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Buying in: Fund partner says small businesses are ‘life blood’

Casey Hammontree
Casey Hammontree Casey Hammontree

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Chattanoogan Casey Hammontree says that small companies are key to Resolute Capital Partners, which invests in lower middle-market businesses throughout the United States.

“Small business is our life blood,” says Hammontree, who’s a partner in Nashville-based Resolute Capital. “We’re willing to go to smaller companies and work with them.”

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Resolute typically invests between $3 million to $25 million in subordinated debt and equity to support a company’s later-stage growth, management or leveraged buyouts, strategic acquisitions and recapitalizations.

Hammontree is a Chattanooga area native and still lives here, noting he talks frequently with partner Bill Nutter, who works in Nashville, and travels from the Scenic City to visit companies.