John Goense

Formed in 2008, Goense & Company is an entrepreneurial, Chicago-based private equity firm seeking to partner with dynamic management teams to make control investments in, and help grow, smaller middle market businesses services companies. The partners have managed over $1 billion in private equity investments and personally invested approximately $200 million in private equity capital in 17 platform companies; realized results have yielded 4.0x invested capital and a gross IRR of 34%. Goense & Company makes equity investments ranging between $5 million to $30 million, with the ability to make larger investments through the firm's investor network, in companies in the United States and Canada. The firm focuses on companies with EBITDA greater than $2 million and those providing value-added services to other businesses. Transaction types include: Industry Consolidations, Family-owned business transition, Shareholder liquidity, Leveraged / management buyouts, and Growth equity.