Venture Fund Member Profile
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LFE Capital invests in businesses with revenues of $5 to $50 million that need capital to support a plan of rapid growth. Uses of capital include working capital to accelerate growth, acquisitions, and liquidity for shareholders.
Through our role on company boards we offer expertise in strategy, governance, and financial transactions. We also bring operating experience, and can tap into an extensive resource network to assist with operational issues.
Depending on the need of the company, we can take minority or control positions. We invest $2-5 million over the life of each investment, and will consider larger transactions with co-investors.
LFE Capital was founded in 1999 by Leslie Frécon and has two funds under management. Based in Minneapolis, LFE Capital is a private equity fund manager that provides flexible financial solutions for Midwest-based companies with strong growth prospects. A relationship with LFE brings expansion or buyout capital and an operations oriented investor who will dedicate the time and resources required to help build successful businesses.
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Ron Leaf
Chief Investment Officer and Principal
LFE Capital |
Mr. Leaf'’s background includes 11 years as the founder and manager of Wells Fargo Mezzanine Capital and four years in corporate development at Liberty Enterprises, a former Wells Fargo portfolio company. Mr. Leaf has directed the origination, portfolio management, and exit of over 40 investments in smaller middle market companies. In addition, he has seven years experience in commercial lending and corporate finance at U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo Bank. Mr. Leaf is a director of Coolibar, Halo Innovations, and JobDig, all LFE Capital portfolio companies. Mr. Leaf has a B.S. summa cum laude in economics from The University of Minnesota and an M.B.A. with distinction in finance and accounting from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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Coolibar was founded in 2002 to bring Australia’s world-leading approaches to sun protection to the American market. The company, based in Minnesota, manufactures sun-protective clothing which is sold via catalog and its website. The company has extensively redesigned Australian sun protective clothing styles to meet the tastes and needs of fashion- and health-conscious Americans. Coolibar’s specially designed and treated clothing is a simple foundation for guaranteed protection from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. Coolibar is the only clothing company to be awarded the Skin Cancer Foundation Seal of Recommendation. Coolibar is an Australian eucalyptus tree that provides protection from the sun in the Australian outback. |
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Gentra Systems is a life science tools company focusing on DNA and RNA purification chemistries and instruments. Gentra's reagent products purify and prepare DNA and RNA samples for downstream processing and testing. Gentra began operations as a reagent company. Over the years the company has built a brand around its chemistries highlighting their yield, stability, and ease of use. Gentra also designed and is selling a high-throughput processing instrument the Autopure LS. This instrument automates the process of DNA purification using Gentra's chemistries. Gentra was sold to Qiagen in May 2006. |
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Portero operates an auction website for luxury goods in the secondary market, which it defines as certified pre-owned, hard to find items and selected excess inventory. The site offers the world’s most exclusive brand names in watches, jewelry, accessories, fine housewares and art at attractive values in a trusted environment, with all items certified authentic. Portero has developed strategic and product sourcing relationships with over 140 retailers, manufacturers and dealers. |
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JobDig publishes free weekly employment newspapers in the central U.S., and operates JobDig.com, a comprehensive site centered around jobs, work, careers, and human capital management. The newspapers feature full color display ads, and both the papers and the website have quality career oriented content. In addition, the company integrates radio and television job advertising with the newspapers, provides private label career micro sites for broadcast media web sites around the country, and operates LinkUp.com, a site that aggregates jobs directly from corporate web sites. |
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