The following is a list of our current principal investments.
Helm Financial Corporation
Investment Type: Private Equity
Business Description:
Helm Financial Corporation is a rail transportation equipment company
with a range of products and services designed to meet the needs
of companies that lease railcars and locomotives and those buying
parts for their own rail equipment.
Business Description:
Publicly traded company in the US (NYSE: MMR), it is engaged in
exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas in
the Gulf of Mexico and onshore in the Gulf Coast area of the US.
The company is also pursuing plans for the development of the
Main Pass Energy Hub TM project located at the former sulphur
facilities at Main Pass Block 299 in the Gulf of Mexico. This project
includes the transformation of the Main Pass sulphur facilities
into a facility for the receipt and processing of LNG and the storage
and distribution of natural gas.
K1 owns 4 million shares of common stock and
758k warrants to purchase common stock of MMR.
Investment Type: Private Equity
Owned indirectly through Knowledge Universe Holdings
Business Description:
KLC & Kindercare operate the largest high-quality early childhood
education and development programs in the United States that focus
on the health, safety and development of the child. They provide
more than just day care, they offer early childhood education programs
that promote school readiness and a lifetime love of learning.
Combined, the companies serve more than 200,000 children, with 1,900
community centers, 656 before-and-after school programs, and 123 employer-sponsored
childcare centers in 39 states and the District of Columbia. The company’s
programs are primarily marketed under the brand names “Kindercare”,
“Children’s World”, “Knowledge Beginnings”,
“Mulberry”, and “Children’s Discovery Centers”.
Investment Type: Private
Equity
Owned indirectly through Knowledge Universe Holdings
Business Description:
A privately held corporation which develops and delivers innovative
online education. Cardean University (formerly Unext) was created
to bring graduate business and management education courses to students
worldwide and today offers an innovative online MBA program.
In 2003, Cardean and New York Institute of Technology formed a strategic
alliance to launch Ellis College of NYIT, a new online school created
to serve working adults. Bachelor programs were added to the degree
programs granted and not affords Cardean the ability to provide on
line students the ability to receive both a Bachelor and/or Master
college degree from an accredited online university.
Investment Type: Private
Equity
Owned indirectly through Knowledge Universe Holdings
Business Description:
K12 provides parents the ability to provide their children with
a solid home based supplemental education with courses tailored
for each child’s needs. The company delivers an excellent
curriculum and instructional tools to help children get a better
education. K12's program combines online technology with traditional
content and the world's best teaching methods. K12 offers programs
in six core subjects (Language Arts, Math, History, Science, Art,
and Music) for kindergarten through ninth grade.
K12's curriculum was developed by a team led by some of the country's
most respected and experienced educators, ranging from Nobel laureates
to veteran public and private school teachers. K12 currently includes
more than 150 scholars, writers, teachers, multi-media developers,
instructional designers, and business professionals. The team's experience
and passion for learning ensures that K12 will help raise the education
prospects of students throughout the United States.
*The listed companies are either directly or indirectly
owned by Knowledge Universe Holdings, LLC.
Jurlique*
Investment Type: Private Equity
Owned indirectly through Knowledge Universe Holdings
Business Description:
Jurlique produces a wide range of skin care and other related beauty
products. The products are produced from plant based ingredients
and herbs grown organically and biodynamically in the Jurlique Herb
Farms in South Australia. They contain natural and herbal antioxidants
and are Hypo-allergenic and pH balanced.
Business Description:
ChrysCapital is an investment firm with approximately $450MM under
management across two funds with offices in Palo Alto, CA and New
Delhi, India. They invest equity in services and services related
companies with defensible market positions and strong underlying
organic growth potential. ChrysCapital has developed a strong track
record realizing substantial returns for their investors and management.
Their investors include prestigious institutional investors like Harvard
Management, IBM, Government of Kuwait, Microsoft, Stanford University
and Government of Singapore. Their investors also include founders
of many premier technology firms in the US, CEOs of multinational
firms, and partners of several top-tier global private equity firms.
