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Kaho Partners

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Kaho Partners is a thesis-driven investment firm focused on building market-leading companies through organic and acquisition-driven growth. Kaho is based in Dallas, TX and Miami Beach, FL. For more information on Kaho Partners, please visit www.kahopartners.com.

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• Aug 2024 Acquired Colanar
• Oct 2023 Acquired Sirius Automation
• May 2023 Acquired Bow Robotics
• Jan 2023 Acquired Missouri Tooling & Automation

Centerfire Capital LLC

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Centerfire Capital as an investment and advisory company focusing on venture and private equity in consumer businesses and businesses that enable consumer led businesses to perform at their best.We invest in control and minority positions in companies that can create value through:Increasing TransparencyWe invest in companies that increase transparency to consumers of what they are buying; through ingredients, consumer ratings, and/or sustainable practicesImproving ValueWe invest in companies that can dramatically improve the consumer value proposition of a product or service versus the next…

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• Aug 2023 Acquired Luxury Travel Hackers
• Aug 2023 Acquired Curacity
• Aug 2023 Acquired CommLoan
• Aug 2023 Acquired HomeWell Care Services

Falx Capital

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Falx Capital is a private investment firm focused on Healthcare, B2B Services and Niche Manufacturing in the lower middle market. We partner with existing management teams or bring in new management to build upon the legacy of a business and provide flexible capital solutions to its owners. By leveraging our professional experience and established industry network, we are able to provide differentiated insights and best practices to create long-term value for all stakeholders.

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• May 2026 Acquired Wright Steel
• Feb 2026 Acquired Viker Office
• Aug 2025 Acquired iDoc Corp
• Apr 2025 Acquired Pyramid Time Systems

Vion Investments

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VION Investments, headquartered in Atlanta is global advisory provider of receivable investment services to businesses managing consumer and commercial receivables. VION provides a single, comprehensive source of expertise in receivable purchasing, consulting, and valuation.VION’s industry leading management team can help any business owner, turnaround manager, or lending institution facing issues of liquidity, covenant restrictions, and compliance. We also have solutions available to deal with the unique requirements affecting specialized industries, such as specialty finance, medical,…

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• Jun 2017 Acquired Dearden's
• Jul 2016 Acquired Italian Government
• Nov 2013 Acquired Cornucopia Oil & Gas Company
• Oct 2013 Acquired Cornucopia Oil & Gas Company

Lapa Capital

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Lapa Capital is an investment adviser headquartered in New York. We provide an alternative approach to wealth creation for our partners, investing at the two ends of the risk spectrum: acquiring stakes in growing companies and originating/managing credit collateralized by real assets. We look for established solutions (i.e. tested and deployed) and businesses facing an inflexion point on its growth trajectory. ‍ We leverage our relationships globally to help our partners expand their network globally. ‍ We focused mainly on companies operating at or near financial profitability

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• Jan 2024 Invested in Confidential Company
• Sep 2023 Invested in Confidential Company
• Sep 2022 Invested in Confidential Company
• Jul 2022 Invested in Confidential Company

Kinsale Capital

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Kinsale Capital Partners is a Relationship Based Merchant Bank focused on providing equity solutions to middle market companies located primarily in the U.S.Kinsale invests its own capital, along with co-investment capital provided by Kinsale's proprietary network of co-investors.Rather than limiting its investment focus to a few specific industries, Kinsale focuses on investment situations having one or more of the following critical investment characteristics:The capital need is for growth, restructuring, ownership transition or special situationsThe Company serves a market that is growing,…

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• Aug 2023 Acquired Malabar International
• Aug 2023 Acquired Terminal-Andrae Inc.
• Aug 2023 Acquired Dental One, Inc.
• Aug 2023 Acquired RF Controls

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Woodlawn Partners

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Woodlawn Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm that is focused on people, not transactions. Our primary responsibility is to provide stability for employees and customers. Rather than simply replacing a business owner with a new manager, we first become directly involved with a business to educate ourselves and to earn the trust of its people. We then work collaboratively to build a team that can drive self-sustaining growth. We help a business owner to tailor a succession strategy around their personal and financial needs. We take a hands-on approach to shepherding a business…

