Garnett & Helfrich Capital, The Venture Buyout Firm™ was founded on the principle that world-class management is the key to success in any business and that our investments will thrive if the right team is put into place as part of our involvement.
In many cases, we are willing to back existing management in the financing of a management buyout of their business from the parent company. We are looking for entrepreneurial leadership that wants to operate their business in a freestanding manner with all the benefits and rewards of management ownership and operational control. We are experienced and seasoned operating executives who can provide tangible value to your efforts in building your business in the future.
Over the last decade, many great technology businesses have been acquired by larger players and for many reasons have floundered within the parent organization. The original founders and management of the business still have the vision and entrepreneurial spirit to operate the business and would like to buy back their “baby”. We are very keen to support these situations and would welcome working with you to make this happen.
Lastly, Garnett & Helfrich is looking for a “few good men and women” to identify and run the businesses that we acquire. Our CEO-in-residence program is targeted at proven executive talent that wants to be part of our in-house team looking for great investment opportunities, involved in the due diligence process prior to our investment and ultimately running the show as the full-time CEO of the business.
Vikram Mehta, previously a CEO-in-residence at Garnett & Helfrich Capital has assumed the CEO position at BLADE Network Technologies. He co-founded Nortel’s Blade Server Business Unit. Under his leadership it became the industry’s #1 provider of ethernet, IP, and application switches for blade server systems.