Portfolio Company of the Year

Portfolio Company of the Year Award

The Portfolio Company of the Year Award is designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of private equity financing and the benefits of the partnership between private equity investors and small businesses. The Small Business Investor Alliance has presented the award to 33 outstanding portfolio companies since 1987.

In October 2012, JSI Store Fixtures, Inc. of Milo, Maine, was selected as Portfolio Company of the Year from among a group of successful companies throughout the country. JSI designs, manufactures and markets refrigerated and non-refrigerated wood fixtures, foam products and displays to regional, super-regional and national supermarket, grocery and food retail chains for use in produce, bakery, floral and wine areas.

JSI, represented by Investors, Champlain Capital Partners Warren Feldberg and Dennis Leary , center, received the Portfolio Company of the Year award presented at the 2012 National Summit for Middle Market Funds on October 30, 2012. Joining Champlain are, from left, Brett Palmer of SBIA, Molly Simmons of Tonka Bay Equity Partners and Conference Chair, and on the right, Sean Greene of SBA, and Bob Stewart of Spring Capital and SBIA Board Chair.

2011 Award Winner
Controlled Recovery Inc.
Hobbs, NM
SBIC: Blue Sage Capital

2010 Award Winner
Marinello Schools of Beauty
Beverly Hills, California
SBIC: Gemini Investors

2009 Award Winner

Paramount Building Solutions
Tempe, Arizona
SBICs: LaSalle Capital Group, Marquette Capital, Fidus Capital

2008 Award Winners

Quiznos

Denver, Colorado

SBIC: Retail & Restaurant Growth Capital, L.P.

Intel Corporation

Santa Clara, CA

SBIC Wells Fargo Investment Company

Inergy, LP

Kansas City, Missouri

SBICs: Kansas City Equity Partners, L.P., Rocky Mountain Capital Partners, LLP, Midstates Capital, L.P., InvestAmerica Investment Advisors, Inc., Kansas Venture Capital, Inc., Diamond State Ventures, Mississippi Valley Capital Company

2007 Award Winner

Heelys, Inc.

Carrollton, Texas
SBIC: Capital Southwest Venture Corporation

2006: No Award Given

2005 Award Winners

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
St. Louis, MO
SBICs: Walnut Capital and Kansas City Equity Partners

McAlister's Corporation
Ridgeland, MS
SBICs: CapSource Fund, L.P., and Capital Across America, L.P.

2004 Award Winners

Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc.
Alexandria, VA
SBIC: Midmark Capital

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
SBICs: Gemini Investors and Regent Capital Partners

2003 Award Winner

NetSpend Corporation
Austin, TX
SBICs: Gefus SBIC (Gefinor Ventures Fund), Texas Growth Fund, Inter-Atlantic Partners

2002 Award Winner

Inergy, LP
Kansas City, MO
SBICs: Kansas City Equity Partners, L.P., Rocky Mountain Capital Partners, LLP, Midstates Capital, L.P., InvestAmerica Investment Advisors, Inc., Kansas Venture Capital, Inc., Diamond State Ventures, Mississippi Valley Capital Company

2001 Award Winner

People Solutions
Dallas, TX
SBIC: Sagemark Capital

2000 Award Winner

RewardsPlus
Baltimore, MD
SBIC: Piper Jaffray Healthcare Fund III

1999 Award Winner

Extreme Networks, Inc.
Santa Clara, CA
SBICs: AVI Capital Management, Norwest Venture Capital

1998 Award Winner

Metrolina Outreach Mammography
Charlotte, NC
SBIC: NationsBanc SBIC

1997 Award Winners

Kentucky Kingdom, Inc.
Louisville, KY
SBIC: Sirrom Capital Corporation

Steelweld Equipment Company
St. Clair, MO
SBIC: Capital for Business, Inc.

The Merchandising Group, Inc.
New York, NY
SBIC: Sterling/Carl Marks Capital, Inc.

Vivid Technologies, Inc.
Waltham, MA
SBIC: Pioneer Venture Partners

1996 Award Winners

Bright Start, Inc.
St. Paul, MN
SBIC: Hanifen Imhoff Mezzanine Fund, L.P.

DataWorks Corporation
San Diego, CA
SBIC: Pacific Mezzanine Fund, L.P.

Seasafe, Inc.
Lafayette, LA
SBIC: Bank One Equity Investors

1995 Award Winner

Mothers Work, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
SBIC: Meridian Venture Partners, Philadelphia, PA

1994 Award Winner

Genesis Health Ventures, Inc.
Kennett Square, PA
SBIC: First Capital Corporation of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1993 Award Winner

Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.
New Canaan, CT
SBIC: Chemical Venture Partners, New York, NY

1992 Award Winner

CTC Distribution Services
Minneapolis, MN
SBIC: Shared Ventures, Inc., Minneapolis, MN

1991 Award Winner

Callaway Golf Company
Carlsbad, CA
SBICs:
National City Capital Corp., Cleveland, OH
Banc One Capital Partners, Dallas, TX

1990 Award Winner

Jostens Learning Corporation
San Diego, CA
SBICs: BancBoston Ventures, Boston, MA
Chemical Venture Partners, New York, NY

1989 Award Winner

EnClean, Inc.
Alvin, TX
SBIC: SBI Capital Corp., Houston, TX

1988 Award Winner

Symbol Technologies, Inc.
Bohemia, NY
SBIC: Harvest Ventures, Inc., New York, NY

1987 Award Winner

Microdynamics, Inc.
Dallas, TX
SBICs:
Sunwestern, Dallas, TX
Capital for Business, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Hickory Venture Capital Corp., Huntsville, AL
MorAmerica, Kansas City, MO

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