Private Equity Investors



Virtus creates opportunities

Are you a high-net-worth investor or Family Office Group in search of compelling direct private investment opportunities?
Virtus is an active investor in buy-out or growth capital opportunities of profitable mid-market companies with revenues between $10 million and $250 million. We partner with great management teams and enhance their effectiveness with expertise from our in-house team and extensive database of accomplished entrepreneurs within a given industry.

Our approach

At Virtus, we are industry-agnostic, but seek to mitigate systemic, demand and business risks by combining a rigorous, bottom-up fundamental analysis with a top-down macro perspective that emphasizes companies whose goods or services are influenced by the following demographic trends:
  • The aging and growth of the “Baby Boomer” demographic
  • The coming of age of the “Echo Boomer” or millennial generation
  • The growth of the Hispanic market in the U.S.
  • The transient nature and decreased job tenure of the American worker
General investment policy parameters:
  • Company revenues between $10 million and $250 million
  • Profitable
  • Domestic U.S. or domestic subsidiaries of foreign companies
  • Minimum 25% gross IRR to the capital
  • Preference for roll-ups and expansion capital for geographical growth or follow-on products
  • Industry-agnostic but focused on demographic trends
Our value creation methods:
  • Improve operating margins
  • Make a geographical expansion
  • Introduce a follow-on product
  • Introduce a strategic partner
  • Execute a roll-up in a fragmented industry
  • Enhance management team
Must have one or more significant risk mitigants:
  • Current historical and sustainable cash flow
  • Under market basis from distressed sale
  • Immediately accretive event
  • Fixed asset equity coverage ratio >1.0