What We Do

STRATEGIC PLANNING   |   BUY AND SELL SIDE ADVISORY

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS   |   MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

CAPITAL FORMATION   |   BOARD INVOLVEMENT  |  ANGEL INVESTING

We provide a wide variety of consulting services for companies looking to grow and become more profitable. We also assist private equity, venture capital, and angel investors looking to improve returns.

We help companies grow and become more profitable through:

  • Creating or improving strategic plans
  • Developing or honing business cases for raising capital
  • Coaching the owner through a business sale process
  • Creating sales growth and “go-to-market” planning and strategies
  • Developing and implementing an acquisition program
  • Analyzing, planning, and implementing services for new cost reduction and operations efficiency initiatives
  • Prioritizing and improving existing projects and initiatives
  • Introducing metrics and measurements into the organization
  • Bringing discipline and accountability to financial functions
  • Mentoring the management team
  • Becoming trusted advisors


We assist private equity, venture capital, and angel investors increase returns by:

  • Creating and improving investment strategies in industries for which we have extensive management experience: transportation, environmental, and professional services.
  • Offering complete investment and acquisition services including:
    • Finding investment and acquisition candidates
    • Nurturing relationships with potential investment and acquisition candidates
    • Performing initial investigation and due diligence services
    • Developing and implementing transition and integration plans
  • Providing management consulting services to improve existing investments and portfolio companies
  • Managing portfolio companies on a short-term basis
  • Becoming trusted advisors
  • Clients / Partners / Investments

    Our Trusted Clients / Partners / Investments:

    Veolia Environmental Services

    Mahoney Environmental

    Menasha Packaging

    RexCon

    CIC+

    LKQ Corp.

    Lumec Control Products

    PV Power

    LynxIT

    reGenerate

    Clean Energy Trust

    Travel Express

    Beavers Holdings

    Dover Industries

    Strategic Materials

    Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center

    The Novo Group

    Cardinal Growth

    The CWI Group

    Waste Management

    Cornerstone Angels – Chicago

    Hub International

    Chicago Growth Partners

    Buntrock & Associates

    Navigation Capital Partners

    Sparkfactor

    Silicon Pastures Angels – Milwaukee

    Veolia Transportation