SFW Capital Partners makes a strategic investment in Essen BioScience

SFW Capital Partners, a specialized private equity firm that invests with management in mid-sized companies providing analytical tools and related services, today announced an investment in Essen BioScience, Inc. SFW is partnering in this investment with Essen’s co-founders, Kirk Schroeder and Brad Neagle, who serve as the current President and Vice-President of Operations and Engineering respectively, and its management team. As a team, the partners at SFW have supported some of the most successful and well-regarded companies in the analytical instrumentation market, including Mettler-Toledo International, Waters Corporation, Spectro Scientific and Industrial Dynamics Company (“filtec”). With SFW’s strategic support and resources, Essen plans on making significant investments to further expand its applications and assays, develop and introduce innovative new products, and continue to enhance its sales, service and support capabilities. See more