https://www.cloudstreet.llc/contact daily 0.75 2022-07-12 https://www.cloudstreet.llc/cloudstreet-partners daily 1.0 2021-06-14 https://www.cloudstreet.llc/referral-form daily 0.75 2021-01-08 https://www.cloudstreet.llc/investors daily 0.75 2021-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623445701192-Q3EO87M4ZBCHP1CMS6XP/next+coast+ventures.jpg Investors Next Coast Venture’s mission is to support the best entrepreneurs in the world as they build disruptive businesses. Their partners know firsthand that “being an entrepreneur is really difficult — one of the most challenging jobs there is — but also one of the most rewarding.” And therefore, Next Coast’s value system is built around helping their entrepreneurs in any way they can; and they do so by drawing on their firm’s collective experiences to support entrepreneurs who want to solve big problems. The extended team at Next Coast Ventures has a track record of raising over $7 billion in capital and created exit values of over $30 billion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623780113718-NDUQ8BGZF21FJS3ZO8V1/Miramar2.jpg Investors Miramar is a Dallas-based single family office who partners with entrepreneurs and executives across both platform and search fund opportunities. Their portfolio companies span many industries, from software to business services to marinas, but they share common characteristics of recurring revenue, tailwinds for growth, attractive returns on capital, and, above all, great leadership. With committed capital from Miramar Holdings and without the typical constraints of a traditional private equity fund, Miramar Equity Partners has the ability to provide flexible capital for liquidity or growth along with a long-term approach to building and growing businesses in partnership with its founders and management. Miramar has the ability to plug equity gaps as high as $25mm+. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623448493014-8B5EFEKKE6WY3VX3PVK7/KH2.png Investors - Founded in 2003, Kinderhook Partners, LLC, makes long-term investments in public and private companies. They manage a concentrated portfolio of long-term investments in public and private companies that have both the potential to grow substantially in value and where management’s interests are closely aligned with shareholders. Kinderhook considers investment opportunities in a variety of industries, focusing on companies that have the potential for attractive margins and a high and sustainable return on equity. They perform extensive due diligence on all prospective public and private investments. Occasionally they draw on their many collective years of experience serving on public and private company boards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623447478698-EJPVHHQEYECX1JZZHYEK/SFP2.png Investors Search Fund Partners have built on the proven success of the Search Fund model, where entrepreneurs are funded to unearth, acquire and manage a profitable micro-cap company. SFP’s focus is on well-managed companies with a history of profits and significant growth potential. Often, company founders are looking to transition their business to a new generation of leaders who will work to grow the business, maintain customer relationships and employees, while also improving the value of the business. These have been very attractive opportunities for Search Fund Partner’s team of entrepreneurs. The SFP team has over 40 years of management and investment experience in a wide spectrum of industries, as well as in every phase of business, including start-up management and venture capital fund-raising, experience on both sides of corporate M&A, high level executive management, real estate syndication and small business management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623451274500-T1OCP3EBXV3HX9027P4P/futa.png Investors - Futaleufu has partnered with searchers to invest in great companies across a wide range of industries and business models. They are industry agnostic, and look for typical “search fund deal” characteristics such as recurring revenue, multiple avenues for growth, and industry growth tailwinds. They have found these characteristics in businesses as different as point-of-sale software and portable toilet rentals. Susan Pohlmeyer from Futaleufu is passionate about supporting the search fund model and is an avid supporter of driven entrepreneurs to find and acquire meaningful businesses. She joined forces with David Dodson to invest in search funds because she wanted to learn from the best in the business (her words, not his). David Dodson represents the legacy of the search fund industry. In the last 30 years, he has invested in over 200 search funds. In addition to teaching at Stanford University, David invests significant time mentoring, coaching and offering his support to Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition. According to David, “After business school I went to work for my mentor, Irv Grousbeck, and my first assignment was to write the first business school case on search funds. In writing that case, I came to understand that a search fund is about matching a promising entrepreneur with a good company, surrounded by mentorship. I learned you needed all three - and so I’ve never viewed my role as writing a check.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623448082189-RCVNH0ALUO3UW4FBH66V/GP.png Investors - Granite Point (GP) is a middle market equity investor that is growth oriented, flexible, and has a long-term mindset. Over the past 15 years, GP has partnered with entrepreneurs on over 70 investments. Their initial investments range from $500K to $20 million. Granite Point believes that individuals are the key differentiator to success, and they seek to back entrepreneurs who are strong leaders and passionate business builders. GP’s purpose is to become a true partner to their entrepreneurs and support them however they can to achieve their dream and their vision! