Our investment strategy is focused on those special opportunities that can benefit most from Tanglewood's operating experience and company-building philosophies. These opportunities will include:

• Purchasing successful companies from outstanding entrepreneurs and their families who seek a smooth transition to a like-minded owner who will provide sustained growth for the company's managers, employees and customers.

• Acquiring corporate subsidiaries and joining with existing management to shape a successful, stand-alone future.

• Joining with successful entrepreneurs to provide expansion capital for internal growth and strategic acquisitions and to help with corporate positioning prior to a public offering or sale.

• Assisting undercapitalized or under-managed companies reach their full business potential through investment and professional team building.

A key factor in Tanglewood's investment strategy is a strong preference for management to have meaningful equity ownership.  Through first-hand experience, Tanglewood's principals understand the critical importance to our ultimate investment success for management and investors to have parallel economic interests.