Argonaut Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in the acquisition and operation of middle market value-added distributorships, direct marketing, catalog and telemarketing firms with revenues up to $60 million and re-casted earnings up to $10 million. Argonaut Partners, LLC prefers companies that possess good growth potential, succeed in business-to-business sales and have a diverse customer base with recurring revenue streams. Argonaut Partners, LLC looks for developed databases, motivated sales teams that offer timely service to customers and companies that use commercial carriers such as UPS and FedEx as their shipping solution. Argonaut Partners, LLC will invest in, and purchase, turn-around situations.

Argonaut Partners, LLC prefers investments in companies where senior management wishes to retire and/or vacate the business after a short transition period. We like family businesses and opportunities that combine telemarketing and catalog options. We also like companies that have a national presence and which operate in niche markets. Argonaut Partners, LLC limits its resources to a few opportunities at any one time, which allows us to be both timely and responsive. We also adhere to the highest ethical standards and strictly protect confidentiality amongst our investment opportunities and participants.

Argonaut Partners, LLC was organized in 1998 to acquire the assets of four direct marketing companies in the public safety space. Neil S. Beranbaum, Argonaut Partners LLC's founder and Managing Member, has personally established and/or acquired six firms in such diverse areas as home improvement sales, test preparation services, and catalog and Internet operations. Argonaut Partners, LLC's investment team and advisors hail from many backgrounds and experiences, which help to ensure a wide range of options for any business problem.