By pursuing small companies, Craton can utilize its experience in maximizing the ultimate investment value. Craton pursues the smaller companies at a stage where the investment value accelerates as the companies grow successfully. The Partners are experts in assessing risks for such small companies and advising them on avoiding the pitfalls. Above all, we are experts at planning and fulfilling the capital needs of these growing companies. The characteristics of the companies which we pursue are:

  • Total enterprise value of less than $50 million
  • Revenue generation
  • Management expectations exceed resources
  • Transformational change imminent
  • High demand for growth capital but limited access