Primus

Primus is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital, recapitalization, leveraged, non-leveraged, and management buyout transactions. The firm also participates in add-on acquisitions for its portfolio companies. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the business services, healthcare, for-profit education, and communications sectors. The firm invests across the United States with an emphasis on the Midwest, East Coast, Great Lakes, and Southeast regions. It typically invests between $10 million and $25 million per transaction and can lead transactions valued at maximum of $50 million to acquire controlling and minority stakes. The firm invests in companies with minimum revenues of $10 million and a minimum EBITDA of $2 million. It acts as a lead or a co-lead investor and prefers to have a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm generally holds its investments for a period of three to five years. Primus was founded in 1983 by Mr. Loyal W. Wilson and is based in Cleveland, Ohio.