4th Floor Equity Group, Ltd

4th Floor Investments, founded on March 18th 2002, is a privately held holding company of diverse middle market business-to-business manufacturing, value-added warehousing & supply chain distribution and niche companies. The Chicagoland firm owns or manages a portfolio of investments, providing a risk-managed approach to capital appreciation and income-producing strategies. Services provided include P.E. sourcing/investment, intermediary, board level, executive and business consulting solutions. In addition to managing member companies toward growth and sustainability, 4th Floor Investments targets leveraged mergers and acquisitions of lower-middle market opportunities. • M&A:(1/17-present) M&A Intermediary & Advisory to Kreshmore Group℠, Jorie Blvd Investments & South Branch Capital Partners; Focus: Manufacturing, T&L, Foodservice VAWD/SC. • M&A:(1/17-present) SammyGear™, an illustration apparel firm. • M&A:(11/06-1/17) Spearheaded intermediary activities of national $190 mil ('08) Foodservice Value-Added Warehousing & Redistribution co, CDC, LLC Annual revenues >$500 mil ('19). During the 8-year investment, company's dividends grew at a CAGR of 11.7%. 4th Floor Investments was instrumental as an active investor and helped the company grow and improve profitability. CDC was 4th Floor Investments’ largest portfolio investment to date; CDC yielded a 20-fold return upon exit. CDC was acquired by Lineage Logistics, LLC on August 16th, 2016. • M&A:('05-'17) Terra Shore Properties, a Real Estate co. • M&A: Start-up ('05-'06) Liberty Sports, a national Sports Training Services co, for LifeTime Fitness. • M&A: Spearheaded acquisition ('04-'07) of national Gourmet Gift Food Wholesaler: Imperial Foods. • M&A: Start-up ('03-'05) multi-patented Medical Device Manufacturing startup firms, NanoBlade and IntraTherm. • M&A: Start-up ('02-'07) first subsidiary, SmalTec International, a Micro-Technology firm.