Graue Mill Partners, LLC ("GMP") is a private equity firm which assists owner-operators of middle-market businesses plan and fund investments in their companies. We focus on companies which are facing changing circumstances due to divergent shareholder interests, operational and/or financial constraints, or strategic challenges requiring incremental human and/or financial resources.  GMP forms close partnerships with these owner-operators to help develop strategy, build management teams, execute business plans and establish the proper capital structure for both internal and acquisition related growth. Our style is highly participatory and results oriented, focused on the development and successful implementation of company-specific strategic plans to achieve optimal growth and value creation.

GMP is a partnership of seasoned operating and investment executives who have built successful businesses and generated significant financial returns in a number of industry sectors. Areas of common focus for GMP and its owner-operator partners include supplementing the management structure -- often with GMP partners for interim periods, leading the strategic development process (including acquisitions) -- and reviewing actively individual business models and relevant industry dynamics to ensure proper positioning of portfolio companies for profitable growth and value enhancement. Importantly, GMP brings the necessary relationships and wherewithal to secure the proper capital resources for its portfolio companies, ensuring that business and investment strategies can be executed as planned.

Through its Advisory Board, which is comprised of a select group of accomplished, committed business leaders, GMP leverages its ability to originate, create and manage attractive investments in privately held businesses. The advisory board actively assists the firm in sourcing and evaluating prospective investments.

What we ARE:

• A unique combination of proven owner/operators, financial advisors and investors, employing "hands on" leadership, considerable transaction experience and private equity capital to increase and realize shareholder value.
• Partners with management (and a source of management when required) to address changing stakeholder interests and/or operating challenges.
• Co-investors with management in every business investment.

What we are NOT:

• A traditional advisory firm without capital and motivated strictly by fees.
• A traditional private equity firm with rigid investment parameters.