On this week’s episode of M&A Masters, we speak with Adam Cook, managing partner and Chief Investment Officer of Culper Capital Partners. Based in Norwood, New Jersey, Culper Capital Partners invests debt and equity in middle-market companies that seek true partnership solutions that go well beyond the capital deployed. Culper Capital Partners is also a newly minted private equity firm, which is indicative of the growing body of private equity out there.

“At Culper, we're investing in middle-market businesses. We focus on things that we can see and touch. We will make debt investments where we're riding along with a BDC or a traditional lending company, but we really focus in on the platform equity side where we're putting our own money to work, along with our business partners, to find bespoke opportunities where it's well beyond the capital deployed,” says Adam.

We chat about what led Adam to a career in private equity, as well as:

• Why private equity is often viewed cynically

• Incentivizing those involved in an M&A deal from a cultural and a value perspective

• Culper’s ideal profile for an investment target

• How COVID could affect M&A moving into 2021

• And more