verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message primus capital type private industry private equity founded 1983 founder loyal wilson bill mulligan headquarters cleveland ohio united states products leveraged buyout growth capital total assets 900 million number of employees 15 website www.primuscapital.com primus capital is a private equity firm focused on growth capital leveraged buyout and leveraged recapitalization investments in middle market companies . the firm invests primarily in companies in the business services healthcare and for profit education sectors . the firm which is based in cleveland ohio was founded in 1983 as primus ventures . 1 primus founders loyal wilson and bill mulligan worked together in the private equity group of first chicago corporation . the firm has raised approximately 900 million since inception across six funds . primus completed fundraising for its sixth fund with 275 million of investor commitments in 2008 roughly the same size as its predecessor fund raised in 2000 . primus has completed dozens of investments since inception . among the most notable companies in which primus has invested include three eagles communications metropcs nyse pcs athersys nasdaq athx and marlin business services nasdaq mrln . references edit company overview of primus capital . bloomberg businessweek . 23 december 2015 . external links edit official website v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s investors angel investor corporate venture capital commercial bank crowdfunding institutional investor insurance company investment bank endowment family office fund of funds high net worth individual merchant bank pension fund sovereign wealth fund private equity firms venture capital firms portfolio companies this article about a private equity or venture capital firm based in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title primus capital & oldid 743405606 categories private equity firms of the united statescompanies established in 1983companies based in clevelandunited states private equity firm stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2015all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 14 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view