Sea Pine invests in lower middle market companies in the service sector. We take controlling positions in our investments and prefer to partner with founders or management teams that are currently in place. Our goal is to provide the capital and other resources necessary to accelerate growth while maintaining the successful culture created by existing management.
Holding company that owns, builds, and purchases businesses with goal of being cash flow positive, around for 10+ years, simple to run, and most importantly that will throw off cash to invest into other businesses and donate to charity.
Ohana Legacy Partners is not a private equity firm. We are a long-term Employee Owned holding company committed to acquiring enduring businesses and transitioning them to employee ownership. Led by former Navy SEAL and seasoned operator Justin Knowles, we invest in companies with strong cultures, loyal teams, and a legacy worth preserving. We don’t flip, we don’t rebrand—we build on what works and share the upside with the people who built it. If your client is looking for a buyer who will protect their legacy and elevate their people, we’re ready to move with speed and integrity.
Fruition Private Equity is a Denver-based private investment firm dedicated to advancing middle-market businesses and management teams. Since its inception in 2020, the firm has executed over $650 million in transactions, completing 17 acquisitions and successfully recapitalizing one platform. Fruition Private Equity specializes in strategic investments and operational improvements, focusing on stable, predictable revenue businesses in fragmented sectors. Their primary investment focus is on convenience stores and gas stations in the Southeastern United States. The firm is co-founded by Jay…
Blue Line Ventures is an operating company first, and an investment company second.Our team's passion and background rests in helping small business owners and investors achieve their goals through sales or acquisition. We do this across industries and help our clients focus on team design, process optimization, and systems development.We make direct investments in businesses that fit our personal investment thesis and that align with our specific industry focus. We are skilled in creating flexible finance solutions and are backed by a leadership team with a proven history of business…
SixFive Partners is an operator-led investment firm founded by brothers Mike and Matt Speaker, seeking to acquire and grow founder-owned commercial and industrial service businesses in the $5–50M revenue / $2–10M EBITDA range across the continental United States. Unlike traditional private equity, SixFive's founders become the CEO of the businesses they partner with and bring direct operating experience — most recently acquiring and scaling Revive Med Spa across California, as well as prior healthcare platform investments in pediatrics and ophthalmology. Backed by patient, long-term…
Braes Bayou Company is a Texas based independent sponsor firm dedicated to partnering with founder-led B2B service businesses. Braes raises capital from its investor network on a deal-by-deal basis, ensuring alignment across management teams and capital providers.
Saddle Horn Equity acquires controlling equity interests in lower-middle market companies with the intention of growing them to the next level without a pre-defined hold period.We’re entrepreneurs who have started, built and sold businesses. And while we understand finance, we’re rooted as operators. By investing our own capital, we do not have the strict structure of a private equity fund and can provide sellers with the transition they desire.
Deep South Capital acquires and grows lower-middle-market companies across the Deep South (LA, MS, AL, AR, TN, FL panhandle, South and East Texas) which generate $2 - 7M EBITDA annually. Sector focus includes industrial and manufacturing, wholesale and distribution, B2B services.
Ascendis Partners is a dynamic investment platform focused on creating sustainable value by identifying and acquiring high-potential businesses across North America. Our strategy targets companies with strong operational foundations in select industries, including manufacturing, distribution, and services, that are poised for growth through strategic investments, operational improvements, and market expansion.We specialize in partnering with family-owned businesses and closely-held companies where owners are seeking an exit due to retirement or succession challenges. With a dedicated and…
RCM is a holding company backed by a family office + brand partners. We have buy-and-hold forever timelines and take a long term view to our investments.All partners are entrepreneurs themselves, exceptionally skilled at growing businesses with several prior exits as founders. Our team is young, high energy, and we execute quickly.Besides capital, we also have access to a broad suite of resources through our operating brands.
Avita Holdings is a veteran-led micro family office that specializes in acquiring and nurturing small businesses. With a focus on operational excellence and long-term growth, Avita Holdings is dedicated to building a lasting legacy through purposeful ownership. The firm emphasizes honoring the founders of acquired businesses and aims to continue their legacy while also serving as a learning environment for the founder's children. Based in San Diego, California, Avita Holdings is committed to developing complementary ventures that align with its core values.
Bluestar Holdings, LLC (“Bluestar”) is a private investment firm founded to identify and invest in private lower middle-market growth-oriented companies and real estate assets. We seek to partner with privately held companies to address capital requirements, succession plans, and liquidity/diversification needs. Our goal is to bring our experience as operators and investment professionals to management teams and provide executive guidance to realize a combined vision. Our founding members have over 70 years of combined management, ownership, and private equity experience.
Hudson Glade is a private investment firm focused on Consumer, Industrial and Services companies with demonstrated and defensible growth characteristics that operate in the lower end of the middle market. We desire to partner with talented management teams to accelerate value.
We are a Pledge Fund (backed by family offices) that invests in scalable and purpose-driven companies in the United States.The founding partners have each over ten years of private equity experience. Our team, operating partners, and pledge fund investors have substantial experience in investing, creating, growing, operating, and selling businesses.We invest in proven businesses with strong management teams within our core sectors: (i) financial services, (ii) business services, and (iii) specialized services and products.We make, both controlling and non-controlling stakes, investments in…
Tempus Partners seeks to buy and operate defensible and profitable small businesses in the consumer retail and manufacturing categories. We are committed to nurturing the long term success of our acquisitions and operating to generate consistent long-term cash flow. We are open to both growth partnerships, in which the existing team maintains some ownership and involvement going forward, or full buyouts. Our deep industry expertise in retail and manufacturing businesses allows us to take an active role and immediately pursue strong, low capital, low risk strategies to grow sales and…
Panther Equity Group ("Panther") is a private investment firm focused on providing capital, strategic support, and resources to healthy & well-positioned companies in the lower middle market. Panther generally invests equity in companies with $3 million to $12 million of EBITDA, experienced management teams, and in industries where Panther has deep relationships with operating partners, industry executives, and channel relationships. While we remain agile in criteria, Panther typically focuses on companies with the following characteristics:Industries: IT Services & Tech-Enabled…
Vegvisir Capital derives its name from the "Vegvisir", an old Nordic sign meaning "way finder." In old Norse mythology, it is said "that if this sign is carried, then a person will never lose their way in storms or bad weather, even when the way is not known."Vegvisir Capital was founded to assist technology entrepreneurs in finding their way to scale. We invest in capital efficient, growing B2B software and services companies at an inflection point. We look for established core products in large markets where new growth channels exist in the monetization of data or payments. This…
Minerva Equity is a boutique acquisition firm focusing on the lower mid-market.We acquire controlling stakes in companies that we believe to be well run, have a talented management team in place and ownership that is departing.We pride ourselves in having a "people first approach" to business.
4C Capital is an investment firm that makes investments in privately held companies for the long term. We deliver Capital, Capacity, Competitiveness and Commitment that aligns with management’s vision to drive the next level of enterprise value. We leverage our operational expertise, investment sources and network of business opportunity contacts to strengthen and grow the lower middle market companies in which we invest.
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