Clarity Partners – Communications, Media and Business Services Private Equity Investors

» How is Clarity Partners different from other private equity firms?
» What type of investments does Clarity Partners make?
» What is the typical size of a Clarity Partners investment?
» What stage of development does Clarity Partners invest?
» What is the Clarity Partners investment process?
» What is Clarity's role once investment is made in a company?

How is Clarity Partners different from other private equity firms?
Clarity Partners is comprised of investment professionals who are experienced in private equity investing as well as growing global communications and media companies. Clarity is different than most of the other private equity firms because of its managerial experience and the professional deep knowledge of the communications and media sectors. The senior partners of Clarity have held top-level management positions; they have overseen engineering, network design, sales, marketing, strategic planning, business development, and financing activities. The combination of strategic investment insight, operating skills, and global relationships in the firm's targeted industries will continue to help Clarity's portfolio companies become industry leaders. Collectively, the companies with which the partners have been associated with have raised approximately $20 billion in common equity, preferred equity, convertible securities, high yield notes and bank debt. This deep experience in financing growing companies sets Clarity apart from most private equity investors and has helped achieve superior rates of return for Clarity's financial partners.

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What type of investments does Clarity Partners make?
Clarity will invest in the following core areas: wireless, wireline and broadband services and applications; wireless, wireline and broadband service providers; communications infrastructure; traditional and emerging media; information technology and business services.

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What is the typical size of a Clarity Partners investment?
Clarity Partners intends to lead or sponsor transactions in which they will invest $25 million to $200 million of equity, including the formation of operating companies that over time could require substantial additional capital.

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What stage of development does Clarity Partners invest?
Clarity Partners' investments will vary with respect to size, stage and use of leverage. The firm's partners have demonstrated success in investments at all stages of company development, including early and late stage venture investing, growth equity investments, leveraged buyouts, and divisional divestitures.

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What is the Clarity Partners investment process?
Clarity has a proven investment process of identifying, negotiating, managing, monitoring, and realizing investments in a variety of market and business conditions that will allow them to invest the firm's capital successfully. Furthermore, Clarity believes that its proven process, demonstrated prior results, and strong reputations are critical, distinguishing factors in the current private equity and venture capital investing environment. The process entails deal sourcing, due diligence and deal evaluation, negotiation and financial structuring, active portfolio management and support, and finally, realizations.

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What is Clarity's role once investment is made in a company?
Clarity's partners are active investors who have demonstrated in their track record that ongoing support of portfolio company management teams and board-level influence are essential to maximizing value and to success in private equity investing. The firm's partners have played active roles as founders, senior operating executives, board members, and financial sponsors, helping their portfolio companies make day-to-day decisions, assisting in their technology roadmaps, accessing capital markets and advising on mergers and acquisitions. Clarity believes that active board-level strategic guidance is founded upon a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals and growth prospects of the business, coupled with a grasp of relevant competitive and technology issues. By playing an active role, Clarity intends to add value to their portfolio companies.

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