Versant Ventures

ShoreView is a lower middle market private equity firm based in Minneapolis, MN, with a proven 23-year track record of partnering with family and entrepreneur-owned businesses to foster long-term stable growth. With $1.8 billion in committed capital, the firm has completed 45 platform investments and over 100 add-on acquisitions. Focused on value-added distribution and niche manufacturing, ShoreView supports its portfolio companies through strategic investments and infrastructure enhancements. Their collaborative and transparent approach has earned them a reputation as seasoned partners in the private equity landscape. Generated from the website

Founded in 2000, Norwest Mezzanine Partners (NMP) is an investment company that provides junior capital and related services to middle market companies. The company operates as an investment partnership with an affiliated private equity investment vehicle through Norwest Equity Partners. Norwest Mezzanine Partners (NMP) is associated with Wells Fargo & Co., its major limited partner. It invests up to $50 million of junior capital to support transactions initiated by private equity sponsors. Norwest Mezzanine Partners (NMP) is associated with some of the leading private equity firms around the world including Becker Underwood, Avtron Manufacturing, Coastal QSR Holdings, Teraco, UMA Enterprises and Liberty Dialysis.

Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Geraty Investments was founded in 2006 by David Geraty and is committed to becoming a leading advisory and investment management firm focused on the Restaurant and Specialty Food Retailing Industries. The firm leverages more than twenty years of prior service providing research, as well as strategic and financial advice and traditional investment banking services, for many of today's most exciting growth companies. Geraty Investments' combination of in-depth industry, company and capital markets knowledge, and an extensive network of senior industry leaders, uniquely positions the firm to be the advisor and investment manager of choice for founders, managers, board members and institutional investors looking to build and invest in the industry's most successful companies. Guided by a mission of service and a strong values-based corporate culture, our clients can be assured of working with a trusted advisor committed to partnering with them to build concepts and companies that will endure and prosper for years to come and that benefit all stakeholders including management, employees, shareholders and the communities they serve. The dedicated professionals at Geraty Investments look forward to serving you and your Company. Securities offered through Burch & Company, Inc, member. 4151 N Mulberry Drive, MO 64116 Kansas City Suite 235 (816) 842-4660.