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623772315607-3ST7ACB23IBNI2AKWFLV/marionequitypartners.jpeg Investors - Marion Equity Partners is a family office which specializes in buyout and growth expansion transactions. It was founded in 2008 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Bill & Mark Egan are General Partners of Marion Equity Partners. Bill Egan founded Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co. in 1979, and has identified and backed several of America’s leading growth companies in the information technology, life sciences, and communications industries. Bill Egan is also past President and Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association, a Trustee of Fairfield University, a Member of the Board of Overseers of The Wharton School and a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Board of CRH plc, and a number of privately held companies. Bill is also an owner of the Boston Celtics professional basketball team. Bill received a degree in Economics from Fairfield University and an MBA from the Wharton School. Prior to Marion, Mark Egan focused on growth equity investments in the technology, healthcare, media and business services industries at Polaris Venture Partners. Mark also has experience with Alta communications where he invested in media and telecommunications sectors. Mark has a degree in Finance from Fairfield University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623778095536-EGZ2XF5VGMITPTU159EL/3THoldings+%282%29.png Investors - 3T Holdings makes minority private investments in search funds and operates a portfolio of businesses in the towing and vehicle storage industries. Troy Porras and Trevor Forbes are partners of 3T Holdings. Troy and Trevor are both experienced searchers, entrepreneurs and investors with over two decades of experience. In addition to managing their business in professional towing services (which is one of the largest in Colorado), Troy and Trevor invest in and support search fund entrepreneurs in finding, financing, operating and growing small businesses. Troy received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his Law degree from Stanford University, and Trevor received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M and an MBA from Dartmouth College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623452264488-EO4PPNSPU8XEXIJ8BGDK/colton.png Investors - Colton Capital Partners, LLC is a family owned investment company based in Houston that acquires and invests in private companies across a variety of industries. They work directly with intermediaries, business owners, industry executives, and independent sponsors to source, invest and help grow businesses. Colton Capital’s investment approach is centered on partnering with experienced and motivated management teams who are looking for equity capital and a trusted business partner. Their support of management teams has enabled companies to grow and they have a proven track record of how they have helped create significant value for their partners, teams, and companies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623458070943-CQPWR96A7T3QYKWF36X7/LS2.png Investors - Liberty Search Ventures is a relationship-focused investment group founded by entrepreneurial investors seeking to partner with operators in searching, acquiring and running truly differentiated businesses with sound fundamentals and unique opportunities for growth. Liberty’s mission is to build high-performing businesses with great partners for long-term economic success. LSV heavily focuses on creating value through partnerships and its management team brings to the equation an extensive managerial experience across a variety of industries and segments for long term value creation. They work with owners & operators to design tailor-made growth strategies for each unique business & vertical. Liberty’s approach is unique in that they invest in small companies utilizing investment structures and terms favorable to entrepreneurs and sellers to differentiate them from larger financial buyers. Liberty targets companies with $0.5-5mm in EBITDA & $2-30mm in revenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623727414081-I7VS7SL3U5HPUBSW59WQ/OPERANDGROUP_PURPLE-02.png Investors - The Operand Group’s founder DNA is in operating businesses, leading high-performing teams, and managing interpersonal relationships in complex workplaces. They support entrepreneurship through acquisition with more than just capital by offering their time and collective wisdom to improve outcomes. Operand has successfully partnered with many of the best and brightest entrepreneurs to find and acquire profitable lower middle market businesses to create value for sellers in transition, aspiring managers and co-investors. Operand has supported over 100 Search Fund entrepreneurs and over 30 acquisitions of lower middle market businesses in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Operand brings capital, operating experience, and deep engagement to the Search Fund Community. https://www.cloudstreet.llc/why-us daily 0.75 2021-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623198228267-IRSVT3A98JEIJ2YNRH7R/Tsunami-cs.jpg Why Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623198199791-XZOUJLT1BDNO5EO9ZJWH/unsplash-image-80x3QULJDN4.jpg Why Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623198168382-KWQ6T9O0NTEWRLUDBDO1/growth1.jpg Why Us https://www.cloudstreet.llc/our-team daily 0.75 2021-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1634218691414-JWKMJID4JHGC5XX5Q21V/CLST%2Bwebsite%2B%25282%2529.jpg