SFW provides capital and support to build businesses through management buyouts and growth investments in mid-sized companies. We focus our investment activity on businesses that provide analytical tools and outsourced analytical services. This includes instruments, software and information, and outsourced services that are involved in research, engineering, product development, quality control, diagnostics, process monitoring, marketing or other critical decision-making processes within companies. These businesses provide high-value tools and services to their customers and offer the opportunity for sustained growth and development over time. Realizing the value of these investments we believe requires building partnerships with management based on trust, mutual respect and common goals.
Our deep understanding, experience and extensive network in the analytical tools and outsourced services sectors enables us to rapidly evaluate a business and contribute well informed, relevant expertise to each company. The combination of our expertise and resources allows us to help management teams accurately assess and capitalize on opportunities for future growth, address challenges and implement solutions.
As a team, we have supported the development of some of the most successful and well regarded analytical tools businesses and providers of outsourced analytical services. The CEOs, senior managers and industry executives we have worked with in the past are strong believers in our approach and are, collectively, one of the largest investors in our fund. |
