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WHO WE ARE
Meet the team behind Next Steward Partners
We strive to be great investors, but great investor and operator teams are built by down-to-earth, honest, partnership-minded, and integrity-driven team members.
Our Team. Your Partners.
Next Steward's team is led by a former senior executive of a lower middle-market private equity-backed Portfolio Company and an entrepreneur at heart. Our investment team brings a unique angle of Experience, Grit, Hard Work, Lessons Learned, and Strategic Guidance that serves as our competitive advantage - which is used to drive outsized value and long-term growth.
Nicholas M. Browner
Founder & Managing Partner
As Founder and Managing Partner of Next Steward Partners ("NSP"), he is responsible for the firm's overall strategy, investment portfolio monitoring, and new investment selection.
Additionally, he is responsible for leading due diligence, the evaluation of potential investment opportunities, transaction execution, and Investor and LP relations. Currently, he serves as a member of the board of directors of Radon Medical Imaging ("Radon").
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STRATEGIC PARTNERS & CO-INVESTORS
Meet our Strategic Partners and Co-Investors.
A Partnership Rooted in History and Stewardship.
5th Century Partners ("5CP") is a private equity firm committed to a hands-on approach to investing and backing companies in Healthcare Services and Business Services industries.
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In 2022, 5CP raised a $144 million first fund (Fund I), that is majority deployed. The firm is currently raising a $250 million second fund (Fund II).
Lullwater & Co. is a next generation private investment firm focused on working talented entrepreneurs pursuing entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA) and business owners seeking to transition their businesses confidently to leaders of tomorrow.
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The Principals of Lullwater are the former CEO and President, respectively, and current Co-Chairman, of One Physics - the largest outsourced medical physics services organization in North America.
PLAYBOOK PRINCIPLES
VALUE CREATION PLAYBOOK
When you partner with Next Steward Partners, we will develop and deploy a customized playbook in partnership with the management team to foster and enhance:
(a) operational-led improvements,
(b) strategic organic & in-organic growth,
(c) management team alignment,
(d) tech infrastructure integration, and
(e) finance infrastructure integration.
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Operational Efficiency & Improvements
Our operational framework comes from our team's extensive backgrounds in business-building, purchasing and supply chain management, and a history of operational improvement implementation.
Deploying a Buy-and-Build Strategy
Our team's internal M&A and Corporate Development expertise allows our partners to implement an aggressive, proprietary-based acquisition playbook that enables accelerated transformational growth.
Access to the NSP Executive Network
Our partnership with a select private equity firm, provides your management team access to our shared extensive network of executives, operators, and board members in order to make an immediate impact at the start of our partnership together.
Strategic Planning & Development
Our team's unique strategic planning expertise, will assist management teams with assessing, refining and setting their short and long-term strategies, with the goal of growing their business.
Process Development & Enhancement
Our team's extensive experience in assisting our management teams with developing and enhancing systems, improving management processes, and developing their people to thoughtfully scale their business.
Data-Driven Initiatives
Our team's extensive expertise in applying a data-informed approach designed to drive more informed decisions in growth initiatives and operational improvements.