Our Team - In 2017, she left behind a rich and familiar corporate career to make a courageous leap from enterprise to entrepreneurship. She immersed into working with SME executives to help them refine strategies, optimize operations, and enhance organizational culture. She also serves (pro bono) in the Stanford University STP program to coach CEO’s in new economies. Sarah has an AMP from Harvard Business School and a Bachelors and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA. Sarah is passionate about simplicity, harmony, and opportunity and believes that effectively leading people and strategically influencing and serving customers are crucial factors for driving a company towards a profitable outcome. She looks forward to acquiring a company with Gideon, where she can continue to serve her life’s purpose and passion for strategy, business growth and people development. Outside of work she loves traveling, arts, archery & spending time with her family & friends, specially her 6 year old nephew Anfal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1634218771988-AFG3F383Q728RF3ULORW/gidyani2.jpg Our Team - Over the past 14 years, Gideon has built digital products, driven operational improvements, invested in niche B2B product companies as a venture capitalist, and led organizational change across a Fortune 500 services organization. Most recently as Director of Special Projects, he generated ideas and executed cross-departmental programs to support senior executives, giving him a top-down view of the ins and outs of various functions, processes and cultures, and most importantly, the daily life and challenges of a CEO. He is now ready to dive into a partnership with Sarah and a network of trusted investors to search for and acquire a profitable company in a niche industry. Gideon holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor of applied science in industrial engineering from the University of Toronto. He is passionate about systems thinking and does not hesitate to apply his analytical and computing skills to assist his teams, friends and family to bring about improvements. Outside of work, Gideon is dad to two young boys, husband to his supportive and encouraging wife, and an amateur musician who has performed seven piano concertos. https://www.cloudstreet.llc/about-us daily 0.75 2021-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1612125111310-KLNT53F54V1C6LTE21O9/DSCN3645.jpg About Us - Though Sarah & Gideon are graduates of Harvard Business School, they met when they joined the HBS Forum Toronto group in 2017. Similar to the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), HBS Forums give alumni the opportunity to forge deep connections through peer-to-peer coaching and leadership workshops held every month in a recurring small-group setting. Their skills are complementary: Sarah is a big-picture strategist and Gideon dives into the nitty-gritty details; Gideon is a bookworm and Sarah prides herself on being relationship & network savvy; Gideon has a knack for finances and Sarah is a risk detection and pivoting magnet. Like yin and yang, they are powerfully complementary and interconnected. Over the past three years, they’ve built a strong friendship and shared many tough and introspective conversations that are essential to forming a successful partnership: theirs is built on a shared vision to lead people and to solve hard problems that matter. Not to mention, they are both engineers and share a very strong bond around technology with a touch of a dry sense of humor topped with a bit of nerdism. Photo: The site of our first HBS Forum retreat in Wellington County, Ontario. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623123570583-Y3SV0NEFWVPGANSER95C/AtlanticOcean.A2016351.1520.1km.jpg About Us - Cloud streets are parallel bands of clouds moving over large bodies of water — much like the transatlantic journeys our lives have taken thus far. We chose the name CloudStreet for our partnership because we share a common background, growing up and working across oceans, countries, languages, and diverse cultures. Our unique life experiences have helped us develop into highly adaptive individuals who can easily work through differences, changes, uncertainties and unknowns. Photo: Cloud streets moving towards Massachusetts. Source: nasa.gov https://www.cloudstreet.llc/refer-a-business daily 0.75 2021-06-11 https://www.cloudstreet.llc/our-investors daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://www.cloudstreet.llc/investors-2_individuals daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1624398621724-MRSMRWS8P510GAW5TIZB/Tom+Cassutt.jpg Individual Investors - Tom Cassutt has mentored 100’s of entrepreneurs and invested in more than 160 companies, primarily focused on search funds, and is CFO of American Security Products, a leading manufacturer of high-security safes. From 1984 to 2011, Tom was Co-President of Nelson Nameplate Company, a manufacturer of membrane switches and product identification based in Los Angeles, California. Prior to joining Nelson, Tom was the Controller of Bristol Corporation, the parent company of ten manufacturing companies, from 1978-1984. He has served on the boards of American Security Products, Columbia Sanitary Products, Dynamic Growth Dental, EZ Shipper Racks, Nelson Nameplate Company, Nutrishare, SafeLogic, Scottish American Insurance Services, and Positive Coaching Alliance. Tom received his bachelor’s degree in Physics in 1982 from the University of California, Irvine, where he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate. He also received an MBA in 1986 from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller scholar and the recipient of the Alexander A. Robichek Award, given to the top student each year