In the Business
of Growing Businesses
From Wisconsin's largest custom countertop fabricator to an award winning processed cheese producer, we take pride in our diverse portfolio of companies. Understanding the unique opportunities and challenges facing lower middle market businesses helps us build distinctive growth strategies for each investment. Learn about our criteria here.
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Gilman Cheese Corporation is a leading developer, manufacturer and private labeler of premium, high-quality, clean label, processed cheeses. The company’s products are as close to natural cheese as a processed cheese can be, but are pasteurized and blended to achieve a product with a longer shelf-life and performance that goes beyond the capabilities of natural cheese. The company is the largest employer in the Village of Gilman, Wisconsin with 180+ employees.
Gilman Cheese Corporation
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Dairyfood USA is a specialty processor of extended shelf-life cheese products including smoked links and loaves, snack wedges, portion-control cups, dips and spreads, cut bars, and non-dairy products. Additionally, it is the largest supplier of smoked Gouda in the United States. Products are sold private label as well as under house brand names such as Glacier Ridge Farms™, Queso de Casa™ and Sonoma Jacks. Customers include retail, foodservice, transportation and airlines, and gift pack suppliers. The company is based in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin.
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Established in 1984, Southeastern Meats is known for quality, service, and value. The company produces and distributes the finest frozen meats, vegetables, sandwiches and bakery products with a portfolio of 130 SKUs. Southeastern Meats’ customers include supermarket and convenience store chains, and specialty stores primarily in the southeastern United States.
Southeastern Meats
K.G. Stevens is Wisconsin’s largest wholesale fabricator and installer of quartz, natural stone, solid surface, ultra-compact, sintered and porcelain countertops. Additionally, the company offers pre-built and ready to install cabinetry and luxury appliances including Kohler products. K.G. Stevens products are sold to commercial and residential markets via builders, contractors and architects, as well as direct-to-consumer via its showroom, website and membership club partners such as Costco.
K.G. Stevens
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Founded in 1930 in Minneapolis, Minnesota Tile and Stone (MTS) has grown to become the premier tile and solid surface provider in the greater Twin Cities. MTS sells a unique selection of specialized products, including tile, custom fabricated natural stone and porcelain countertops, brick, and fireplaces to residential and commercial customers. MTS has five showroom locations located in Lakeville, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Plymouth and Woodbury, Minn.
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Headquartered in Luck, Wis., Durex Products manufactures a variety of replacement parts for mineral processing equipment including screen media (metal wire and urethane options), liners and other wear components. Durex’s products can primarily be found in the vibrating screener component of mineral processing rigs used at quarries. Durex primarily services the aggregate (sand, gravel, fine rock) and hard rock mining (crushed rock, cement) industries, selling products through a network of dealers.
Durex Products, Inc.
Founded in 1961, TPI fulfills an integral role as intermediary between chemical suppliers and product manufacturers. The solvent, oil and chemical lines carried by TPI have a wide variety of end-use applications such as plastics, rubbers, fabrics, lubricants, paint and cleaning products. Products distributed by TPI can be found in electric vehicle batteries, fuel additives to reduce emissions, and agricultural products. TPI also provides custom blending services for cleaning, printing, and painting end uses. The company serves customers in a 175-mile radius across Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Michigan.
Technical Products, Inc.
Based in Bozeman, Montana, Buck Bone supplies four sizes of antler chews, as well as biscuits, dental sticks, jerky bites, yak chews, antler powder, and other toys made from the antlers that deer, elk and moose naturally shed every year. Buck Bone focuses on sourcing premium, U.S. Grade-A antler, which has spent the least amount of time exposed to the elements and is better preserved, higher quality and more nutritious for dogs. Buck Bone was founded in 2015 by Jackie, Shane and Mark Steigleman combining a passion for dogs, commitment to their health, and care for the environment.
Buck Bone Organics
Continuus is a financial services data and analytics consulting firm bringing the Financial Services Data Cloud ecosystem together through technical expertise, partnerships, and industry expertise. Continuus provides strategy, implementation, and support to make data consumable for the organization and leverage market data to maximize the value of clients' data and technology investments. Continuus specializes in Data Strategy, Data Governance, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, and AI/ML consulting services.