Edgewater Capital Management (ECM) is a private equity firm that manages investments for its private funds. ECM focuses on acquiring performance products companies in the lower middle market, particularly those in specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and engineered substances. ECM identifies and evaluates investment opportunities, negotiates terms, manages investments, and achieves dispositions.
Edgewater Capital Management does not directly manage investments for individual investors. It manages private funds, charging a management fee that generally ranges from 2.0% to 2.5% per year, calculated on either committed or invested capital. The firm also receives carried interest, additional compensation for management services performed for portfolio companies, and reimbursements for certain expenses.