Sandy Dalton's Contact Details

Sandy Dalton's Company Details

Industrial Device Investments

Knoxville, TN, US • 5 - 9 Employees
Venture Capital

IDI is a southeast based investment company led by John Dalton, a 28 year industrial products veteran, with experience in all company functions and as a private equity investor with SouthPointe Ventures in Atlanta. IDI invests in manufacturers of industrial devices, sensors, machinery and instruments. In specific, we prefer specialty product companies with:- $5-50m in revenues, and $1-6m in earnings- Strong technical features, such that "use expertise" is value added- Opportunity to improve by stronger strategic focus and operational execution, but not turnarounds- Industrial selling environments with larger ticket items- Segments where technology and innovation can drive sustainable advantage- Preference toward scenarios where key management can stay and hold meaningful equity stakeWho IDI is not:- Venture capital- Angel Investors- Generic Investors- Private equity- Turnaround specialists- Micro managersPortfolioMajority Investments: - Perceptics: https://www.perceptics.com/ - SunBelt Packaging: http://www.sunbeltpackagingllc.com/ - Materials Research Furnaces: https://mrf-furnaces.com/Minority Investments: - Arkis Biosciences: https://arkisbiosciences.com/Exited Investments: - Covington New York - Tucker Architectural Millworks - Aerial Access EquipmentAsk us about Perceptics Foundation. Great Businesses and Great Communities. IDI has led, through Perceptics, the creation of the Perceptics Foundation. Built upon employee time and money contributions, the Foundation triples the good, and has sponsored over $1,000,000 in employee sponsored giving.Industrial Device Investments, a Dalton Group Company.John Dalton, Managing Partner: John@idinvest.netSandy Dalton, Partner: Sandy@idinvest.netAJ Bernstein, Associate: AJ@idinvest.netTammie Hernandez, Analyst: Tammie@idinvest.net