Middle Market Deals and how to buy, sell and raise capital from $5 to $500 million

I had a great opportunity on Wednesday to sit on a panel discussion at a seminar presented by the Wayne Brown Institute on the 21st Century Entrepreneur.  It is a fun, small group format with a lively discussion between the panelists and the audience, largely comprised of entrepreneurs.

The panelists are listed below:

The panel, including a few entrepreneurs, an angel investor, a few venture capitalists and a lone investment banker was quite diverse.  I think that those who attended the conference came away having learned something!

Tomorrow is the second annual ACG Capital Connections conference here in Salt Lake City.  The event is drawing private equity groups from around the country, including several who arrived today and dropped by our offices at the Thorpe Capital Group for a visit.

The following private equity groups are all expected to be at the conference tomorrow:

• Allied Capital
• Apax Partners, L.P.
• ICV Capital Partners
• Blue Point Capital Partners
• Parthenon Capital
• H.I.G. Capital, LLC
• Thompson Street Capital Partners
• Linsalata Capital Partners
• DW Health Care Partners
• Thoma Cressey Equity Partners
• Sorenson Capital
• Ridgeview Capital
• Capital for Business, Inc.
• Friend Skoler & Co.
• Lineage Capital, LLC
• TSG Consumer Partners
• Golub Capital
• Century Park Capital Partners
• Weston Presidio Capital Partners
• Industrial Growth Partners
• Inverness Capital Partners
• EOS Partners
• The Compass Group
• Outlook Capital Partners LLC
• Peterson Partners
• Summit Investment Management
• Stripes Group
• Merit Capital Partners
• Boulder Capital, LLC
• Seaport Capital
• Summit Partners
• Silkroad Resources LLC

Matt Marsh, from our office, sits on the Board of the Utah Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth and has been closely involved with the organization of this event.  Thanks Matt!