Investments

SCIP's investment strategy is to originate proprietary co-investment opportunities with top-performing private equity sponsors in control-oriented equity investments in middle-market companies across various industry sectors, geographies, PE sponsors, and transaction types.

SCIP invests in a wide range of private equity transaction types, including leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, growth equity investments and leveraged build-ups, with target co-investment equity checks from $25 million to $150 million per deal (SCIP’s share).

Size of Equity Co-Investment

• $25 million to $150 million per transaction (can be larger)
• Follow-on investments in portfolio companies as required

Investment Criteria

• SCIP can make co-investments only (neither SCIP nor any of its affiliates will lead a transaction)
• SCIP’s investment objective is to seek investment opportunities with superior risk-adjusted returns

Investment Preferences

• Lead Sponsor combined with a SCIP Co-Investment constitutes a controlling interest in the target company
• SCIP has a global investment mandate, with investment origination focus through Silverfern's offices in North America, Western Europe and Asia - Pacific.
• Appropriate minority investment governance and information reporting provisions

Types of Transactions

• Buyouts, recapitalizations, growth capital investments, going privates, corporate divestitures, as examples

Additional Criteria

• SCIP invests directly into the securities of the target investment (no fund investments) alongside a Lead Sponsor
• No real estate development, high technology or venture investments

The SCIP investment team and the Silverfern team have developed detailed knowledge and extensive networks, including the senior operating executives on the SAB, in a number of industry sectors and have reviewed and performed due diligence on over 150 investments in the following sectors since its formation in June 2006: