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Third South Capital

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Third South Capital is a holding company specializing in the acquisition and operation of profitable niche software businesses. With a focus on long-term growth rather than short-term gains, the company leverages its operational expertise to enhance the performance and value of its acquisitions. Third South Capital manages a portfolio of seven software businesses, demonstrating its commitment to nurturing and expanding its investments in the software sector. The firm is recognized for its strategic approach to acquisitions, prioritizing sustainable growth and operational excellence.

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Murphy Legacy Partners

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Michael Murphy, CPA, is a repeat founder who has built and sold digital infrastructure and consumer platforms while keeping investors whole. Over a two-decade career he has raised more than seven million dollars, closed a $150 million power and land agreement, and overseen construction of a 45 MW computing facility.He also engineered an enterprise email system that delivers two billion messages each year and created video and real-estate platforms that attract millions of users.Murphy manages his own reconciliations, crypto treasury, and GAAP compliance, drawing on early training with the…

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Crmone

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Leader in BPO & CX services with over 20 years of global experience, a world-class team of 4,000+, and operations in seven countries. We excel at enhancing customer experiences, boosting efficiency, and cutting costs, making us the preferred BPO partner for industry leading brands worldwide.

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Montlake Partners LLC

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Todd Owens and Paul Judy bring 25+ years of co-leadership experience building, operating, and scaling companies from early-stage to $100M+ ARR across tech-enabled services, SaaS, healthcare, and light manufacturing. Their complementary skill set pairs aggressive GTM and commercial growth leadership (Todd) with disciplined operational execution and customer delivery (Paul).Acquisition MandateActively evaluating acquisition targets west of the Rocky Mountains in stable, fragmented industries with low risk of AI disintermediation.Target Criteria:Primary Sectors: Home Services | B2B Tech-Enabled…

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Perpetuo Corp

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Perpetuo is a permanent capital holding vehicle deploying committed capital directly from our balance sheet, we seek to acquire US based businesses through majority change in control LBO with historical management continuing to stay in place. Our criteria include EBITDA ranges $2-10M, 12% margins or greater, with 5+ years of profitable cash flow operations. We are sector agnostic, but do not invest in technology, real estate, and capital intensive businesses. We aim to align sellers with our long-term permanent hold strategy through a majority buyout, seller note, and roll over equity.

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Toyota Tsusho

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Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. is a multi-market, multi-business enterprise which has been operating in North America for over 60 years. Based on both the heritage and the vision of our parent company, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, the trading affiliate of the Toyota Group companies, we have greatly enlarged upon our traditional trading business model by developing new manufacturing, intermediate goods processing and logistics activities in United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.Toyota Tsusho America’s business spans a wide range of fields. We have organized our business under seven…

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Inlet Point Holdings

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Sod Solutions is a leading turfgrass research, development, and technology company headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina. Since 1994, we’ve partnered with top turfgrass breeders, producers, and industry stakeholders to develop and license some of the most successful turfgrass brands in the market. Beyond our core turfgrass licensing and technology platforms, we own and operate a growing portfolio of businesses adjacent to the lawn and landscape industries.Acquisition Criteria: We are actively seeking to diversify our holdings through the acquisition of well-run small businesses…

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Brattle Point, LLC

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Brattle Technologies is a family-owned holding company of fantastic American businesses.We are not a private equity firm and do not seek profit from the regular sale of our holdings.Instead, we provide capital and professional, long-term ownership to our companies to help them grow into significantly larger enterprises over many years of stable ownership.In other words, we are investors for the long run.

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DMM Motorsports

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DMM Motorsports is a multi-brand automotive aftermarket platform focused on acquiring and scaling niche performance and off-road parts companies. Our investment criteria target founder-led businesses with $1–10 million in revenue and strong brand equity where we can add value through shared operations, centralized systems, and growth capital. We have a proven track record of building and integrating brands such as Hybrid Racing and DC Sports, and we continue to execute on a roll-up strategy that prioritizes founder-friendly deal structures and long-term brand growth.Our team combines deep…

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Follis Management Partners

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Founded in 2021, FMP is a value-oriented holding vehicle focused on long-term value creation across its portfolio companies. We aim to deploy medium-to-long duration capital across the capital structure, primarily focused on controlling equity stakes.Our experience is rooted from structuring and executing complex public markets transactions, but we have always gravitated towards entrepreneur-led private enterprises. Given our expertise, we can get up-to-speed and comfortable on unique opportunities. No financial engineering. No games. We are interested in the success of valuable…

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Medley Holdings

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Medley Holdings is an entrepreneurial, operationally‑focused investment firm partnering with founder‑owned consumer and services businesses.We invest in growth and work hands‑on alongside founders, bringing support and resources to help businesses reach their full potential and scale into category leaders.

