About Ronin Equity PartnersBased in New York City, Ronin Equity Partners represents a new type of investment firm, powered by an operationally-focused value creation strategy. Ronin makes control equity investments exclusively in the Industrial and Consumer sectors, where the team has prior investment and operating expertise. The group invests in market leaders with highly defensible market positions, strong demonstrated cash flows, and in situations where Ronin’s operating playbook can add value through enhanced systems, processes, and talent recruitment. The Ronin team embeds into each…
Unity Partners is a middle-market PE firm that backs ambitious leaders in fragmented services businesses. Our Partner & Propel strategy - a) partners with leaders who would like to accelerate their plan through M&A b) propels teams forward by bringing operating expertise from the outset to help with levers, scale, and integration. We follow six operating principles, one of which is 'Purpose' - our belief in sharing the upside and building better together through broad employee ownership.
Kainos Capital, a middle market private equity firm focused on the food and consumer sector, was recently formed by Andrew Rosen, Robert Sperry and Sarah Ashmore Bradley. The Kainos Partners have invested and collaborated together in the food and consumer space over the past 20 years and their deep industry knowledge is complimented by an experienced team of investment professionals.The Kainos Team has extensive investment and operating experience in the industry, having invested more than $2 billion of equity in more than 52 transactions in the food and consumer sector with a total…
Artemis is a highly specialized private equity firm focused on partnering with differentiated Industrial Tech companies that contribute to a healthier, safer, and more productive world. Focusing exclusively on manufacturers of highly engineered products with mission-critical applications, Artemis' vision is to buy and build deeply impactful Industrial Tech businesses that enhance global health, security, and productivity.These products enable some of the most important technologies to serve the most pressing human demands: Diagnostic lab equipment enabling health &…
Investors Scaling Companies LocallyScaleCo Capital is a Cleveland-based lower middle market private equity firm that focuses on control-oriented leveraged buyout and growth equity investments in fast-growing companies based primarily in the Great Lakes region. ScaleCo partners with companies in the verticals of business services, tech-enabled services, value added distribution and assembly, and training, compliance, and education, bringing operational expertise and strategic resources to scale their growth potential and build long-term value.ScaleCo is the Proud Capital Investment Partner of…
Montage Partners is a lower-middle-market private equity firm investing in established U.S. and Canadian companies with $1.5M–$7M of EBITDA.Since 2004, we have completed 20 platform investments (14 successfully exited, 6 current) across four core sectors: Industrial Products & Services, Technology & Professional Services, Consumer, and Healthcare. Our portfolio companies collectively represent more than 1,700 employees and $400M+ in combined revenue.Montage Partners manages $80M of capital with committed capital available to deploy in 2026. We specialize in founder liquidity and…
Arcapita is a global investment firm focused on middle-market private equity and real estate transactions, with offices in Atlanta, Bahrain, London, and Singapore.Over the past 20 years, Arcapita has completed over 70 investments in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.Our flexible investment mandate and hold period allow for creative structuring solutions and the ability to partner with founders, executives, family offices, fundless sponsors, and institutional investors.
GreyLion focuses on investing in high-growth businesses in the lower middle market. We seek to partner with existing owners and management teams across the Industrial, Healthcare, Software and Services sectors to deliver capital in tailored and flexible minority and control structures. GreyLion invests $25-$125 million of capital per investment, primarily within the United States. We currently manage private equity funds with aggregate commitments of $1.9 billion.
BCP partners with founders, family owners and managers to grow smaller companies over time. As engaged stewards and partners, we seek to build businesses and invest in people while preserving each company’s legacy and culture.
Slack Water Capital makes minority and control equity investments in small and medium-sized businesses. The Firm's primary focus is providing equity capital to acquisition entrepreneurs.
