Current Investments

Striker, in partnership with the founders and existing management teams, executed an equity recapitalization of Eastern Wireless, Inc. and Image 1 Wireless, Inc. in August 2004 and August 2005, respectively. The recapitalizations were designed to create liquidity for the founders, better position the combined businesses for accelerated growth, and to capitalize on strategic opportunities. Working from four U.S. locations, Touchstone provides reverse logistics, repair and asset management services for wireless handsets. Touchstone's technical certifications and focus on the highest quality and most efficient service have allowed it to develop a strong and growing base of national and international customers, including some of the largest wireless service providers and electronic equipment insurance firms. The company is headquartered in Hatfield, PA.

For more information on Touchstone, please contact Robert Driscoll at (610) 722-0500.

www.touchstonewirelesslp.com

Historical Investments

Striker Partners, in partnership with an experienced professional and educational testing industry management team, acquired LaserGrade Computer Testing in August 2004. LaserGrade provides computerized occupational and professional licensure and certification testing via its own delivery software, and that of its IT marketing partners, through a network of over 1,000 third-party test sites nationwide.

LaserGrade was sold in 2007 to PSI Services, a market leader in licensure testing, certification services and aptitude evaluation for private and public sector employers.

www.lasergrade.com

 

Striker co-invested in the growth financing of Larex, Inc. in November of 2000. In 2006 Larex was acquired by Lonza, a multi-billion dollar European food ingredient company.

Larex is the world's leading supplier of a natural compound called Arabinoglactan (“AG”). AG is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless prebiotic fiber and immune enhancing ingredient extracted from the Larch tree and used in the dietary supplement, food & beverage, personal care, and animal health markets. Larex's customer base includes, among others, Pepsi Co., Kraft, Odwalla, Natrol, EAS, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., and Elizabeth Arden.

 

 

Striker, along with multiple co-investors, acquired Nurture in January of 2002. In 2006, the company was aquired by Corn Products, Inc., a multi-billion dollar North American food company.

Nurture is an innovator in natural, bio-active ingredient technologies from oats for use in nutraceutical and cosmeceutical market applications. Nurture manufactures and sells a proprietary family of all-natural, oat based ingredients with value-added properties for a broad spectrum of applications, including pharmaceutical, nutritional, and personal care, with associated uses in agrochemical and industrial market segments. Nurture's lead product, OatVantage™, which naturally lowers cholesterol, and carries with it the FDA's heart healthy claim, has been formulated into numerous dietary supplement and functional food applications.