Balistreri joins Blackthorne Partners

Steve Balistreri, owner Legacy Advisors LLC, has joined Blackthorne Partners of Milwaukee as a managing director and partner while retaining Legacy Advisors.

Balistreri will provide his unique blend of experience owning, running and growing businesses and his record of buying and selling businesses to the Blackthorne Partners portfolio of services.

Balistreri provides business turnaround advice, mergers and acquisition and other business consulting work to businesses of all sizes. See this website for more information on the services of Legacy Advisors.  Blackthorne Partners primarily focuses on businesses with less then $1 million in EBITDA, $2-10 million in revenues -- with strong market positions, stable cash flow and growth potential.  Read more here.

Blackthorne recently invested $2 million in Integrated Medical Partners of Milwaukee. The company mnages a portfolio of health care information technology service businesses. Read more on the investment in the news section of the Blackthorne Partners web site.

The deal was noted in Pitchbook News, an online source of data and news on private equity deals throughout the nation.  Additionally, Balistreri's new engagement with Blackthorne Partners was mentioned in Biz Times Media, Milwaukee.