Joseph Lauro

Joseph Lauro is listed as a Partner at CR3 Capital, where he is responsible for identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, transaction execution, and portfolio management. CR3 also lists him as a member of the firm’s investment committee.

Lauro has more than 25 years of experience across private equity investing, financing transactions, and turnaround management. CR3 Capital highlights his sector expertise in food & beverage and consumer products.

Before CR3 Capital, Lauro was a Partner and Managing Director at Kinetic Advisors, a national merchant-banking firm focused on direct investments and corporate finance transactions. Earlier, he was Managing Director at Silver Ventures, where he managed a direct investment portfolio of operating companies, hotels, and real estate investments; he was also a Partner at Corporate Revitalization Partners and spent 10 years at Arthur Andersen as Capital Markets Director and Corporate Recovery Manager.

Lauro holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Georgia, where CR3 says he graduated magna cum laude. An executive-profile source attributed to Foundation Partners Group also describes him as having served as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Foundation Partners Group and as an inactive CPA in Georgia.

• CR3 Capital’s stated strategy is to make “control and non-control equity investments in North American companies” that are “experiencing unique transformational changes.”
• The firm looks for companies where operational work matters: CR3 says it uses a “hands-on partnership” and operating-partner bench to implement performance improvements and value-creation strategies.
• Target situations include family or owner-operator transitions, growth-capital needs, underperforming businesses, operational challenges, complex or special situations, and 363 sales / plan sponsorships.
• CR3’s published business profile targets U.S.-headquartered companies with revenue up to $30 million and no minimum EBITDA requirement.
• Sector fit is important: CR3 lists aerospace & defense, business services, consumer / food & beverage, industrials, manufacturing, technology, and transportation & logistics as industry areas.