Eureka Growth Capital has promoted Christian Miller to Partner and has added Lisa Harris Millhauser as a new Senior Associate to the firm’s investment team.
Mr. Miller joined Eureka in 2005 as a Senior Associate from L.E.K. Consulting’s Boston office and had worked previously with Eureka as a summer intern prior to graduation from business school. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Fund II portfolio companies CCA Floors and Interiors, Cherry Hill Photo Enterprises, NetBoss Technologies, Toxicology Holdings and UTC Retail, and Fund III portfolio company West Academic Publishing. Mr. Miller received an AB in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
“Chris has an excellent track record of collaborating with our portfolio company management teams to help them capitalize on the growth opportunities that drive portfolio company value and returns for our investors,” said Chris Hanssens, Managing Partner of Eureka Growth Capital. “We are extremely pleased to recognize Chris’s contributions to the firm with this well-deserved promotion and look forward to Chris continuing to be an integral part of Eureka’s growth as a trusted partner of small, niche market-leading companies.”
Lisa Harris Millhauser joined Eureka as a Senior Associate in May 2014. Prior to joining Eureka, she was a Vice President at TA Associates, where she sourced, evaluated and drove the execution of minority and control private equity investments across a variety of industries. Prior to TA Associates, Ms. Millhauser worked in strategy and financial planning and analysis at Apple and evaluated and assisted in executing private equity and distressed investments as an Associate at Centerbridge Partners. She has also worked as an Analyst in the investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Ms. Millhauser received a BA in Social Studies from Harvard College and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
“We are delighted to welcome Lisa Harris Millhauser to Eureka. Lisa brings experience and relationships that will allow her to make meaningful contributions in a short period of time, and we look forward to her contributions to our portfolio companies and in evaluating new investments,” said Mr. Hanssens.
Eureka Growth Capital makes control and non-control investments in companies with $10 million to $75 million in revenue. Initial equity investments range from $4 million to $10 million but larger investments can be made with co-investment from the firm’s limited partners. The firm prefers investment opportunities in the Mid-Atlantic and Eastern US. Eureka Growth was founded in 1999 and is based in Philadelphia (www.eurekagrowth.com).
2014 PEPD • Private Equity’s Leading News Magazine • 7-17-14
