For Investors

When investors partner with our firm, they trust us to invest their money intelligently, prudently and profitably, with a proven and clearly defined strategy. Goldner Hawn's investment strategy has resulted in a 18-year track record of excellent realizations, returning over two times the original capital invested and an internal rate of return of 24%.

We invest in established companies with a track record of solid performance and proven management teams. Our investments target middle market, Midwest-based businesses in spotlight industries which represent our investment team's expertise: Food and Restaurants, Consumer Products and Retail, Transportation and Logistics, Precision Manufacturing, Healthcare and Outsourced Business Services.

We exercise a patient, longer-term hold period, ranging between three and seven years to maximize business performance and deliver a higher dollar-over-dollar return for our investors. Our investment can take the form of majority equity investments, participating in management buy-outs, recapitalizations, and on occasion minority equity investments. In every case, we enter into the transaction with a well-defined exit plan that includes a fully articulated investment thesis, value creation monitoring and targeted incremental returns on equity analysis.

Goldner Hawn focuses on making equity and equity-related investments of $15 million to $50 million in transactions, with overall company enterprise values ranging from $100 million to $300 million. Over the past 18 years, we, along with co-investors, have invested approximately $606 million in 27 platform portfolio companies. Marathon Fund Limited Partnership V represents the fifth pool of capital raised and managed by Goldner Hawn since 1989.