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Westport Partners Inc.

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Graham Badun is the founder and CEO of Westport Partners Inc., a Toronto-based holding company that acquires and builds businesses in property technology, home services, and residential real estate services.Graham brings more than 30 years of operating and M&A experience to Westport's portfolio. As Group CEO of Brookfield Residential Property Services (1998–2012), he grew the business from a single Canadian platform into operations across eight countries, quadrupling net revenue through organic growth, strategic acquisitions — including GMAC Home Services and the $110 million purchase…

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The Stan Oliver Group

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I am an operations and strategy executive seeking to acquire a platform business in the clean energy and essential building services sector to build lasting generational wealth. My approach centers on strategic governance, capital allocation, and empowering existing leadership rather than day-to-day micro-management.Specifically, I am targeting established businesses across HVAC, solar, and wind services with an enterprise valuation between $1 million and $2 million. My primary geographic focus is Ohio and the broader Midwest, though I remain open to compelling strategic markets…

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Athen Systems

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Athen Systems is a private investment firm focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We are focused on acquiring, managing, and empowering leading exceptional technology companies.Pre-acquisition, we do a deep dive into the operations and market industry of our target company. We identify the company’s strengths, weaknesses, gaps, and processes and capture the information in a cohesive and action-oriented plan. Thus we are well-positioned post-acquisition to execute an optimization plan to fill operational gaps and invest in areas of strength.

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Titan

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Titan is a long-term holding company applying frontier technology in partnership with leading IT services firms. Our approach is simple: acquire well-established MSPs and deploy our team of best-in-class engineering + product talent to build the first AI-native MSP.

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Redwood Services

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Empowering Local PartnersRedwood Services is building a family of people-powered home service companies obsessed with improving the homeowner experience.Founded in 2019 by Richard Lewis, and with the backing of the Union Main Group, Redwood is actively investing in ‘mission critical’ home services companies, including but not limited to HVAC, plumbing, electrical, tree service and lawn control.Redwood’s mission is to support its local partners with shared resources, access to capital and best-in-class operating systems and processes – all designed to drive long-term, profitable…

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Cedar Ivy

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Cedar Ivy Group is a Cincinnati-based private investment firm acquiring privately held or family-owned businesses headquartered within 100 miles. Our focus is entrepreneurship through acquisition (EtA) for permanent equity. We are not a private equity fund with only short term goals.The management, investors and advisory team backgrounds allow us to pursue most industries. Our team has overseen companies recognized by Inc. 500, Deloitte Cincinnati 100, Cincinnati Business Courier, Ohio Small Business Development, Ohio News Network TV, Smart Business Magazine, Cincy…

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Greenrow Capital

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Greenrow Capital is an operator-led investment firm focused on acquiring, operating, and growing lower middle-market service businesses. Our team’s experience spans more than three decades across industries such as commercial truck dealerships, fleet maintenance, distribution, hospitality, and restaurants. Individually, our team has owned and operated multiple hotels and restaurants, run large commercial truck dealership and service operations, and held leadership roles in corporate finance, leveraged lending, and asset management. We have also founded and managed investment platforms…

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Red Devil Development

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Our company is focused on identifying and acquiring durable, high-potential operating businesses. We specialize in identifying growth opportunities in non-discretionary industries, executing strategic acquisitions, and driving long-term value.We have no operating companies in the portfolio, but we have completed eight acquisitions over the years, all of which have successfully exited, the most recent and largest at a 49x MOIC.

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Outpost Companies

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Outpost Companies is an entrepreneurial holding company that focuses on long-term oriented growth investments. Co-founded by Sam Long and Phil Kantor, Outpost leverages their extensive experience both investing and operating roles to provide strategic support to their portfolio companies.

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