O2 Investment Partners has hired Travis Aho as its newest senior associate.
In his new position, Mr. Aho will be responsible for evaluating new transactions, conducting due diligence, underwriting new investments, and working with O2’s portfolio companies.
Before joining the team at O2, Mr. Aho spent one year with the corporate development group at Tenneco, a manufacturer of OEM automotive products. Before Tenneco, he spent ten years with Michigan-based middle-market investment bank Angle Advisors where he was active with both sell-side and buy-side engagements in the business services, direct-to-consumer, electronics, and manufacturing sectors.
Mr. Aho has his undergraduate degree in business administration and finance from the University of Michigan.
“We are thrilled for Travis to join the O2 team given his transaction experience. He is a great fit and can have an immediate impact on our continued portfolio expansion and review of new opportunities,” said Luke Plumpton, a managing partner at O2.
O2 makes control investments in companies with EBITDAs from $2 million to $8 million located anywhere in the United States and Canada but with a preference for the Midwest and the Great Lakes regions. The firm’s typical transaction size is $5 million to $50 million. Industries of interest include manufacturing, niche distribution, select service and technology businesses. O2 is based in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
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