The entire Hammer investment team collaborates to create value in each portfolio company. Our team is a blend of different skill sets, each of which contributes meaningfully to our investment selection and value creation processes. In addition to the expertise of our Operating Partners, our team’s skills include financial modeling, research, bookkeeping, recruiting, deal structuring, capital formation, strategic planning and business development. This unique assembly of talents and our culture of collaboration define our competitive advantage. What distinguishes Hammer Funds is our Operating Partners. Each Operating Partner is a serial entrepreneur, a cycle-tested professional with real-world operational acumen. Each is a seasoned communications executive with proven ability to create enterprises with enduring value. And each has an inherent sense of urgency. Our Operating Partners serve as active, value-added directors of our portfolio companies. Equally critical, they provide proprietary investment sourcing relationships and help fast-track the evaluation of investment opportunities. Unlike most private equity firms that assign individual partners the responsibility for the entire investment process on a transaction-by-transaction basis, Hammer employs an integrated team approach. Each investment professional brings a unique set of skills and capabilities to a point of leverage at the portfolio company.