in finance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1625067322478-VEVNAQC0FO1V0Q883SUM/David+Lazier+Color+Photo.JPG Individual Investors - David Lazier has been mentoring entrepreneurs through acquisition for the last three decades and has made more than 160 investments in search funds. He previously served as CEO of American Security Products, a leading manufacturer of high-security safes. From 1984 to 2011, David served as Controller, Vice President of Sales and then Co-President of Nelson Nameplate Company, a manufacturer of membrane switches and product identification based in Los Angeles, California. From 1982 to 1984, he worked as an engineer for IBM Corporation. David currently sits on the boards of American Security Products, Columbia Sanitary Products, Gogotech, DSD Partners and PalCare. He has previously served as the Secretary of the Glendale Memorial Hospital Foundation and as the Treasurer of the San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity. For the past 25 years, he has served as the Treasurer of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Glendale. David received his bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623458800428-C5C57AOPIL879RQSJHDP/geo.jpg Individual Investors - George Jankovic is a serial entrepreneur who grew NutriSystem, Inc. to more than $600 million in revenue from only $27 million, pre-tax profits to over $100 million, and market capitalization to $2.5 billion from $18 million. He was also one of the earliest internet entrepreneurs, founding and growing RF Globalnet to one of the most successful B2B websites in the mid-to-late 1990s, and was an executive with VerticalNet, helping it have one of the top ten IPOs of all time. George’s third venture was a partnered search fund. Today he is an active investor in over 50 Search Funds and private company buyouts worldwide, helping entrepreneurs realize their dreams. George has a bachelors and a masters degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Belgrade and University of Colorado respectively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623455672628-27XNQXDG5KJU6N0SF40A/sidney.jpg Individual Investors - Sidney Sommer is the most unique of all our investors in that he has sold his company to a Search Fund and today spends extensive time supporting its continued growth. He has also appeared in numerous publications - The Globe and Mail, Forbes, Canadian Business, etc. In 2003 Sidney founded UCIT Online Security as an innovative idea that has since developed into the largest and most experienced live video monitoring company in Canada and the USA. Sidney’s innovative business idea earned him the BDC’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the province of Ontario, Canada in 2008. Under his leadership UCIT has been ranked in Profit Magazine’s list of fastest growing companies for the past 10 consecutive years. In 2019 UCIT changed their name to Stealth Monitoring. Today Stealth is a dominant force in Manufacturing, Industrial, Commercial, Property Management and Construction Security with over 1000 employees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623725969884-5LOLR22S0M8H9I8FGBMM/hal.jpg Individual Investors - Harold Mottet lives by his passion to help others achieve success in their careers and lives. As he enters the 'fourth quarter' of his career, using his time, resources, and skills to help others reach their goals has become more meaningful than any personal goals that he has accomplished across his very successful career. As a Board Member, Hal’s goals are to help CEO's and business leaders fulfill their personal potential, and in so doing, fulfill the potential of their team and company. He comes with a strong operational background. During his long and successful career across several businesses, Hal has broken through barriers and employed developmentally disabled adults in jobs that could be considered too challenging. The results were amazing and he identifies it as a "win-win-win-win" situation for all parties involved. Hal is a graduate of the Stanford University GSB class of 1986. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623454508558-511GP9KILHTH0NUL8XBR/shak.jpg Individual Investors Shakeeb Alam is an investor and financial services entrepreneur with nearly 25 years of investing and business experience. Over the course of his career, he has invested in and supported hundreds of exceptional business leaders, as they built world-class enterprises in every sector of the economy. In addition to his investing background, Shakeeb is an operating executive responsible for leading his firm, East Bridge Capital. Beyond his business activities, Shakeeb is also deeply engaged in his community. He serves on numerous Boards, support scholars and research at University of Illinois, Harvard and Northwestern, and mentors many rising civic leaders. Shakeeb has an MBA from Harvard Business School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f80c887cafa5d09a1a4eaef/1623456244562-0V17L719OTS4I0LBEWTC/nick.jpg Individual Investors - Nick Eastman has experienced creating things that didn't start with a clear path and that which can take years to complete. An entrepreneur to his core, he acquired a business, ran it for years and then successfully assisted a team of employees to acquire it from him. Today, he is excitedly working on his next adventure - supporting search fund entrepreneurs, specially minorities. Nick loves taking ideas to creation and has spent years developing this skill. He values self reflection and life long learning. He has a strong sense of self, his place in the world and how he can be of value. He is committed to helping those he works with succeed. He isn’t afraid to run towards hard problems in areas he hasn’t yet worked.