Clinkenbeard & Associates, Inc., located in Rockford, IL, is a leader in the rapid prototyping and production of complex cast and machined parts for the aerospace, heavy truck, industrial, power generation, and agriculture markets. Clinkenbeard produces part quantities that range from a single unit to low volume production.

Investment Date
April 2012

Investment Type
Acquisition Capital

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daVinci Dental Studios, Inc., located in West Hills, CA, is one of the largest and best-known high end aesthetic dental labs in the U.S. and provides dentists with an array of customized solutions including veneers, implants, crowns, bridges, dentures, and more.

Investment Date
February 2012

Investment Type
Acquisition Capital

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Custom Profile, headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI, is a leading designer and manufacturer of plastic profile extruded products for the appliance, office furniture, and point-of-purchase end markets. The company is a top supplier to many of the customers it serves.

Investment Date
April 2011

Investment Type
Acquisition Capital

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IntelePeer, located in San Mateo, CA, is a leading provider of on-demand, cloud based communications services to service providers and enterprises. Utilizing a proprietary Communications-as-a-Service platform, IntelePeer’s customers can deliver multimodal communications services including voice, unified communications, video and other rich-media applications to communications devices with reduced costs and improved quality compared to current alternatives.

Investment Date
May 2012

Investment Type
Lease Financing

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Rolloffs Hawaii, located in Honolulu, HI, is a leading provider of comprehensive waste services to Oahu, including commercial and industrial front loader routes, roll off collection and disposal, residential side loader routes, and recycling services.

Investment Date
June 2012

Investment Type
Recapitalization

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After Six, Inc. is headquartered in Athens, Georgia, and is and has been a leading designer and manufacturer of men's formalwear for over 100 years.

Investment Date
February 2008

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

Investment Exit
December 2011

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Energy Recovery Products, headquartered in Moorpark, CA, is a leading designer and manufacturer of AC/DC power supplies for numerous commercial end markets including LED lighting, home electronics, industrial, and medical products.

Investment Date
January 2012

Investment Type
Growth capital

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Midwest Supplies, located in Minneapolis, MN, is the largest provider of homebrewing and winemaking supplies in the U.S.

Investment Date
December 2010

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

Investment Exit
March 2013, through a sale of the company.

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Best Security Industries, located in Delray Beach, FL, is a leading North American manufacturer and distributor of compatible and pre-owned electronic article surveillance (“EAS”) tags, labels, and systems that retailers install to prevent shoplifting.

Investment Date
August 2010

Investment Type
Recapitalization

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AMSI, located in Gardena, California, manufactures rolled and stretch formed metal components such as wing panels and fuselages, sections for aircraft, fuel tanks for space booster rockets, and helicopter hub and rotor assemblies for the aircraft and aerospace industries.

Investment Date
May 2005

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

Investment Exit
September 2012, through a sale of the company

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Staging Concepts, LLC, located in Minneapolis, MN, is a designer, manufacturer, and installer of staging solutions, stadium fixtures, portable stages, platforms, railings, and related equipment.

Investment Date
August 2010

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

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Drawer Box Specialties, Inc., located in Orange, California, is a leading manufacturer of custom drawer boxes for use by residential and commercial custom cabinetmakers and small to midsized furniture manufacturers primarily in the Western United States.

Investment Date
January 2005

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

Investment Exit
March 2010, through a recapitalization of the company.

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Ecological Systems, Inc., located in Indianapolis, Indiana, processes non-hazardous wastewater, recovers and recycles used oils for secondary fuels and brokers the disposition of certain hazardous materials. Convergent provided capital for a recapitalization in January of 2005.

Investment Date
January 2005

Investment Type
Recapitalization

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Encore Productions, Inc., located in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the leading provider of audio visual rental equipment and related event production services to the hotel, convention, and exposition venues in the Las Vegas area.

Investment Date
October 2009

Investment Type
Recapitalization

Investment Exit
September 2010, through a sale of the company

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Ecological Systems, Inc. processes non-hazardous wastewater, recovers and recycles used oils for secondary fuels and brokers the disposition of certain hazardous materials.

Investment Date
January 2005

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

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Group360, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, MO, is a full service marketing solutions company that creates and produces promotions, events, visual merchandising, exhibits, packaging, and direct mail for blue chip clients.

