Founded in 2002, Argonaut Private Equity is a Tulsa, Oklahoma based private equity firm with over $1.5 billion of capital deployed by the firm’s principals. The firm is currently investing out of Argonaut Private Equity Fund IV, a $400 million fund that deploys Argonaut’s strategy of making control-oriented buyout investments in companies in the industrial, manufacturing and energy services and products sectors. Argonaut looks to partner with management teams to improve operations, implement best practices and generate shareholder value. Argonaut has an over 15-year…
Hidden Harbor Capital Partners is a private equity firm which helps create business success stories by building teams focused on execution. We believe that great companies are built on a strong group of people as their foundation, and that businesses succeed when they are intensely focused on executing a small set of well-defined objectives. Hidden Harbor has assets under management of more than $1.9 billion.What we look for:• Lower middle market companies up to $500 million in revenue (or any size for add-on opportunities to existing portfolio companies)• EBITDA up to $50 million…
Pfingsten is an operationally-driven private equity firm focused on long-term value creation. From our headquarters in Chicago with support from representative offices in India and China, we help businesses in ways few private equity firms can, applying our unique operational and global resources to offer real solutions to our companies, unlocking value and propelling growth. We invest a minimum of 50% equity into the capital structure of each portfolio company, providing the flexibility to create value through operational improvements, professional management practices, global capabilities…
Source Capital, LLC is a private equity firm founded in 2002 which makes both equity and debt investments in mature, lower middle-market U.S. companies across a range of industries. Source Capital's investment strategy targets healthy growing companies with greater than $2.0 million in EBITDA seeking a growth-oriented partner.
Greybull Stewardship is founded, funded, and run by business owners and managers. Our fund is structured to allow the power of permanence to impact the value of an investment, we have no mandate to sell. We have committed capital to support current ownership's growth and liquidity needs. Greybull is actively seeking new investments and our investment horizon is long term. We do not mandate growth rates and with our history as owners and managers, we know how to assist businesses and also stay out of the way.
Envest Capital Partners is an investment company holding long term private equity positions in established basic businesses. We invest in a relatively broad range of basic industries, with a focus on manufacturing, industrial & consumer services, and franchising. Envest seeks to provide private direct equity financing to companies with sales of $5 to $50 million, exceptional growth prospects and strong, stable cash flow. Founded in 2000, Envest is a private equity firm based in Virginia Beach, VA. We are dedicated to partnering with privately held and founder-owned businesses. The Envest…
Headquartered in New York City and with a portfolio across the United States, Branford is a pre-eminent private market investor. We are focused on working with already strong companies that typically have under $200MM in sales. Since Branford’s founding in 1986, our mission has been to work with these companies to maximize their potential, both in terms of strengthening operations and facilitating growth.
IMB Partners (IMB) is a private investment firm focused on delivering top-quartile market returns to investors and creating positive social impact. IMB buys, builds, capitalizes and partners with management teams to grow value-added B2B companies in the small-to-midsize business market. We seek to generate above-market growth and customer retention rates by owning and building businesses that address the unmet need for large-scale diverse supplier participation among large corporate and government buyers. IMB invests capital on behalf of and alongside 25 high net worth families.We seek to…
Foundation Investment Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquiring niche manufacturers, high value added distributors, outsourced business service providers, and niche software developers. Our operating model focuses on partnering with the owners or operators of smaller businesses to provide the support, guidance and resources necessary to grow the business. Our Approach Smaller businesses face numerous challenges. Because of financial constraints, owners cannot always afford the luxury of having a specialist in every position. Each employee is asked to wear multiple hats and are…
Ninth Street Capital Partners is a private investment partnership that specializes in acquiring, developing and managing established businesses. With a focus on executing deals with the highest degree of integrity, we make long-term controlling investments in growth-oriented, privately held businesses with revenues ranging from $5 to $50 million. Our flexible approach allows us to tailor our investments to help entrepreneurs and business owners achieve their personal and financial goals.
We are a private investment firm specializing in control and non-control investments of North American companies with operating profits of $4 - $20 million.Since the firm’s founding in 1999 by Jim Andersen, Calvin Neider and Pete Doolittle, Clearview has single-mindedly remained dedicated to investing in and supporting the development of lower middle market companies. Working collaboratively with our portfolio company management teams, we provide targeted strategic and operational assistance, as well as capital, to fuel organic and acquisition growth initiatives.Since inception, the…
HKW is evolving with clarity and purpose, while honoring the vision of the firm’s founders and our 100 plus year history. We focus on specific sectors in which we can utilize our skills and perspective, leveraging technology as part of a data-driven methodology to power our “Four Pillar” structure. HKW has developed processes that support our strategy to find, create, and sustain value in our companies while trusting and appreciating that our approach is what sets us apart.
Rockwood Equity Partners:Contact: Kate Faust at [email protected], 216-278-7070B2B manufacturing, service providers, distribution in industrials and regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, aerospace & defense, environmental, waste, rail, water, others)Transaction types: First institutional capital partner, majority, minority, growth, independent sponsor and operator partners, management buyout, corporate divestitureTarget company size: $10-$75 million in revenues and $2-$7 million EBITDA, add-ons of any size.Private equity investment firm for lower middle market companies, with a…
Industrial Opportunity Partners, LLC ("IOP"), based in Evanston, IL, is a private equity investment firm. With $910 million of committed capital since its inception, IOP is focused on acquiring and managing middle-market manufacturing and value-added distribution businesses. Utilizing its operations-focused approach and dedicated Board of Operating Principals, IOP has a track record of stabilizing, growing and enhancing the value of its acquired businesses having invested in over 20 platform companies.
Founded in 2005, KLH Capital is a private equity firm serving management teams of lower middle-market companies in the specialty services, value-added distribution, and niche manufacturing industries. The firm makes majority and minority equity investments in U.S.-based businesses to support the company’s growth plans, provide ownership opportunities for key managers, and allow owners to harvest the value in their businesses. Our commitment goes beyond financial support as we believe in establishing a collaborative team of peers, all of whom have a hand in the company’s progress.…
Mangrove Equity Partners' founding principals enjoy a national reputation as uncommonly effective, fair, flexible and honorable partners to company owners and managers. We have the captive financial resources (including bridge capabilities) and deal experience to efficiently close transactions. We also have substantial operating experience and a collaborative approach to building value at the companies with whom we partner. Mangrove's three person internal operating team affords our fund the ability to help owner/operators maximize the value of their retained ownership, and allows Mangrove to…
Harren Equity Partners is a Charlottesville, Virginia and Fort Lauderdale, Florida based private investment firmand leading provider of equity for middle market acquisitions, recapitalizations and growth capital financings. Harren professionals work with each portfolio company to develop and/or implement a strategic business plan, and we support management by providing the operational, financial and human resources necessary to manage the increasingly complicated decisions associated with growing a business. Harren's approach to private investment is significantly differentiated from the…
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…
Plexus Capital invests across the United States in a variety of transaction types, including equity acquisitions, buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth capital. Since 2005, Plexus has raised and funded $2.3B across seven funds in 180 companies. Plexus closed Equity Fund I at $204M in 2021. Plexus has built an institutional platform with a team of 45 professionals based in Raleigh and Charlotte, NC
We acquire companies that have a dominant position in their niche sub-sectors of B2B services, distribution, highly engineered manufacturing, and industrial/operational technology. We focus on companies or corporate carve-outs based in the US or Canada.We target companies that benefit from many of the leading trends impacting industrial markets including productivity enhancing technology solutions, factory automation, robotics, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT), advanced manufacturing and the increasing importance of B2B services.
