Nautic Partners has the ability to recognize value more quickly than many of its competitors, based on its industry knowledge and principal investing experience. It is a private equity firm that specializes in the business services, healthcare, manufacturing, media and communications industries. Nautic Partners, the independent successor to Fleet Equity Partners, has grown capital under management from $20 million to approximately $1.8 billion since its inception in 1986. Nautic commits $25 to $75 million to investments in a variety of growth, consolidation, recapitalization and buyout transactions, and the firm assumes both majority and minority positions in its portfolio companies. Nautic Partners maintains the flexibility to allocate additional assets to the sectors that are providing the most return potential. It also provides valuable contributions as members of its portfolio companies board of directors. Nautic is headquartered in Providence, R.I.