We know where we stand.
We think you should, too.
Business Owners
Above all else, business owners can expect to work with a financial partner with 100% alignment of interests and a long-term, patient orientation to growing and building a market-leading business. Furthermore, business owners should expect the business will continue in its current state, with a continuity of the market-leading reputation and soundness that made it successful thus far.
Additionally, business owners should anticipate an efficient, reliable closing consistent with our track record of completing transactions in less than 45 days.
Management Teams
Management teams should expect to partner with a firm that believes strong management is the single most important factor in determining our collective, ultimate success. As such, Keystone incentivizes key management members with equity as an important ingredient for success.
You should also know we believe existing management possesses inherent knowledge that is difficult – if not impossible – to replicate. Never in our history have we invested in a company with the intention to replace management. This is a strategy which we simply do not believe in. When we partner with a company, we have a high degree of confidence in existing management to build a long-term market leader.
Intermediaries
Keystone’s reputation is our most significant asset, and we pride ourselves on delivering what we commit to. Intermediaries should expect to dialogue with a firm whose certainty of closing is second to none due to our nimble structure and long-term relationships with financing/outside service providers. Intermediaries can also count on an efficient and timely closing – Keystone has a track record of closing transactions within a 45-day timeframe.
Lenders And Financial Partners
Lenders and financial partners should expect a financial partner whose commitment of personal capital means that we will stick with our companies through good times and bad. We have “skin in the game” in each investment, and we work tirelessly to support our investments with operational support, strategic direction and additional equity capital where it is merited.
“KEYSTONE WAS MORE THAN JUST A FINANCIAL PARTNER – THEY ARE LONG TERM PARTNERS, BOTH OPERATIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY, IN HELPING BUILD OUR BUSINESS. EVEN DURING THE TOUGH ECONOMIC PERIODS KEYSTONE WAS OUR BEST CHEERLEADER. THEY TRULY WERE THE BEST PARTNERS FOR OUR BUSINESS.”
- GARY NELSON, PRESIDENT, POLYMICRO
