The Badner Group’s main mission is to develop, own and oversee the management of businesses for its own account. In this respect, the firm identifies and answers specific needs, and acts as a primary source of capital, skills, and ideas. In addition to acting for its own account, however, the firm assists a select group of clients, providing them with a range of specialized services, including but not limited to the following: supervision of an existing investment; assisting in the structuring and negotiating of manufacturing, marketing, licensing, and joint venture arrangements; facilitating the raising of capital through private placements and public offerings; merger-acquisition assistance; and designing and implementing cost-effective, efficient exit strategies for owners of private companies seeking to maximize value while minimizing risk.

The Badner Group is a modern, socially responsible merchant bank that incorporates the creativity, courage—and common sense—of another era. In contrast with other boutique-sized American merchant banking firms, The Badner Group aggressively searches out opportunities, at home and abroad, and acts as a laboratory and incubator for the inception and development of new businesses.

When it comes to capital assistance, The Badner Group strives to structure transactions that are beneficial to all parties—authentic win-win situations—and not just the capital source. This is true if the source is the firm itself, its principal partners, or an outside firm brought to the table by The Badner Group. In keeping with its entrepreneurial style and roots, the firm prides itself on knowing how to substitute one type of capital for another, sometimes using internal sources from asset repositioning or cash creation from improvements in working capital. Most importantly, The Badner Group understands and appreciates the risk-versus-return elements necessary to complete the capital procurement process.