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Bluesilver Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

Bluesilver Partners is a high net worth group of experienced operators of industrial businesses. We are seeking to make a platform investment in a niche business.Our team has significant experience in transitioning businesses from founding owners.We intend to be long term holders of the acquired business.Bluesilver Partners possesses $2M liquid capital to invest and experience in raising additional debt and equity capital. To date members of our group have participated in four lower middle market transactions in which debt and equity funds were raised successfully.

Harwick Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

A private consortium of family offices and ultra high net worth investors dedicated to acquiring exceptional businesses and channeling our collective capital, talent, and ideas into supporting their long term goals.

Bear Creek Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

Bear Creek Partners is a private investment firm focused on buying founder and family-owned lower middle market businesses where we can partner with exception teams to achieve sustainable long-term results. Rob Clark (founder) spent the most recent portion of his career at Genstar Capital in San Francisco, leading new investments in services, software and industrials and managing an extensive cross-sector portfolio. During his tenure, Rob completed 12 platform investments and 100+ add-on acquisitions representing $10 billion of transaction value and over $3.5 billion of total equity.Our…

Fausset Neely Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

From real estate investment and asset management to financial consulting and project development, our team has diverse experience and a proven track record delivering results to clients and partners.

Cragmont Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

We invest in real assets with durable cash flows and the potential for long-term appreciation.With a focus on value-add returns, we are currently acquiring workforce housing assets in supply-constrained, knowledge-based economies throughout the Central and Western United States.

Valley Ventures Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

Valley Ventures is a private investment firm focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We partner with exceptional companies seeking the next stage of growth. Post acquisition, we work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders.

QCap Group Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

QCap Group is led by Grace Chen, a former operator, founder and investor. As an independent sponsor, we are looking to to acquire one or more mission-driven companies that we plan to hold for the long-term. We provide flexible exit opportunities to founders, whether that means continuing to operate the company or stepping away from day to day operations. Our investors are former or current executives (including Asurion, Datacor, and York Risk Services) who will advise on investing and operating companies we partner with.

Greenfield Avenue Capital Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

Greenfield Avenue acquires control positions in high quality services businesses. Our approach centers on opportunities where our experience and ecosystem of operating partners enable us to collaborate with management to drive significant growth. We are: Customer-Obsessed: We buy companies with leading customer value propositions and invest significantly to extend that lead.Growth-Oriented: We bring expertise and relationships in revenue strategies and M&A. We create value through long-term growth, not overhead reduction or financial engineering. Stewards of Your Legacy: We invest because…

MPWR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

MPWR Capital is a Private Equity Investment Company founded on value investing philosophies, focusing on scalable, old-economy business service companies with recurring revenue and launching them into hypergrowth by transforming them into tech and AI-enabled businesses.

Integrity Growth Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

Founded in 2018, Integrity Growth Partners is a growth private equity firm focused on investing in high-growth software and tech-enabled services businesses led by exceptional management teams. As of September 2023, Integrity Growth Partners has over $550 million in assets under management across its fund and investment vehicles.We believe that the foundation for exceptional growth in any company starts with its team. We bring complementary strategic, operational, and financial resources to our portfolio companies.We partner with exceptional management teams to accelerate growth. We invest…

Iron Forge Capital, LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

Iron Forge Capital is a direct investment fund focused on acquiring U.S based value-added light industrial businesses in the lower middle market. Iron Forge has committed capital allowing the fund to execute quickly on transactions and invest in the long term. We can offer highly customized investments including working with an owner who wants to sell the business completely or with one who wants to remain involved in the business after the transaction.Our operational capability is complemented by vast strategic resources: a broad network of industry relationships, operational best practices,…

Concorde Equity Partners LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

Concorde Equity Partners is a fundless sponsor that helps entrepreneurs source and acquire small businesses. We search for businesses that meet our Entrepreneur in Residences' criteria, conduct initial diligence and negotiations, and manage the close process including securing financing.

Conor Cook Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

Conor Cook is an independent sponsor based in Los Angeles, CA. Conor previously was an investment professional at the Riverside Company, a $15 billion middle market private equity fund, where he focused on finding and executing new deals. Prior to Riverside, Conor spent 4 years in the Private Equity Services Group at Alvarez and Marsal, where he focused on turnarounds for private equity portfolio companies. Conor holds a BA from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Edenic Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

Founders of tech-enabled services businesses currently have minimal options when scaling their company from $1M to $10M+ of EBITDALower middle-market private equity firms will only engage if they can acquire full-controlVenture capital firms won't engage because the addressable market is not $1BN+As former founders, investors and advisors, we work with founders that want growth capital to execute on the "PE Playbook" without giving up full-control

Hayden Creek Capital Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

Hayden Creek Capital ("HCC") is a principal investment firm that focuses on investment opportunities in lower-middle market private companies. Our Principals have deep expertise in making growth equity and buyout investments principally in the Consumer Food and Beverage, Business Services and Distribution industries.HCC is not a typical private equity firm—we are not a fund. We take a flexible and creative approach to capital structures, having an extensive network of debt capital and institutional and family office equity capital providers.Our investing philosophy is grounded in…

Blue Sky Finance Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

Blue Sky Finance is a US-based corporation representing the interests of a foreign conglomerate with over 30 years of experience and success in a wide variety of industries, ranging from cashmere fashionwear to real estate development, construction, mining, banking, snack food&beverage import/export, and tourism. As such, we are able to capitalize on full access to industry specialists, including consultants, managers, and directors who are able to provide and deliver expertise and knowledge in the industries we seek to serve. We are committed to seeking out investment opportunities,…

Baden Manager LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

Baden Capital is a private investment firm focused on control investing in profitable, timeless businesses. We focus on services oriented business but also invest in niche manufacturing and consumer. Our principals combine public and private institutional investing experience with gritty, hands-on operations experience within small businesses. We are based in California and prefer to partner with businesses near us where we can get engaged and help out actively. Historically, we have raised capital from SBICs and other mezzanine-focused firms who back independent sponsors. We have an…

AW Boston Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

AW Boston is a private investment firm focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We plan to work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders.

DL Capital Partners, LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

DL Capital Partners (“DLCP”) is an independent sponsor Private Equity firm based in California, focusing on the lower-middle market, acquiring high-quality small to medium-size businesses in the US.DLCP works to identify great businesses that are at an inflection point, and teams up with existing ownership or management by recapitalizing the business and providing strategic and operational support.We seek to acquire and build upon the strong foundations placed by the business founders and pursue stable and sustainable long-term value creation for our investors.

GDGC Holdings LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

GDGC Holdings LLC is a private investment firm focused on small to medium-sized acquisitions. We partner with exceptional companies seeking the next stage of growth. Post-acquisition, we work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders.

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