Jeff Drazan Bertram Capital was recognized as a top performing buyout fund in a January 17, 2011 PitchBook Data, Inc. analysis of 2006 Vintage U.S. Buyout Funds with Commercial Products Investments. Of the 46 funds analyzed, Bertram Growth Capital I (“BGC-1”) ranked number four overall in IRR, representing top deciles performance in relation to its peers. PitchBook is an independent and impartial research firm dedicated to providing premium data, news and analysis to the private equity industry.

“We appreciate the recognition from Pitchbook, which highlights the Bertram Capital team’s dedication to achieving our investment goals,” said Jeff Drazan, Managing Partner. “We have strived to distinguish our firm in the private equity community by combining venture capital operating methodologies with private equity financial discipline. Our concentrated buy and build approach allows us to focus the full attention and resources of our diverse team on each of our portfolio company investments.”

Bertram targets control investments in middle-market business services, consumer, healthcare and industrial companies with $30-$150M in revenue and seeks to transform them into market leaders through strategic acquisitions, operational improvement initiatives and aggressive business development efforts. The firm is currently investing out of its $500M second fund, Bertram Growth Capital II, which closed in September 2010. Investors in Bertram Capital funds include major financial institutions, funds of funds, university endowments, charitable foundations, corporate pension funds, state pension funds and sovereign wealth funds spanning the globe.“We have been very active on the investment front, completing four new platform acquisitions and five follow-on investments since August 2010 and are actively looking for new investment opportunities.”