Stallion Finance ("Horses not Unicorns") is a private equity firm that invests in and acquires small businesses with the goal of growing them through predefined strategic improvement initiatives. Our team of professional entrepreneurs utilize both private equity investment and hands-on operating expertise, to design and implement our proven operating playbook. We target tenured (no start-ups) companies generating between $0.5mm to $5mm of EBITDA. While we are industry agnostic, we have a particular focus on internet based, software or technology companies that are generating…
Founded in 2010, Geneva Glen Capital is a Chicago-based private equity firm that invests in proven private companies with leading market positions, significant growth potential, and stable cash flows. GGC makes control investments and targets companies headquartered in the U.S. or Canada with EBITDA between $2 million and $20 million. The firm works closely with management teams to establish and execute on a clearly defined value creation and growth plan. The principals of GGC have extensive private equity experience and capital backing from family offices and other institutional investors…
Founded in 2014, Proviso seeks to provide capital and strategic resources to
lower middle market companies. Our goal is to partner with leaders that want
to take the firm to the next level.We seek established businesses with
experienced management teams and a solid operating history with hyper
growth potential. Our target portfolio companies have been operating for at
least 3 years and have positive earnings. They have revenue between $5mm
and $50mm. Proviso is industry agnostic.
About:Kairos Companies is a firm established in 2018 dedicated to owning and operating family-owned businesses across the United States. At Kairos, we take pride in providing creative solutions for business owners in need of a transition. Beyond the initial transaction, Kairos constantly strives to provide the best home for our businesses. With an indefinite investment horizon, Kairos acts as a family for our companies: nurturing growth, mentoring managers, and maintaining the outstanding legacy of the founding family.The Greeks had two words for time: “chronos” and…
Exonas Capital is a private investment firm focused on investing in high-quality businesses that have reached strategic, operational, or financial inflection points and stand to benefit from our proven value creation playbook irrespective of the prevailing economic environment. We are focused on four key sectors, including the niche consumer, business services (including SaaS and DaaS), industrials, and non-reimbursement-based healthcare services sectors. Our mandate is flexible and we can invest in a wide variety of transactions, including founder and family-owned companies, corporate…
Rise Run Capital (“Rise Run”) is a Dallas, Texas based private equity firm which invests capital in middle market companies with the following characteristics:Trailing EBITDA of $2 to $10 millionStrong management teamProfitable operationsAttractive and defensible market positionMinimal customer and supplier concentrationsRise Run focuses on manufacturing, healthcare, consumer products, distribution and logistics, and service companies.
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Bearing Partners is an independent financial sponsor that invests in lower middle-market companies. We seek to invest in businesses $1M to $8M of EBITDA with a strong management team and the potential for significant growth. We prefer to partner with the management team or founder(s) in control investments in industries including consumer products and services, business services, oil & gas, technology, industrial & manufacturing, etc. We have a low leverage approach in structuring transactions and no required hold period which allows for flexibility for each specific situation.
Hemingway Capital is an operationally oriented investment firm that specializes in growing lower middle-market industrial companies. We offer creative, flexible capital and deep operating experience to optimize and grow our partner companies. We invest in fundamentally sound businesses possessing a competitive advantage, recurring demand for products or services, and favorable macro trends. We stand beside management teams, family businesses, and business owners as a preferred investor in lower middle market industrial businesses that adds value beyond capital.
We are a fundless sponsor based out of New York City that invests in services, distribution and manufacturing businesses below $10 million in transaction value. We are open to owner operator transactions, partnership deals, or deals requiring full management replacements (which we accomplish by placing operators from our proprietary network). To date, we have closed 4 transactions and look to close 2-3 a year going forward. Our main talents are institutionalizing people, processes and systems and focusing on areas for longer term growth as we look to build out solid organizations to scale.
Firm DescriptionHealy Capital Partners (“HCP”) is a private equity investment firm focused on partnering with closely held and family-owned companies, where we can be a value-added investor. We seek out investments in lower middle market companies in which we can establish a truly collaborative partnership with all constituents to accelerate growth. HCP partners with management teams to build sustainable value in businesses over the long-term, without the artificial constraints fundraising cycles create for more traditional private equity funds.Over the past 20 years, we have invested…
Rockaway Securities is a privately-held boutique investment company. We aim to invest in both public and private securities, such as the investment in quality stocks, the acquisition of small-businesses, financing startup companies, leading commercial real estate ventures, and more. Rockaway will raise the investment capital, and in some cases, the debt financing, to acquire ownership stakes in private security offerings. Rockaway seeks to find valuable investment opportunities that their investors will see great returns and meaningful asset value over the ownership term of the…
West Allen Capital is a private equity firm supported by family office capital that makes control equity investments in family owned businesses in the lower middle market between $2 and $5mm of EBITDA. We seek to partner with strong management teams to generate systematic growth for our portfolio companies and create value for our investors.
Based in Chicago, IL, MSP is an operationally focused investment firm formed to acquire family and founder-runbusinesses across the business services, niche manufacturing, and industrial sectors with EBITDAbetween $2MM-$10MM. Since its inception in 2022, MSP has completed seven acquisitions (three platforms and fouradd-on investments) across various of our target industries.
At Dark Alpha, our investment strategy revolves around acquiring and enhancing cash-generating companies within select sectors. As a nascent entity, we prioritize industries with significant growth potential including manufacturing, business services, health care, aerospace & defense, and industrial services.Thesis-Driven Investment StrategyOur in-house industry advisors identify industries poised for disruptive growth by studying macroeconomic factors, technological advancements, and regulatory changes. The selected thesis is further substantiated by examining industry reports,…
Bridgefield provides simplified, one-stop shop capital solutions to middle market companies. Through both debt and equity capital solutions, we help entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams accomplish their goals—whether their goals are to achieve liquidity, to diversify their personal wealth, facilitate management buyouts and/or pursue growth and acquisition financing.Since 2006, we are proud to have facilitated more than 100 transactions (credit and equity) representing more than $1 billion in transaction value across industries including manufacturing, technology, consumer…
TM Holdings is a private investment firm that seeks investment opportunities alongside great management teams. Our goal is to invest in companies with competitive dynamics that drive long-term value.While markets change and the universe of investment opportunities continually evolves, our investment criteria remains the same. We target equity investments in privately-held businesses that are ripe for disruption. We prefer to invest alongside management teams who want to maintain an active role, or who are open to a succession plan. While every investment requires a significant amount of…
Thoroughbred is a Denver-based private equity sponsor providing capital and creativity to support relentlessly driven management teams. We partner with lower middle market companies, offering operational expertise, strategic insight, and valuable relationships to build enduring businesses. We leverage our experience as both operators and investors to be effective partners, knowing when to step up and when to step back, empowering management to create exceptional value.
Fortunesse, a structuring company, specializes in developing financial products, including investment products such as debt and equity. The company manages private credit funds and has a private equity arm.
Fox River Capital is led by Jason Salisbury, Managing Partner and a seasoned business leader with a proven track record of success in engineering sales, industrial services, and business ownership. Jason’s extensive experience includes founding, growing, and successfully exiting a company, as well as managing operations and sales for high-performing industrial businesses. His hands-on approach and strategic vision drive Fox River Capital’s mission to create lasting value for all stakeholders.Backed by a group of established business leaders who own and manage substantial companies, we…
After spending 15 years in enabling small to medium sizes businesses in revenue generation, Fourth Exit is now venturing into SaaS enterprise acquisitions. Looking to acquire a SaaS business with $1M-$5M acquisition cost.
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