010 – Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in San Mateo, California, announced three promotions to Partner, coinciding with the closing of the firm's second fund, Bertram Growth Capital II, with $500 million in limited partner commitments. Jared Ruger, Kevin Yamashita and David Hellier were promoted to Partner from Vice President. Read More »
Reno, NV – Sep 21, 2010 – Sanare, LLC and its founders announced today that they have partnered with Bertram Capital to capitalize the company and complete its first acquisition. Sanare is a leading provider of care management solutions that improve the health and reduce the medical costs of people with diabetes. Read More »
San Mateo, CA – Sep 09, 2010 – Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in San Mateo, California, announced the final closing of Bertram Growth Capital II with $500 million in limited partner commitments. Read More »
Santa Ana, CA – Aug 18, 2010 – One Distribution, SARL announced today that its founders have completed a management-led recapitalization of the company. The team will remain in place to continue directing the company's strategy and day to day operations. Bertram Capital, a private equity firm based in San Mateo, CA, provided financing in support of the transaction. Read More »
Circleville, OH – Nov 04, 2009 – Tyden Group announced today the acquisition of E.J. Brooks Company, a leading provider of security seals and metering related products. The primary equity financing for the acquisition was provided by Crimson Investment and Bertram Capital with debt financing provided by an affiliate of DE Shaw and a syndicate of senior lenders led by Wells Fargo. Read More »
Palo Alto, CA – Jul 23, 2007 – Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California, announced the closing of an additional $100 million for its inaugural fund, Bertram Growth Capital I. With this addition, Bertram Capital now has $350 million in committed institutional capital under management. Read More »