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Evidence of this can be found at both All Covered, an IT services company and division of Konica Minolta Solutions US Inc., with more than two dozen locations nationwide, and the AJP Group LLC, a venture capital firm in Raleigh, N.C. In fact, All Covered has 30 acquisitions under its belt over just the last five years. "Acquisition allows us to accelerate our growth, to bring in technology capabilities we didn't have prior to the acquisition as well as vertical industry expertise," said Bruce Teichman, director of corporate development at All Covered.
To attain a similar level of growth organically would take 20 years, he added.