Encore One invests in U.S. businesses & is part of a family business enterprise. We are long-term investors committed to preserving each company’s legacy, culture, people & name.

Manager of the direct investment strategy for Pohlad Investment Management (PIM). PIM is the private investment office of Pohlad Companies. Direct investments include control and non-control equity investments across a variety of industries and structures.

Cherry Tree is a financial advisory firm offering investment banking, investment management and wealth management services. Established in 1980, Cherry Tree is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and specialize in serving entrepreneurial managers and successful families.At Cherry Tree we represent sellers and buyers of middle-market companies primarily in the financial, healthcare, education and technology industries. We work with company owners in change-of-control transactions and represent management teams and owners in recapitalization transactions with outside investors. Further, we are retained by corporate buyers and financial investors to develop opportunities to acquire profitable, well-managed companies. Our buy-side assignments are frequently built around our unique microVertical Acquisition Program to deliver proprietary acquisition opportunities in a narrowly targeted industry sector.

Clearwater Equity Group is a private equity firm specializing in middle-market company acquisitions, recapitalizations and growth financings. Clearwater Equity invests primarily in the industrial, business services, manufacturing and financial industries.

The Paradigm Group provides practical and cost effective project based advisory services. By backing up our insights and strategies with the capability to execute them for your business, we have redefined the standard on advisory services. From complex cash flow modeling to financial statement analysis, we can customize our approach to provide solutions to any situation.Frequently companies find it difficult to fully staff all their departments; however, there is still a need for additional help. Paradigm provides the flexibility to complete the work your business needs without having to hire additional employees.With over ten years of experience in commercial real estate and finance, Paradigm brings a solid background of knowledge and a fresh perspective to create solutions for you.

The Geneva Organization, an entrepreneurial Minneapolis based real estate wealth management company, specialized in preserving realized wealth and value from asset ownership for its clients. Since the late 1980s, Geneva, its owners and its affiliates have participated in over $3 billion of tax deferred real estate transactions. Geneva offered it Partners and Investors a variety of investment vehicles with a focus on individual real estate wealth management needs. These vehicles range from low-risk wealth preservation funds (i.e. Tenant In Common Funds, net leased properties) to high-risk wealth accumulation funds (i.e. customized ownership solutions, development opportunities). Through the Company’s Tenant In Common Program, Geneva provided a unique “path to real estate ownership” for individuals and families, private family foundations, charitable trusts, and 1031 tax-deferred investors.