Our Investment Philosphy
Focusing Investment on Global Defense Solutions
Harnessing Value by Consolidating Proven Success
LS2's
growth strategy centers around harnessing and preserving the unique
value and culture
inherent to each of our operating companies while at the same time,
providing a sound financial structure, expanded market
access, and extended network of resources to greatly expand
each operating company's potential.
Incorporated in 2006, LS2 Inc. was
created to acquire, through merger, capital stock exchange, asset
acquisition or other similar business combination, global
defense-related companies. Our leadership, advisory team, and valued
partners work together to identify well positioned, privately held
companies serving emerging markets that meet specific
financial, operational, and business development criteria including:
- Respected industry leaders focused on strategic long-term growth in key and emerging markets
- Differentiated quality and service of offerings
- Effective and profitable operations
- Leadership wishing to 'partner-in' not 'sell-out'
- Strong customer and supplier relationships based on quality performance and added value
- Desire to build greater value for themselves and LS2 as a whole through acquisition
We believe our strategy balancing autonomy with consolidation, will achieve the highest returns for all stakeholders involved.
Structuring for Success
Adding the Right Value at the Right Time
The LS2 team has a track record of success structuring
companies for
success. We have created, developed, advised and run successful
businesses ranging from large public companies, to small start-up
ventures.
The LS2 team provides focused “value added”
services to
ensure the requisite capital structure, organizational skill set,
market definition and access, and stakeholder alignment is in place so
that operating companies can grow their revenues and profits
organically while at the same time, effectively leverage the resources
and network of the larger LS2 enterprise.
Our strategic partnerships with customers, suppliers, legal
&
financial advisors, and sales & marketing organizations, create
an ideal environment to foster the promotion and cross-selling of our
products and services. We have an extensive senior level network
throughout Government and Industry that can be instantly leveraged.
These elements, combined with the
innovation and drive of our portfolio companies' organizations
leadership possess, drive
success,
innovation, creativity, and ideas to enable our organizations to
compete in much larger markets for bigger contracts.
Benefits of Our Approach
Optimizing Stakeholder Value
LS2 possesses the leadership, capital, market access, and alignment to create greater value for our customers, closer partnerships with our suppliers, and larger returns for our shareholders. At LS2, we:
- Maintain autonomy, management and local identity of your business
- Maximize the long-term value of investment with significant upside through public equity markets
- Broaden your customer base, market base and geographic base, mitigating current risk and limitations
- Achieve greater profitability through leveraged market access and cost saving through economies of scale
- Offer access to locked-in capital
- Create liquidity, financial diversification, and long term stability
- Offer new leadership opportunities
- Focus on our core competencies