Future Standard
PE/Buy-Out · Philadelphia (United States)
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Future Standard is a venture capital and private equity firm and a fixed income firm specializing in direct and LP-led and primary, GP-led secondary investments, investing in other funds and is a feeder fund, mezzanine. Within direct investments, it specializes in middle market, growth capital, recapitalization, buyout, traditional, loan, mezzanine, special situations and add-on acquisitions, expansion, and small to mid-market, buyout investments. It does not intend to invest to any significant degree in start-up companies and companies with speculative business plans. The firm is industry-agnostic and seeks to invest in various sectors such as manufacturing, communication services, information technology, consumer services, energy, capital goods, financial services, consumer finance, software and services, telecommunication services, consumer durables and apparel, consumer electronics, home furnishings, homebuilding, household appliances, housewares and specialties, leisure products, textiles, apparel and luxury goods, hotels, restaurants and leisure, diversified financials, materials, automobiles and components, commercial and professional services, media and entertainment, technology hardware and equipment, health care equipment and services, healthcare technology, insurance, retailing, transportation, semiconductor materials and equipment, semiconductors, electric power generation by fossil fuels and by nuclear fuels, hydroelectric power generation, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and life sciences, food and staples retailing, food, beverage, and tobacco, household and personal products, mortgage real estate investment trusts, and utilities. It prefers to invest in private companies in the United States and Asia with a focus on mainly Australia, China, India, and Japan. It seeks to invest between $25 million and $75 million in companies with annual revenues of approximately $10 million to $2500 million and with an EDITDA between $50 million and $100 million at the time of investment. The firm purchases interests in loans through secondary market transactions in the “over the counter” market for institutional loans or directly from the target companies. It may also purchase minority interests in the form of common or preferred equity in our target companies, either in conjunction with one of the debt investments or through a co-investment with a financial sponsor, such as an institutional investor or private equity firm. The firm may also make follow-on investments if necessary. It prefers to take a majority stake. The firm may have board representation or board observation rights in its portfolio companies. The firm manages business development companies. It also launches private closed ended funds and invests in the alternative investment markets. The firm seeks to invest in floating rate senior secured loans, subordinated debt and selected equity, first lien or second lien secured loans, debt investments, such as warrants or options as additional consideration, collateralized securities, corporate bonds, unsecured loans, CLOs, and other debt securities in middle-market companies. Future Standard was founded in 2007 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with additional offices across Asia, North America and Europe.
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