Investments

The following are among the investments that the principals of Clarkston Merchant Partners have been responsible for originating, making and managing over the last 15 years.

Metrigraphics

Metrigraphics is a leading worldwide supplier of ultra-high, precision, custom micro components for Original Equipment Manufacturers. CMP backed the management team in the spin-out out of its then-parent company, Dynamics Research Corporation. The company is leveraging the relentless trend in the miniaturization of electronic components, particularly in the medical device marketplace.

Momentum

Momen­tum offers tech­ni­cal train­ing cours­es for indi­vid­u­als and tal­ent trans­for­ma­tion ser­vices for companies. Momen­tum part­ners with cor­po­ra­tions of all sizes to build a resilient work­force with an always-learn­ing per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al growth mind­set, pro­vid­ing a host of ser­vices to source, train, and help you hire technical talent.

Rural Sourcing Inc. (RSI)

Rural Sourcing Inc. (RSI) is the leader in domestic sourcing, a cost-effective alternative to the offshore model for technology development and the ongoing support and maintenance for critical business applications. The Company’s clients range from the Fortune 500 Company concerned with managing total costs and risks, to the small software development company concerned about protecting their Intellectual Property.

FoodLogiQ

FoodLogiQ was founded in response to the growing demand for a safer and traceable food chain. The software enables companies to protect their brands by proactively managing data inside and outside their organization, including the quality and status of suppliers, internal operations and performance of their products in the eyes of their customers. To date our customers have used FoodLogiQ developed technology to track 40 million head of Canadian cattle, identify 60,000 livestock farms in Wisconsin, track a billion cans of vegetables a year from the upper Midwest, and drive 75% cost reduction related to managing what are traditionally very manual safety and quality processes in the produce industry.

Bull City Talent Group

Bull City Talent Group (BCTG) provides IT staffing and consulting for global enterprises. With an expertise in SAP staffing and recruiting, BCTG is focused on delivering expertise talent to leading companies. BCTG was founded in Durham, NC and has offices nationwide to support their clients.

HighRoads

The world’s leading employers choose HighRoads to gain complete control over their health care costs and compliance. With HighRoads’ service, employers have online access to benefits plan information and pricing, competitive benefits benchmarks, and complete benefits management.

Blacksmith Applications

Blacksmith Applications enables foodservice manufacturers to confidently manage their trade spending and pricing initiatives profitably through its software solutions. Clients rely on Blacksmith software and services to plan, execute, settle and analyze their trade spending and pricing programs. Blacksmith solutions enable profitable decision-making, provide insight into trade spend and promotion performance, facilitate customer and product profitability analysis and enable visibility and accountability through configurable workflow and approval settings.

Endeca

Endeca is a leading provider of agile information management solutions that guide people to better decisions. The Company’s software products help people and organizations make better decisions despite constantly changing business needs and data integration requirements. Endeca was sold to Oracle Corporation in December, 2011

Extrinsic

Extrinsic is a specialized IT Staffing and Recruiting firm with a special emphasis on ERP systems and hard to fill resources. The firm provides best practices in systems evaluation, integration, implementation, consulting services, training, and support. Extrinsic, an SAP channel partner, delivers SAP Business All‐in‐One solutions to midsize companies providing software and services necessary to manage their businesses effectively in a changing market. Extrinsic was sold to BG Staffing in November 2011

Rubicon Technology

 Rubicon Technology is an advanced electronic materials provider that develops and manufactures high quality monocrystalline sapphire products in large volume. Its products enable multiple, high growth end markets including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), and blue laser diodes. The Company went public in 2008 and currently trades on the NASDAQ NMS under the ticker RBCN.