Wealth & Finance May 2017

Wealth & Finance International 42 Great Service, Great Investments & Great Partners Produce Great Results ivaris was founded by J. Christopher Mizer in June of 1998. Formerly Lake Erie Capital, Vivaris now invests in, and acquires, middle-market businesses in a broad range of industries that are leaders in their market niches. Mr. Mizer serves as the chairman of each of the portfolio companies and guides key strategic decisions and their execution. He also serves as the oper- ating president on an interim basis when companies are going through periods of ownership succession and new management team members are being assembled. Mr. Mizer is a former Vice President and Officer of the investment banking division of Key Capital Markets, where he focused on merger, acquisition, and financing projects for Fortune 500 clients, private com- panies, and successful entrepreneurs. Prior to joining Key Corp., he was Consultant in the Capital Markets practice with Ernst & Young. He began his career as a Research Assistant with The Center for Economic Issues, a think-tank focused on economic development. He earned the B.S. (biology, applied math), B.A. (economics), M.S. de- grees (biology - neurogenetics), and MBA (finance, accounting) degrees from Case Western Reserve University. Christopher has taught business strategy, finance and entrepreneurship at the graduate level at Case Western Reserve University, John Carroll University, and the University of California, San Diego and at the under- graduate at San Diego State University. Vivaris align their interest with those of their clients, to improve client relationships and deliver a truly tailored service. Using an extensive network of people and companies, they invest in deal flow opportunities and offer those advantages to their clients. By seeking out the best deals and approaching unexpected companies, Vivaris always find the best deal for their clients. The company also prefers long-term investments over short-term returns, using a ‘buy and build’ model to procure safe and profitable returns for clients. With a strong belief in entrepreneurship and financial engineering, the company woks to deliver both and install both values in client services. Most of all, the company values trust and works hard to build long-term, trustworthy relations with both clients and partners for a more support- ing service delivery and engagement. At Vivaris, we employ a sophisticated strategy of asset management that allows investors to participate in high growth alternative investments while managing liquidity and mitigating principal risk. As experts in entrepreneurial finance, Vivaris invest across all sectors and analyze projects one by one. They start with the fundamentals that drive growth and value creation: opportunities to revitalize management; implement a disciplined sales process; introduce new products and services; and enter strategic relationships. Vivaris invests on a yield-convert basis. In structuring their offerings, they look to build instruments that offer their investors the security and current income of debt, with the back-end up side associated with equity. Vivaris tend to work with transactions between $15 and $500 million, but they aim to produce results for all sizes of investment, large and small, with the knowledge that the risk/return profile means more than the initial investment. When looking at an investment, Vivaris ensure that they have the pre- requisite expertise, then research the opportunity to determine if there is latent value in the deal and re-capitalize accordingly. Vivaris value through implementing proven strategies, optimizing technology, improving operations, applying financial engineering, and executing targeted sales and marketing campaigns. Our strategy is to participate in transactions that have a higher potential return than the traditional buying and holding of mature income properties. All investments are collateralized 100% based on estimated current market values. Vivaris also manage real estate opportunities, including real estate developments, value-added acquisitions, international properties, bridge equity, and hard money loans. Vivaris Capital is a Puerto Rico-based Investment, capital and real estate organisation, working on behalf of clients to produce long-term results and returns across a variety of industries. V 1704WF29