Minority Growth Equity Partner to Deleverage, Eliminate Personal Guarantees, and Fund Growth

April 28, 2025
by an investor from University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School in New York, NY, USA
We've connected with several searchers who have successfully acquired their platform companies, and are now looking for an experienced equity investor to
- fund additional add-on acquisitions and accelerate growth
- deleverage and / or refinance debt to get out from under personal guarantees
- provide strategic guidance and bring more value-add to the table beyond money
However, many of these searchers have been unable to find an investor that checks these boxes, but is also willing to deviate from the traditional private equity / buyout shop playbook playbook by
- investing for a minority ownership stake
- allowing management to retain day-to-day autonomy
- writing modest checks / offering creative structures to minimize dilution
Argentum is a value-added minority growth equity firm that has filled this underserved need for over 35 years and across over 100 platform investments. We are one of the few equity-oriented SBICs, and have been named to Inc's list of Top Founder Friendly Investors for multiple years and are a recipient of the US SBA's SBIC of the Year award.
If you are a US-based business services, tech-enabled services, and B2B software company, that is generating $5M to $50M in revenues, and could benefit from a $5M to $15M value-added minority investment to pursue add-on acquisitions, accelerate growth, or deleverage / derisk, please feel free to reach out. We'd welcome the chance to explore if we can be potentially helpful for your efforts pre or post search.