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Eagle Financial Partners,
LLC
Eagle Financial Partners, LLC ("EFP")
is a Stamford, Connecticut based financial management services
company dedicated to sourcing, managing and harvesting
investment opportunities in the private equity marketplace.
With a deliberate focus on management, distribution,
product acceptance and organic growth opportunities,
EFP venture professionals work closely with their
portfolio companies.
INVESTMENT FOCUS
Industries
EFP has an opportunistic appetite for investments
and consequently sources prospective portfolio
companies in numerous industries, including but
not exclusively, energy and transportation, information
technologies, telecommunications, entertainment
and hospitality, consumer goods and financial
services.
Stages
EFP will review opportunities in various stages
of development although seed and early stage businesses
are pursued more aggressively since EFP's venture
managers wish to work closely with their portfolio
companies during their early development stages.
Geographic Preference
EFP prefers to partner with portfolio companies
that are within close proximity to their offices
due to the amount of time spent with the management
teams and the requisite traveling. EFP will consider
investments that are further away when due diligence
shows proximity to be less of an issue for such
opportunities.
Size of commitment
US$50,000 - US$500,000 per tranche.
Portfolio Overview
Rheingold Brewing Company, Inc.
(
www.rheingoldbeer.com
)
The company commenced operations in 1998
after securing a renewable 99 year license to brew
and market Rheingold Beer from the Stroh Brewing
Company, a subsidiary of the Pabst Brewing Company,
Inc. Rheingold’s primary mission is to reintroduce a
one time dominant brand of beer to the New York City
Tri-state area and capitalize on the inherent
historical good will associated with the brand while
developing a fierce new loyalty amongst a targeted
market of independent creative types that choose to
call New York their home. The flagship beer has been
updated in both design looks and taste to
accommodate today’s consumer. The roll out of the
product has taken place primarily in the bars and
clubs of Manhattan’s Lower East Side and East
Village, Brooklyn’s Williamsburg and Cobble Hill and
Bell Boulevard, Queens. The company currently
utilizes FX Matt Brewing Co. of Utica, New York to
exclusively brew Rheingold Beer. Manhattan Beer
Distributors, one of the nation’s largest beverage
distribution operations, has been charged with
helping the company get Rheingold into the roughly
20,000 on and off premise accounts that it covers.
Eureka Networks
(
www.eurekanetworks.net
)
The company, until recently known as EurekaGGN, was
created through the merger of Eureka Broadband and
Gillette Global Networks in June of 2001. Today,
Eureka Networks is regional CLEC offering business
enterprises voice services, high-speed Internet
connectivity, data lines and a variety of related
network services in New York City, Los Angeles, and
Washington, DC. Since the company evolved as a
building centric provider, Eureka Networks owns and
operates a network infrastructure in over 750
buildings throughout the aforementioned cities. This
ownership enables the company to offer customers one
stop shopping for all their communication needs. It
also allows them to turn on service in a matter of
days and manage their client’s needs in a manner
unparalleled by the older, public providers. Unlike
other companies, both public and private, in the
telecommunications sector, Eureka Networks hasn’t
and doesn’t carry any significant debt burden. Its
growth as a company has come through both strategic
acquisitions and organically. Today Eureka Networks
employs around 140 employees and generates
approximately $35 million in annual revenues. While
continuing to secure its spot as the premier
provider of total communication services to small
and midsize businesses, the company’s sales force
has also begun to experience success in selling to
and servicing large institutions as clients.
Themis Group, Inc.
(
www.themis-group.com
)
The company is an international provider of
consultancy and support services to developers and
publishers of Massive Multiplayer On-line Role
Playing Games (MMORPGs) and related businesses
within the interactive entertainment community. Led
by one of the most experienced teams in the
industry, Themis Group established itself to counsel
on all aspects of customer service including in-game
story and event development, as well as out-of-game
community building tailored to directly meet the
needs and desires of the clients’ role playing
customers. An industry pioneer, Themis Group is the
first interactive gaming company to focus on player
retention and improving client cash-flows through
focusing on MMORPG support services. The company
understood early on the direct correlation between
entertainment, socialization, continuity and
profits. By handling the complexities of on-line
operations, Themis Group allows clients to maintain
their focus on developing and publishing top games,
while they enjoy the higher retention rates and
customer loyalty that Themis Group’s services
provide.
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