Neil Burns

Board Member I CEO I Operating Partner I Limited Partner I Managing Partner I Chemicals

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 33 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2023
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Board Member
Nov 2011
Cedar Concepts Corporation is a chemicals company based out of United States.
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Sep 2009
SiVance LLC is a leader in silicone chemistry, focused on the development and manufacture of specialty silicone technologies and intermediates required to modify basic silicone polymers. Strategically positioned within the silicone supply chain, SiVance offers silanes, siloxanes, silazanes, vinyl functional technologies, alkytrialkoxysilanes and custom manufactured research chemicals for customers in need of precision performance. Because silicone in its most basic form is a fully synthetic polymer with a repeating Si-O (chemical) backbone, SiVance can form a range of products via synthesis to improve certain characteristics required in customer applications.
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2025
Mentor
Oct 2025
Science Park Graz is a publicly funded institution with the purpose of supporting and promoting the creation of innovative tech-based startups business in Graz and Styria. Science Park Graz is also the home of the ESA Business Incubation Centre in Austria (ESA BIC Austria) and ESA Business Applications Ambassador for Austria (ESA BA Austria). In incubation, and backed up by a network of experts, SPG team supports university graduates, students, researchers and entrepreneurs from all fields by providing professional counselling & coaching, infrastructure and financing during the pre-start-up period. The SPG mentoring programme bundles the expertise incorporated by all Styrian university institutions as well as by successful entrepreneurs in order to equip innovative start-up founders with valuable practical experience along the way to their own companies. As manager of the ESA Business Incubation Centre in Austria, SPG offers the perfect support for entrepreneurs from research centres, universities, space and non-space business seeking to realise their innovative ideas and transfer technologies from space to other areas of the economy. www.esa-bic.at. In the context of SPGs activities as the European Space Agency (ESA) IAP Ambassador in Austria, SPG offers a strong network and multiple funding opportunities for SMEs and industry players to boost their business by using space systems and technologies to support service innovation in multiple areas of the economy. https://artes-apps.esa.int/ambassador-platforms/apaustria
2023
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Sep 2023
We are the New Green Chemistry Company with a mission to de-carbonize the chemical industry, using the power of green chemistry.
2022
Limited Partner
Nov 2022
About Palladium Equity Partners, LLC Since its founding in 1997, Palladium has invested in more than 220 companies (41 platforms and more than 180 add-ons). With over $3 billion in AUM, the firm focuses primarily on buyout equity investments in the range of $50 million to $150 million. Palladium seeks to acquire and grow companies in partnership with founders and experienced management teams by providing capital and strategic guidance. The partners of the firm have meaningful experience in consumer, services, industrials, and healthcare businesses, with a special focus on companies they believe will benefit from the growth in the U.S. Hispanic population. Investment Parameters Investment Size $50 million to $150 million of equity capital Target Company Size EBITDA between $10 million and $75 million Geographic Focus United States Key Industries Consumer Healthcare Industrials Services Ownership Control-oriented Capital Uses Founder transitions, management buyouts, growth capital, corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, restructurings, rescue financings, add-on acquisitions
2016
Board Member
Jan 2016
American Track is Americas largest and most trusted rail solutions provider of turnkey rail solutions, offering railroad design engineering, maintenance, construction, and terminal operating services. At American Track, we pride ourselves on keeping up with the latest construction technology, and we adhere to each facility’s strict safety and security standards. Our team works closely with customers to ensure they always get superior results. Financial stability, exceptional service/response times, superior quality, and a strong commitment to safety are must-haves for all rail construction, maintenance, and general service providers. American Track is committed to these baseline principles, while constantly seeking new ways to exceed client expectations and deliver exceptional results. *Corporate Champion of the Wounded Warrior Project*
2011
Board Member
Nov 2011
Cedar Concepts Corporation is a chemicals company based out of United States.
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