MiddleGround Capital is a private equity firm that invests in B2B companies in the industrial and specialty distribution sectors in the lower middle market in North America. We are differentiated as true operators who have experience working in and managing businesses that range from the lower middle market to Fortune 500 companies.We make control equity investments in businesses that can benefit from the hands-on operational expertise we bring to the table. We partner and align ourselves with management teams to execute a customized value creation program that drives equity value back to our…
Our goal is to ensure every investment we make is on the right side of change in healthcare – supporting companies that improve the healthcare system and who will help accelerate the shift from volume of service to value. While change is often slow and unpredictable, we seek investments that perform well in the current environment and will thrive as the pace of change accelerates.We invest in companies positioned for rapid growth that operate in excellent markets within healthcare. Our focused approach targets companies that will benefit most from our relationships and expertise.Within the…
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Chicago-based Granite Creek Capital Partners, L.L.C. is an active manager of lower middle market debt and equity investments in Business Services, Niche Manufacturing, Food & Agribusiness, Healthcare and value-added Distribution. Granite Creek invests in high-performing businesses to support rock star entrepreneurs, the next phase of growth or a transitional event that is driving the need for additional liquidity. Granite Creek brings decades of experience in private equity, lending, strategy and operations across 80+ deals over the course of 30+ years. The Granite Creek investment team,…
SBJ Capital is a multi-strategy private investment firm with $600mm under management that provides flexible capital solutions to founder and family-owned businesses. SBJ offers companies control and non-control investment solutions, including debt and equity, across the consumer, healthcare, technology and business services industries. SBJ provides operational resources, strategic advice, and a partnership-oriented approach to help businesses achieve their full potential. SBJ was founded by an experienced team of professionals with a track record of helping grow companies as…
Traction Capital is a Minnesota-based private equity firm focused on acquiring and scaling businesses located in the Upper Midwest.Traction seeks buyouts in essential industries with strong, defensible market positions, target control investments in lower middle market companies with $1–3.5M of EBITDA, Traction is also very interested in ecommerce, product, and SaaS opportunities.Traction prioritizes industries with recurring demand, low cyclicality, and meaningful barriers to entry, enabling sustainable value creation and attractive exit optionality.
We work with founders/owners, families and management teams in need of ownership transition, management succession, and / or growth support. We primarily focus on companies with revenue between $5 million and $80 million, and a cash flow between $1 million and $10 million. We consider a wide range of industries and look for companies with potential to build on past successes and open to new ideas.
Blue Sage Capital is an Austin, Texas-based private equity firm that has been investing in profitable, growing, lower middle-market companies since 2002. Blue Sage currently has over $400 million of assets under management and seeks to partner with founders, families, and management teams as the first round of institutional capital for businesses that enjoy leadership positions in niche manufacturing, environmental solutions, or specialty services industries. Blue Sage typically invests $20 million to $40 million in control buyout investments and recapitalizations of companies with $20…
Ironbridge is a Toronto-based private equity firm with more than $750 million of assets under management focused exclusively on investing in companies in the Canadian lower middle-market. We focus on traditional industry businesses in the manufacturing, distribution, consumer products and services, and business products and services spaces. We have completed over 55 transactions since 2005 and are currently deploying from our $383M Fund IV. We are looking for new platform acquisitions in Canada fitting the following parameters:Lower middle-market focus:• Deal Sizes generally between $25 and…
Founded in 2006, Platform Partners is a Houston-based investment firm that as of September 2025 manages approximately $800M of assets in a perpetual holding company structure, which allows for a long-term, patient approach. We have invested in over 30 companies, and we typically are the first institutional investor. We invest $25-$100M of equity in profitable, growing companies, and like a private equity firm invest from a pool of committed capital. We invest across industries and have significant experience in business services, financial services and industrial…
LDR Growth Partners (LDR) is a people-focused private equity firm.Our vision centers on maximizing the potential of people, communities, and businesses through teamwork and the infusion of human and capital resources.Our mission is to create a new standard for successful North American businesses by aligning growth and infrastructure with optimism and opportunity.Our values are trust, service, creativity, and discipline.
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