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• Jul 2022 Acquired Sheer Logistics
• Jan 2021 Acquired Active Roofing
• May 2018 Acquired Tighe Logistics
• Jun 2017 Acquired BW Manufacturing

Glass Lake Holdings, LLC

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Glass Lake Holdings partners with exceptional privately-held businesses. Having previously acquired, grown and exited two businesses (Richmond Alarm Company and RRS Medical), we have deep operational and investment backgrounds specifically focused on family and founder-owned businesses.

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• Mar 2026 Acquired The Fire Group
• Oct 2025 Acquired FSS Technologies
• Oct 2023 Acquired Big Box Storage
• Aug 2023 Acquired Green Grass Landscaping

Chrysalis Growth Partners

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Chrysalis Growth Partners is a private investment firm focused on the lower and middle market, primarily focusing on business services and industrials. We have a flexible investment mandate and hold periods - given we partner with two Pacific Northwest family offices who have indefinite (multi-generational) investment horizons. For illustrative purposes, sectors of interest include: waste collection and hauling, uniform rental + linen supply + commercial laundry, facility services (janitorial, pest control, route-based, etc), telecommunications, financial services (CPA, tax, accounting,…

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• Jan 2025 Advised Industrial Waste Collection and Hauling Services in its sale to Infrastructure PE Firm
• Jun 2024 Acquired Pacific NW Perimeter Security Company
• Mar 2023 Acquired Water and Wastewater Filtration and Treatment
• Jun 2022 Advised Residential Services (Plumbing) in its sale to NYC Private Equity

Galaxi Group

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Galaxi Group is a family office backed independent sponsor focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We consider ourselves entrepreneurial capital partnering with management teams and entrepreneurs to achieve next level success.

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• Jun 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
• Jul 2025 Acquired Serpico Landscaping
• Aug 2021 Acquired Medallion Landscape Management, Inc.
• Jul 2017 Acquired Rainforest

Current Capital

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Current Capital Partners LLC (www.currentcap.com) is a private equity investing, mergers and acquisitions advisory and corporate management services firm founded by a group of former Fortune 500 executives and investment professionals to create value primarily in middle market and smaller companies in the industrial and services industries. In our private equity business, we bring an integrated operating, finance and investment approach to two large sectors, industrials and services, where we have extensive networks, experiences and perspectives. We partner with corporate management teams to…

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• Jan 2018 Advised Safe Fleet in its sale to Oak Hill Capital Partners
• Jan 2018 Advised Gates Industrial on an investment from Initial Public Offering
• May 2017 Advised Charter NEX Films in its sale to Oak Hill Capital Partners
• Jun 2016 Acquired Rimstock Limited

Northwood Ventures

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Northwood Ventures has been a leading venture capital and private equity investor for more than three decades. Our long-term investment horizon, entrepreneurial orientation, and collaborative approach make us an attractive partner for skillful founders, shareholders and management teams.

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• Dec 2011 Acquired Designer Protein, LLC
• Jun 2010 Acquired Zevia
• Dec 2009 Acquired Celebration Restaurant Group, LLC
• Oct 2009 Acquired JVC Media LLC

Sheridan Hill Partners

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Sheridan Hill Partners is an Illinois-based investment and operating firm that partners with established businesses in helping them achieve their next level of growth.We are operational leaders experienced in growing businesses who invest our own personal capital directly, as well as capital from a small network of investors.

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• Apr 2022 Acquired LCW
• Jul 2021 Acquired Cornerstone Support
• Jun 2021 Invested in SilverIP Communications
• Aug 2019 Acquired FHC Marketing

Tricorner Group

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Tricorner Group partners with founders/owners and senior management of businesses who have created valuable franchises but who, for personal, professional and financial reasons, have reached a stage in their business life cycle where they desire outside resources—managerial, operational and financial—to help them take their businesses to the next level, while also addressing their lifestyle objectives.