Investment Date
August 2008

Investment Type
Recapitalization

Investment Exit
June 2011, through a sale of the company

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Hastings Manufacturing Company, LLC, based in Hastings, Michigan, is a manufacturer of piston rings for automotive and light truck applications serving the automotive aftermarket as well as original equipment manufacturers.

Investment Date
December 2005

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

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Key Health Group, Inc. manages a California based radiology and neurodiagnostic provider network that assists the workers' compensation and personal injury segments of the diagnostic services market.

Investment Date
June 2003 (realized), May 2011

Investment Type
Recapitalization

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Law Enforcement Targets, Inc. headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, designs and distributes all types of shooting targets constructed of paper, cardboard, plastic, steel and rubber.

Investment Date
July 2006

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

Investment Exit
September 2009, through a recapitalization of the company

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Multiband Corporation, located in New Hope, Minnesota, is the largest nationwide DIRECTV master system operator in the Multiple Dwelling Unit market and one of the largest full-service home service providers, handling approximately 20 percent of all DIRECTV's installations, maintenance and upgrades for single-family homes.

Investment Date
March 2000

Investment Type
Growth capital

Investment Exit
March 2013, through a recapitalization of the company.

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Pulse Systems, LLC, located in Concord, California, is a contract manufacturer of medical-devices and components for the rapidly-growing field of minimally-invasive surgery. Components manufactured by Pulse are utilized in the endovascular field (i.e., in connection with catheter-based delivery systems that treat the human body through its network of blood vessels), and also can be used for neurovascular, peripheral, bronchial and reproductive-related devices.

Investment Date
June 2004

Investment Type
Acquisition Capital

Investment Exit
June 2010, through a sale of the company.

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Progressive Rail, Inc. is located in Lakeville, Minnesota, and is a multi-faceted regional short-line railroad providing a host of services which include; trans-loading, warehousing, and managing the nationwide movement of heavy equipment by rail.

Investment Date
January 2005 (realized), July 2011

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

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Quaker Bakery Brands, Inc. is located in Appleton, Wisconsin, and manufactures a wide variety of premium, home style bakery products such as bread, rolls, buns, and pizza crusts. The company's products are sold primarily throughout the upper Midwest.

Investment Date
October 2006

Investment Type
Control acquisition

Investment Exit
March 2012

Qualawash, LLC, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is one of the nation's largest providers of tank cleaning services to the liquid transportation industry.

Investment Date
October 2009

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

Investment Exit
June 2012 through the sale of the company

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Quality Logging, Inc. is located in Midland, Texas, and is a leading provider of hydrocarbon well logging ("mud logging") services to the Texas oil and gas industry.

Investment Date
March 2008

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

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Restaurant Technologies, Inc., located in Eagan, Minnesota, is an industry-leading distributor and service provider, marketing a one-of-a-kind equipment and service program to the restaurant industry focused on bulk cooking oil management.

Investment Date
June 2002

Investment Type
Growth capital

Investment Exit
May 2011, through a sale of the company

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SpeedyPin, LLC is based in El Cajon, California, and is a leading online retailer of international long distance calling cards and e-fulfillment services.

Investment Date
November 2007

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

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Solvair, LLC is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and produces and markets a proprietary, environmentally friendly dry cleaning system.

Investment Date
June 2008

Investment Type
Growth capital

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Staff One, Inc. is a regional "Professional Employer Organization" (PEO), a comprehensive human resource provider servicing small business clients through its offices in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee.

Investment Date
June 2008

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

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R.R. Street & Co. Inc. is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and is the largest marketer and distributor of dry-cleaning process additives, stain removal agents, filtration products, and cleaning solvents used in the U.S. dry-cleaning industry.

Investment Date
June 2008

Investment Type
Growth Capital

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Tulsa Power, Inc., headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a leading manufacturer of standard and customized material spooling equipment used in the handling of wire, cable, hose, pipe, tube, and other flexible materials.

Investment Date
December 2009

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

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Source International is a Louisville, Kentucky, based international supply chain management and outsourcing company with operations in China.

Investment Date
November 2009

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

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United Record Pressing, LLC is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and offers a number of services relating to record production including vinyl record pressing, plating, lacquer mastering, jacket and label printing, packaging, and fulfillment.

Investment Date
July 2007

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

Investment Exit
December 2011, through a recapitalization of the company

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Vermont Composites, Inc., located in Bennington, Vermont, designs, develops and fabricates advanced composite structures for commercial and aerospace markets.

