Stone Canyon Venture Partners, LP is licensed by the Small Business Administration as an equity-based Small Business Investment Corporation. The Company invests in small and medium-sized businesses in the western United States, primarily in California. With a fund size of $80 million, Stone Canyon typically invests $4 to $6 million over the life of an investment. Stone Canyon’s intent is to build long-term relationships with entrepreneurial manager/owners and to create substantial investment value over time.

The Fund is experienced in structuring its investment and in assisting a portfolio company to evolve to its next strategic transaction. While Stone Canyon provides significant board-level assistance and oversight, the Fund leaves day-to-day operational decisions to management. The goal is to achieve a return on invested capital in partnership with management.

Stone Canyon focuses on the industries in which its principals have considerable experience: consumer (products, retailing, restaurants), media and entertainment, energy and medical businesses. Key characteristics of a prospective portfolio company include:

• A strong product or service;
• A scalable business with significant growth opportunities;
• Smart, capable, and experienced management;
• A protected market position;
• Sustainable margins and predictable cash flow;
• A sizeable management stake in the company.

A portfolio company’s use of proceeds is usually for expansion purposes including recapitalization, acquisitions, working capital, plant expansion or product launch, among others. Stone Canyon will also review investment opportunities with predictable pro-forma profitability as the result of the proposed financing.

Stone Canyon offers investment capital, financial relationships, creative deal-structuring, operational experience and a comprehensive list of industry contacts. The Principals in Stone Canyon Venture Partners have an aggregate of over 100 years of experience in developing successful businesses.