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• Apr 2020 Acquired Computer Wholesalers
• Jan 2020 Acquired Elevos
• Jan 2014 Acquired Crossfuze
• Jan 2013 Acquired Sunbelt Health Partners

Monument MicroCap Partners, LLC

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Monument MicroCap Partners, LLC (MMP) is an independent private investment firm comprised of highly experienced and accomplished private equity and operational executives seeking to sponsor the acquisition of companies in the MicroCap Market, which we define as businesses having EBITDA of $1-5 million. Our focus is on businesses located in the United States and Canada.With offices in Indianapolis and Bloomfield Hills, we have one of the deepest and broadest investment teams in the U.S. and Canadian MicroCap private equity markets. Our partners have extensive experience and a successful track…

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• Aug 2023 Acquired Renovate America Holdings LLC
• Nov 2020 Acquired Synergy IOM, LLC
• Sep 2020 Acquired Kelly Roofing
• Apr 2019 Acquired Command Investigations

Stony Brook Partners

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Stony Brook Partners is a Boston-based holding company that acquires and builds lower middle market, service-oriented businesses. We partner with founders and operators preparing to transition or scale. We are entrepreneurs first, investors second. We have been owner-operators ourselves, so we structure deals around what matters to owners, move quickly, and close cleanly.If you are an owner thinking about what comes next, or an advisor to business owners considering a transition, we would welcome a conversation.

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• Apr 2023 Acquired Cruise Travel Accessories Company
• Feb 2023 Acquired Children's Book Publisher
• Sep 2022 Acquired Car Care & Detailing Products Company
• Jun 2022 Acquired Nursery and Baby Accessory Company

Grovecourt Capital Partners LLC.

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Grovecourt Capital Partners LLC. is a private investment firm focused on making long-term investments in growing companies with attractive fundamentals in exciting industries. Grovecourt strives to work with founders and management teams to drive growth and unlock potential.

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• May 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
• Feb 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
• Feb 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
• Aug 2023 Acquired Traffic & Mobility Consultants

DFM Operating Partners

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DFM Operating Partners is an operator-led acquisition and management platform focused on lower middle-market businesses. The firm specializes in identifying companies where operational complexity may obscure underlying value and works closely with management teams to enhance performance and drive long-term value creation. With more than 25 years of experience leading private equity-backed businesses as a CEO and Executive Chairman, Founder & Managing Partner Daniel Muth focuses on acquiring and leading industrial, manufacturing, business services, andand select consumer companies…

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• May 2023 Invested in FB Solutions Group
• Jun 2021 Invested in T-Bev
• Feb 2017 Invested in Van Law Food Products
• Jun 2004 Invested in International Fiber Corporation

FCAP Investors Pte. Ltd.

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Focused on M&A and equity investments across manufacturing and software sectors, with particular emphasis on global opportunities in the data center and power equipment value chains. Experienced in privatizations, long-term equity investments, corporate acquisitions, and group carve-outs, with a strong understanding of complex deal structures and long-term industrial value creation.

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• Feb 2026 Acquired iSoftStone
• Feb 2026 Acquired JST Power Equipment
• Feb 2026 Acquired LuxVisions
• Feb 2026 Acquired Kingsoft Cloud

Gordon Equities

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Gordon Equities is an independent private equity investment firm in Texas focused on partnering with lower middle-market and founder-led businesses across industrial manufacturing, equipment rental, multi-family development and media. Established in 1985, the firm was founded to manage the investments of the Roberts and McHaney families.  The company is led by Stephen McHaney who has years of experience on both the buy and sell side. We pride ourselves on negotiating fair transactions and not losing sight of the fact that the seller and management are often our partners after…

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• Sep 2022 Invested in Lane Supply, Inc.
• Oct 2018 Acquired T.B. Butler
• Feb 2015 Invested in Pro Star Rentals
• Jun 2012 Acquired ASP Westword LLC