Small Business Success Stories From Across America
Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs) have provided approximately $46 billion in long-term debt and equity growth capital to nearly 100,000 small U.S. companies since 1958. SBICs provide the "patient" capital that small companies need to develop products and accommodate growth. Such investments often take years before becoming profitable. But the patient capital and management expertise the SBICs provide have brought remarkable returns-innovative products and services, millions of new and highly skilled jobs, and billions of dollars in tax revenues.
Several years ago the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies (NASBIC) began collecting information about companies around the country that received crucial funding from SBICs and that went on to become highly successful enterprises. They tell the histories of a diverse group of firms, detailing the vital role that SBICs played in their creation and growth and demonstrating the extraordinary strength of the American entrepreneurial spirit.
As a key component of the private equity industry, the SBIC program has played a significant role in the creation of jobs and growth in the U.S. economy for over the last 50 years. The most exciting potential of an SBIC investment is how it can turn one small company into a great success story – spurring innovation across industries and dramatically changing the way we live and work. We’ve listed just a sample of successful SBIC-backed companies doing everything from finding a cure for cancer and other diseases, to improving business efficiencies, to enhancing the quality of our lives.
| A & W Brands Holding Co. |
Gendex |
Outback Steakhouse |
| Actel Corporation |
General Sciences Corp. |
Peoplesoft |
| Airport Systems Int’l, Inc. |
Genicom Corp. |
Performance Polymers, Inc. |
| America Online |
Global Village Communications |
Petstuff, Inc. |
| Amgen Inc |
Gymboree |
Potomac Group, Inc |
| Apple Computer |
Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. |
Radio One |
| BeautiControl Cosmetics Inc. |
Harman International |
Read-Rite |
| Callaway |
Healthcare Compare Corp. |
Restoration Hardware, Inc. |
| Cardio Logic, Inc. |
Healthcare Services of America |
Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc. |
| Cerner |
HealthSouth Rehabilitation |
Security Dynamics Technology |
| Chesapeake Biological Labs, Inc. |
Information Analysis Inc. |
Sports Authority |
| Compaq Computer |
Infotec Commercial Systems |
Staples |
| Comptek Research, Inc. |
Intel |
Steelweld Equipment Co. |
| Cooper Natural Resources, Inc. |
Jenny Craig, Inc. |
Sun Microsystems |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation |
Kronos, Inc. |
Synoptics Communications, Inc. |
| CTC Distribution Services |
La Madeleine, Inc. |
Telesis |
| Cutter & Buck |
Leap Into Learning, Inc. |
Teradata Corporation |
| Datastream |
Maxim Integrated Products |
The Merchandising Group (TMG) |
| Devon Group, Inc. |
Medical Staffing Network, Inc. |
Vertex Communications Co. |
| Digimark, Inc |
Metrolina Outreach Mammography |
Vivid Technologies, Inc. |
| Domain Furniture, Inc. |
Microtouch Systems, Inc. |
webMethods, Inc. |
| Douglas Machine Inc. |
Mothers Work |
Wellfleet Communications |
| Duracraft Corporation |
NetFrame Systems, Inc. |
Wild Oats Markets, Inc. |
| Educational Development |
Newcomb Communications, Inc. |
Wire Networks, Inc. |
| Evergreen Solar, Inc. |
New England Critical Care |
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| Extreme Networks, Inc. |
NuCo2, Inc. |
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| Federal Express |
Octel Communications Corp |
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| Fiserv |
Optical Data Systems |
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| Fusion UV Systems, Inc. |
Orbital Sciences Corp. |
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