Frontenac Company

Frontenac Company
Type	LLP
Industry	Private equity
Founded	1971
Founder	Martin J. Koldyke
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Products	Financial services
Number of employees	14
Website	Frontenac Company

Frontenac Company is a Chicago-based private equity firm founded in 1971.

History

The firm was originally backed by the Laird Norton Company,^[1] a large family enterprise operating in the Western United States. The firm was named for the Frontenac,a paddle steamer that transported logs up and down the Mississippi River, which in turn was named for Louis de Buade de Frontenac, the Governor of New France in the central part of the US.

References

↑ Laird Norton History

External links

Frontenac Company (company website)

Private equity and venture capital

Basic investment types

History

Terms and concepts

Buyout	Financial sponsor Management buyout Divisional buyout Buy–sell agreement Leveraged recapitalization Dividend recapitalization

Venture	Angel investor Business incubator Post-money valuation Pre-money valuation Seed money Startup company Venture capital financing Venture debt Venture round

Structure	Private equity firms and funds Limited partnership Limited liability company Carried interest Management fee Publicly traded private equity Business Development Company Venture capital trust Private investment in public equity (PIPE) Pledge fund

Investors

Related financial terms

Private equity and venture capital investors
Private equity firms
Venture capital firms
Angel investors
Portfolio companies

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