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Bertram Labs

Author Solutions

Independent publishing company

Invested

January 2007

Headquarters

Bloomington, IN

Status

Exited

“Together, we transformed a slow growing, breakeven business into a fast-growing, consistently profitable innovator in its market that ultimately attracted the attention of a major strategic player. We achieved our goal of building a business that was both relevant and attractive to a strategic buyer.1

Jared ruger

Partner, Bertram Capital

Company Overview

A market leader in the independent publishing industry with 140,000 authors and 170,000 titles published.

Company Overview

A market leader in the independent publishing industry with 140,000 authors and 170,000 titles published.

leader in supported self-publishing

Add-On Investment Completed

iUniverse

AuthorHouse’s closest competitor, most sophisticated self-publisher

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1 Set forth on this website are statements of certain officers of select portfolio companies in which the Bertram Funds have invested or currently invest. The portfolio company officers were not selected on the basis of performance criteria. This is not a complete list of all officers associated with the portfolio companies in which the Bertram Funds have invested or are invested. Other portfolio company officers may not have the same experience as those individuals identified on this website. This website is intended solely to provide information about Bertram’s potential capabilities for prospective portfolio companies, and is not an offer to sell to any person, or a solicitation from any person of an offer to buy, any securities. The statements presented on this website are not statements of any Bertram client fund or investor and do not describe any experience with or endorsement of Bertram as an investment adviser by any such client or investor.