• As a private equity investor, MERK Capital’s acquisition philosophy is based on buying good businesses and transforming them into great companies.
• Intelligent buying and seamless integrating are distinctive competencies of MERK Capital that distinguish us from other private equity firms. We believe in a disciplined investment process, beginning with comprehensive, operationally-intensive due diligence processes that result in rational purchase prices and capital structures, and effective and efficient integrations. We consider the creation of fully executable, 100 day post-acquisition integration plans as integral to our execution of best-in-class pre-acquisition due diligence.
• MERK Capital facilitates partnering relationships between the companies we invest in, their key customers and critical suppliers, as well as their financiers and co-equity investors (a concept we call “enterprise co-creation”) to achieve profound, sustainable performance investment results. We believe in executing best-practices based on people, information, processes and rigorous continuous improvement. Our post-acquisition business transformation model (“operational excellence and velocity as a growth strategy”) enables companies partnered with us to predictably realize high revenue growth, optimized EBITDA and free cash flow profitability, seamless add-on acquisitions, and ultimately – outsized exit valuations.
• MERK Capital provides PEG, Family Offices with that opportunity to co-invest with us and create that value in those companies that ultimately drive value for the investor group as a whole.