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Pierpont is a private equity and strategic advisory firm based in Washington, DC. Dr. Terry LaPier founded Pierpont in 1996 while serving as a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, where he researched and taught entrepreneurial value creation, business analytics, innovation, and corporate growth strategies.

Pierpont advises its own portfolio companies as well as small and large third-party companies, and invests in corporate rollups and other growth-oriented opportunities. The firm has a strong track record of successful corporate exits. Top corporate leaders and entrepreneurs work with Pierpont to identify, devise, operationalize, and monetize unique corporate growth strategies that create value and deliver exceptional returns. Transaction experience includes corporate rollups, market entry strategies, alliances, mergers, joint ventures, and positioning for IPOs.

Advanced analytics have created new opportunities for our portfolio investments; however, we find that only a small percentage of target companies are able to combine the right tools, data, talent, and organizational focus to take full advantage. To realize the value of big data, we prioritize strategic — not merely technological — solutions. Pierpont’s strategy experience and analytical expertise help businesses build the right capabilities to extract meaningful insights from data, enabling better decisions and lasting value creation.

We complement our corporate growth platform with personalized marketing strategies, including geofencing, Google Analytics, social media optimization, and proprietary lead generation tools.
Pierpont was founded on the belief that entrepreneurs and top corporate executives are visionary leaders whose energy and ideas are the foundation of every successful company. Through constructive and confidential partnerships with entrepreneurs, government entities, and corporate leaders, Pierpont provides unobtrusive value creation counsel and, where appropriate, timely capital for business expansion or target acquisitions.

Pierpont is not accepting new investors at this time.

COORDINATES

Operational Experience • Expert Network • Research-based Successes

Pierpont’s team members have hands-on experience in creating value in businesses through the identification of organic growth approaches, add-on acquisition targets, planning, execution and team excellence. Pierpont understands what it takes to plan, finance and grow a company and make the vision a reality. As the senior principal, Terry brings a combination of real world operational experience – including accountability for P/L in companies and divisions of large companies in several industries; research-based approach to success – with advanced studies at the London School of Economics and Wharton; and 17 years teaching Entrepreneurial Value Creation Leadership related courses at Wharton.

Pierpont also has access to an outstanding network of successful CEOs and leading business minds that can assist in a highly targeted fashion to maximize value for any situation. Depending on the portfolio company’s confidentiality, the team is drawn on to help create innovative growth opportunities for the company, which may include leading authorities in marketing and finance, as well as international CEOs and business leaders who can quickly assess the potentials and pitfalls in a given region or industry and point to untapped opportunities.

This combination adds a unique depth and breadth of experience and insight that Pierpont applies to every company and every leader it works with.