ACG Boston, the Boston Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), honored five members with inaugural chapter awards at a celebration recently held at the Boston Harbor Hotel. Among the night’s honorees was Watermill President and COO, Julia Karol, who received the ‘Woman of Influence’ Award. According to the association, the award…
It’s hard to believe Tracy Streckenbach has already been a part of the Watermill team for a year. In honor of her first anniversary at Watermill, we roped her into a little Q&A. We hope you enjoy her reflections on the past year! What is the quirkiest deal you have worked on? Wigs! Need I…
Watermill Group is pleased to share that the firm has been named a finalist in three categories for the 16th Annual M&A Advisor Awards. Watermill Group’s acquisition of Experi-Metal, Inc. was named a finalist in the Industrials Deal of the Year ($50mm-$100mm), Private Equity Deal of the Year ($50mm-$100mm) and M&A Deal of the Year ($50mm-$75mm) categories….
Just Kidding! As much as our senior team likes to imagine a life retired on the beach, we are all very much grounded at our desks working hard to help our companies climb to new heights and bring our loyal investors the next great opportunity. Happy April Fools, 2016! April 1, 2016 Dear Friends, We…
We hope you enjoy these outtakes from the making of our 2015 holiday card. The Watermill Group team wishes you all a festive and bright holiday season and the best of everything in 2016!
Watermill Group is delighted to share that we’ve been named a finalist for Private Equity Firm of the Year in the 14th Annual M&A Advisor Awards. In addition, Watermill has been named a finalist for Industrial Manufacturing and Distribution Deal of the Year (From $10 to $100MM) and Dale Okonow, Watermill Group Partner, was named…
Steve Karol, Watermill Group’s Managing Partner and Founder, widely known as our big picture strategic thinker, occasionally shares updates with Watermill’s friends, investors, and advisers on his thoughts on markets and economies. We call these missives Reflections From the Water’s Edge and are delighted to begin sharing them more broadly through our blog. We hope…
ACG’s Intergrowth 2015 is only a few days away! Are you prepared? Read on for our top ten survival tips. Have a plan. You can get by without one at many of the smaller conferences, but Intergrowth is a different beast. You’re unlikely to bump into all the people you’re hoping to see in a…
Since its founding more than 35 years ago, Boston-based The Watermill Group has kept an eye on manufacturing companies. Of course, given the ebbs and flows of the market, investing in American manufacturing companies hasn’t always been an easy or even a good strategy. In fact, most companies have been outsourcing their manufacturing needs for the last 20 years…
1) When you reveal to a Partner that the exciting new deal is $20m below our revenue criteria (Source tumblr) 2) When we get blown out of the water on an IOI (Source tumblr) 3) When you realize the “proprietary deal” is actually a full auction (Source tumblr) 4) When we bid low on a…
