WMX

WE ARE REINVENTING THE PRIVATE EQUITY EXPERIENCE

WMX is our commitment to help accelerate change in private equity by investing in great teams led by women with a vision to build enduring businesses.

There is a positive and proven link between female leadership and a business’s bottom line, yet only a small amount of late stage private capital goes to female founders and gender-diverse teams. Through WMX we strive to correct this mismatch and improve access to the capital and resources smart leaders need to thrive.

INVESTING IN GENDER-DIVERSE TEAMS

WMX seeks control investments in dynamic businesses that are owned or led by a woman, or have at least one woman in the c-suite. Watermill is flexible about percentage of ownership.

Other investment criteria include:

$20–$200M in revenues
Industry Agnostic backed by deep expertise in industrial manufacturing and value-added distribution

INSPIRING GREAT CHANGE. CREATING GREAT SUCCESS. TOGETHER.

OUR APPROACH UNLEASHES POTENTIAL

The hallmarks of our WMX investing approach are:

Operational Expertise

Together with management teams, we find innovative ways to fundamentally improve our portfolio companies. We provide guidance, direction and resources to help chart a new course to growth.

Collaborative Team Building

We are committed to results-driven collaboration. We thoughtfully curate boards to support each individual management team and strategy. We help to develop and elevate teams by fostering dynamic networks of highly motivated peers and strategic partners.

Entrepreneurial Vision

We believe entrepreneurial vision maximizes investment outcomes. Our partners, management teams and investors share our entrepreneurial DNA.

Transaction Acumen

We have the deep experience needed to dive in and help solve the most complex, time-sensitive challenges. We have successfully acquired companies through corporate carve-outs, family or founder sales, institutional owners, cross-border transactions, and distressed processes.

LEARN MORE ABOUT WMX.

“Given the historically superior performance of gender-diverse teams, their lack of access to capital simply makes no sense. If the private equity industry isn’t speaking to these entrepreneurs or is inhospitable to them, their access to capital significantly decreases. That’s why it is critical to launch a mechanism like WMX that drives investment in great companies with diverse teams, to ensure that all entrepreneurs have a level playing field to access key financial, strategic and corporate resources.”

You can learn more about why we launched WMX from Watermill President and COO, Julia Karol, in “Leading a Sea Change in Private Equity”.

We support WMX-funded leaders with a vibrant circle of trusted funders, advisors and partners wholly dedicated to the collective success of all stakeholders.

In everything we do we aim to create a more transparent, inclusive and accessible private equity experience that works for all leaders and entrepreneurs.

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