Circumference Group
Overview
Circumference Group is an investment firm founded in 2009, aiming to deliver superior risk-adjusted performance for its capital partners. The firm leverages the broad and deep operational experience of its team to thoroughly understand a target investment’s current competitiveness and performance, identifying pathways to significant value creation with mitigated risk. Circumference Group invests when its organizational insight, operational intelligence, and strategic perspective identify opportunities for value creation. The firm employs its proprietary Core Value Assessment (CVA) framework across all its investment strategies, which include public equity, private equity, and early-stage investing. In private equity, Circumference Group partners with like-minded owner-operators in customized minority or majority transactions, focusing on sectors such as technology-enabled services, marketing technology and services, web presence solutions, fintech and payments, telecommunications infrastructure and services, and BPO/other business services. In early-stage investing, the firm formed CG Ventures to leverage its team's strategic and operational strengths combined with the CVA framework, primarily focusing on pre-seed and seed-stage companies. Circumference Group's team comprises highly experienced operators, investors, and technologists with a proven track record of business success and superior investment performance over a long-term horizon. The firm's leadership includes Jeff Fox, CEO and founder, who has served in multiple leadership roles, and Karsten Lampka, Partner of Private Equity Investments, who brings over 25 years of investment banking and private equity experience. The firm also offers strategic and operational advisory services to co-investment partners, private portfolio companies, and other third parties, complementing its direct investment activities.
Investment Focus
- Flexible capital structures
- Operational expertise
- Long-term investment horizon
Portfolio Companies
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What sectors does Circumference Group invest in?
Circumference Group invests in Technology-Enabled Services, FinTech & Payments, Marketing Technology and Services, Web Presence Solutions, Telecommunications Infrastructure and Services and BPO / Other Business Services, and is based in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. Circumference Group is listed as a private investment firm in the ConnectSafely investor database.
What stage does Circumference Group invest at?
Circumference Group backs companies at Pre-Seed, Seed, Early Stage, Growth, Late Stage and Buyout.
Which regions does Circumference Group invest in?
Circumference Group invests across United States.
Who are the partners at Circumference Group?
Team members listed for Circumference Group include Jeff FOX (CEO and Founder) and John Lammers (Chief Investment Officer).
What companies has Circumference Group invested in?
Circumference Group's portfolio includes The Computer Works.
How do I contact Circumference Group?
Circumference Group's contact details — including phone and LinkedIn — are listed in the ConnectSafely investor database, along with its website and the LinkedIn profiles of its partners.
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