Edgewater Capital Partners

Edgewater Capital is pleased to announce that our own Brian Leonard has been honored with the Smart Business Dealmakers “Dealmaker of the Year” Award. This recognition celebrates Brian's exceptional contributions to Edgewater’s fundraising and deal execution efforts, as well as his pivotal role in shaping the landscape of business and innovation in Greater Cleveland. Under Brian’s leadership, Edgewater has continued to excel and grow. In the past year, Brian has been an essential contributor to the successful $330 million fund V fundraising efforts, the closing of multiple add-on acquisitions across the portfolio, value creation across the portfolio, and countless other contributions resulting from his day-to-day impact at the firm. For more information about the award, please visit the link in the comments. Congratulations, Brian, and thank you for your dedication and commitment! #EdgewaterCapital #DealmakerOfTheYear #Leadership #Culture #Innovation

Edgewater Capital is pleased to announce the promotion of J.R. Klonk to Senior Associate and Kara Kuhnash to Associate. JR and Kara have grown into critical roles within the organization on the investment team. They will continue to positively impact Edgewater, and we look forward to their continued growth and success. Congratulations, JR & Kara! We’re all very proud of you! #EdgewaterCapital #InvestmentTeam #Promotion

Our people and our culture are something we’re very proud of, and grateful for, at Edgewater Capital. We’re excited to share a glimpse into our office and our team. Watch the video below to get to know us better, and we gladly encourage a challenge from locals and visitors at the ping pong table!   #EdgewaterCapital #Culture #Team

We were honored to host Marc Morgenstern at our recent Lunch and Learn session at Edgewater Capital Partners! A distinguished entrepreneur and dealmaker, Marc shared invaluable insights from his extensive experience in business, investing, and M&A strategies. For background, he has touched many in the Cleveland M&A community and beyond, is the Mentor-at-Large at UC Berkeley's House Fund, has a long list of investing in and advising successful companies, has been featured in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and currently serves on the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Rex Foundation. A big thank you to Marc for enlightening us with his strategies and stories, and for his dedication to mentoring the next generation of entrepreneurs and deal professionals. If you’re interested to learn more on negotiation skills and understanding of human dynamics in business, please take a look Marc’s book, "The Soul of the Deal". Thank you, Marc, for sharing your wisdom and for your impactful contribution to our community. #EdgewaterCapitalPartners #TheSoulOfTheDeal #Entrepreneurship #Leadership #Negotiation

Safety and enabling a high-performing safety culture is our highest priority at Edgewater Capital. In the video below, Edgewater’s Pete Ostergard and Rakesh Kapoor, and VP of Spirit AeroSystems (formerly the CEO of Fiber Materials, a prior Edgewater portfolio company), Mark Miklos, discuss specific examples of empathically transforming a company’s safety culture, safety strategy development and implementation, and overcoming change management. Please click the link in the comments to view the entire discussion. #EdgewaterCapital #Safety #Culture 

Edgewater Capital is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, Luxium, has entered into an agreement to acquire Inrad Optics, Inc. Inrad Optics is a vertically integrated manufacturer specializing in glass, crystal, and metal-based optical component and assemblies. Manufacturing capabilities include super-precision optical surfacing, precision diamond turning, the ability to handle large substrates, proprietary optical contacting processes, thin film coatings, and high resolution in-process metrology. Inrad Optics exemplifies the core tenets of what we seek when partnering with an advanced materials business: 1) Ability to work with complex and difficult-to-handle materials; 2) Differentiated bonding and coating capabilities; and 3) High-performance products and specialized capabilities that enable functionality in the end-product. Please click below for more information about our investment.   #EdgewaterCapital #LuxiumSolutions #InradOptics #PerformanceMaterials #AdvancedMaterials

Edgewater Capital is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, Luxium, has entered into an agreement to acquire PLX Inc. and PLX UK, Ltd. PLX is a leading designer and manufacturer of high-precision optical assemblies and products for the defense and aerospace sectors as well as other industries. PLX’s solutions are deployed in a range of harsh environments and high-end applications where structural integrity and accuracy over time are critical, such as military fire control systems, bore sighting, beam alignment and delivery systems, laser tracking, environmental monitoring, metrology, and satellite ranging. PLX exemplifies the core tenets of what we seek when partnering with an advanced materials business: 1) Differentiated materials or products; 2) Difficult or unique processing techniques; and 3) Mission-critical, enabling, and high-performance materials and components. Please click below for more information about our investment. #EdgewaterCapital #LuxiumSolutions #PLX #PerformanceMaterials #AdvancedMaterials

Edgewater Capital is pleased to announce the promotion of Mack Doyle to Principal. Mack has grown into a key leader in our organization and is a senior member of our investment team. He will continue to positively impact the Edgewater organization and play an important role supporting value creation within our portfolio companies. Congratulations, Mack! We’re all very proud of you! #EdgewaterCapital #InvestmentTeam #Promotion

What type of companies pique our investment interest within the advanced materials sector? Edgewater’s Advanced Materials Practice focuses on businesses that can deliver growth by leveraging the composition, structure, properties, and processing of materials to provide customized performance in a material or a component for a specific application. Key areas of interest include: >>>Differentiated Materials or Products: Metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers, composites, adhesives, coatings, and others. >>>Processing Techniques: Melting, casting, rolling, extruding, co-injection molding, powder processing, welding, brazing, laser processing, CVD, PVD, additive manufacturing, and others.   >>>Mission-critical, enabling, and high performance materials and components.   Please click to hear Rakesh Kapoor discuss his background, an overview of our firm, and our specific areas of interest within the advanced materials sector. #EdgewaterCapital #AdvancedMaterials #MaterialsOutovation  #PerformanceMaterials

Edgewater Capital is pleased to announce the completion of fundraising for Edgewater Capital Partners V, L.P. (“ECP V”), with $330 million in capital commitments. ECP V will continue the strategy deployed in Edgewater’s four predecessor funds, targeting partnerships with performance products and services companies within the engineered components, life science, advanced materials, and specialty chemicals sectors. Please click the link below for more information. https://lnkd.in/g5FEeUgD #EdgewaterCapital #FundV #SpecialtyIndustrials #LifeScience #AdvancedMaterials #SpecialtyChemicals