Investment Date
September 2004

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

Investment Exit
November 2011, through a sale of the company

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America’s Power Sports, Inc., located in Allen, Texas, is a leading dealer network for the world’s largest power sports original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”), including Harley-Davidson, Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Polaris and Bombardier.

Investment Date
February 2004

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

Investment Exit
September 2005, through a recapitalization of the company.

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Angus Industries, Inc., located in Watertown, South Dakota, is a multi-product designer, manufacturer and distributor of rollover protective systems, operator stations, cab components and steel fabrications to OEM’s in the agricultural, construction, material handling and truck markets.

Investment Date
February 2004

Investment Type
Recapitalization

Investment Exit
September 2004, through a recapitalization of the company.

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Berryman Henigar, Inc., based in San Diego, California, is a municipal, professional, engineering, service consulting firm predominately serving the public sector.

Investment Type
Growth capital

Investment Exit
February 2004, through a sale of the company.

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Healthy Pet Corp., based in Fairfield, Connecticut, is a leading operator of veterinary hospitals in the eastern United States.

Investment Date
October 2001

Investment Type
Growth Capital

Investment Exit
August 2005, through a sale of the company.

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Hearthstone Assisted Living, Inc., headquartered in Houston, TX, is a growing operator of assisted living communities for older adults.

Investment Date
March 2001

Investment Type
Growth capital

Investment Exit
May 2006, through a recapitalization of the company.

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Keurig, Inc., headquartered in Reading, MA, is the leader in single-cup coffee brewing technology in the U.S. for both home and office. Keurig's innovative single-cup brewing system lets coffee lovers brew perfect coffee, one cup at a time, in less than a minute.

Investment Date
February 2001

Investment Type
Growth capital

Investment Exit
December 2002, through a recapitalization of the company.

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Millennium Digital Media Systems, LLC, based in St. Louis, Missouri, is a single source provider of broadband services, including analog and digital cable television, high-speed Internet access, and other telecommunications services, primarily to residential customers.

Investment Date
October 2002

Investment Type
Lease financing

Investment Exit
December 2004, through a repayment by the company.

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The Miner Group International, headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, is a vertically integrated development manufacturer and marketer of specialty print-based products for children

Investment Date
August 2002

Investment Type
Receivable financing

Investment Exit
December 2003, through a recapitalization of the company.

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Quality Assured Label, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, designs and prints pressure-sensitive labels for the personal care, pharmaceutical and household product industries.

Investment Date
August 2000

Investment Type
Recapitalization and growth capital

Investment Exit
December 2006

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Quality Rail Services, LLC, headquartered in Golden, CO, enables North American railroads to increase productivity and profitability by delivering industry leading fueling, mechanical and support services.

Investment Date
August 2006

Investment Type
Acquisition capital and Growth capital

Investment Exit
December 2008, through a sale of the company.

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RAVE Sports, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, is the global leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of unique recreational water products.

Investment Date
February 2000

Investment Type
Growth capital

Investment Exit
December 2004, through a recapitalization of the company.

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Sensory, Inc. headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, is the leading provider of speech recognition solutions for consumer and embedded applications. It is also the first company to develop a Voice Interface for Bluetooth® headsets.

Investment Date
March 2001

Investment Type
Growth capital

Investment Exit
February 2004, through a repayment by the company.

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WCB Ice Cream, headquartered in Northvale, NJ, is one of the leading designers, assemblers and suppliers of ice cream processing and packaging equipment world-wide

Investment Date
February 2003

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

Investment Exit
May 2005, through a repayment by the company.

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World Commerce Services, LLC, headquartered in Chicago, IL, is a transportation management and consulting firm providing concept-to-completion services for import, export, and domestic freight handling.

Investment Date
September 2003

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

Investment Exit
August 2007, through a sale of the company.

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Wisconsin Cheese Group, Inc., headquartered in Monroe, WI, is a producer, packager, and marketer of a variety of high quality domestic and imported specialty cheese products.

Investment Date
December 2002

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

Investment Exit
December 2004, through a sale of the company.

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Tri Star Protector Service Co., based in Humble, Texas, is the market leader in reclaiming, refurbishing, and reselling thread protectors for down-hole tubing used in on-shore oil and natural gas drilling.

Investment Date
August 2011

Investment Type
Acquisition capital

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