Investor Type | Firm |
Industries | Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Aerospace (& Defense) |
Stages | Acquisition |
Investing | United States |
Founded in 1903 as a merchant/investment bank, Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company Inc. (HKW) is a private capital firm focused on sponsoring management buy-outs of privately owned businesses, subsidiaries and divisions of corporations and public companies, with revenues between $20 million and $200 million. HKW has completed several types of transactions including industry consolidations, corporate divestitures, generational changes in ownership, growth equity, management buy-outs and recapitalizations. The firm targets companies with EBITDA between $3 million and $30 million (no minimum for add-on acquisitions), with low risk of technological obsolescence. The firm has offices in Indianapolis and New York, and invests in companies headquartered in North America. HKW is currently investing HKW Capital Partners III, a $202 million fund.