Velde Equity is an operator-led special situations investment firm that partners with lenders, founders, and corporates on value preservation and creation. The firm targets assets with defensible moats and genuine reasons to exist — businesses where the right operational partner can unlock vast latent potential, and where needed, navigate the challenges standing in the way. Focused on $50–250M revenue businesses across the industrial and consumer sectors, Velde brings flexible capital, embedded transformation leadership, and a positive-sum philosophy to create value at critical inflection…
Saddle Ridge Partners is a thematically oriented private equity firm investing in the consumer product supply chain. We target supply-chain oriented companies serving consumer product brands and legacy consumer brands themselves. Saddle Ridge Partners employs an Investor-Operator approach to accelerate the growth of innovation, efficiency, and sustainability within its partner companies. The firm generally invests in companies with $3 million to $15 million of EBITDA and targets equity investments ranging from $10 million to $50 million. Saddle Ridge is located in Boulder, CO.
Areté Capital Partners is an investment firm which seeks to partner with founder-owned companies from $2-10M of EBITDA looking to continue building the founder's legacy to become a leading brand within a particular industry.
USBC Capital LLC is a Florida-based family office and investment group actively acquiring and financing lower middle-market businesses. We focus on revenue-generating companies with strong fundamentals across sectors like B2B services, logistics, manufacturing, e-commerce, and healthcare. Our team has deep experience in capital structuring, investor relations, and deal origination. We offer both acquisition and flexible debt capital solutions, with recent activity across Florida and the Southeast.
CGS Partners is a private investment firm that specializes in acquiring main street businesses in the Midwest. We engage with motivated business owners to facilitate private direct acquisitions, focusing on creating value and growth opportunities within our portfolio. With a strategic approach to investment, CGS Partners aims to foster business development and expansion in the region, leveraging expertise and resources to support and grow the companies we acquire.
We own property management and construction businesses that complement our real estate holdings. We are actively working toward acquiring a portfolio of ancillary businesses that complement and allow us to leverage our current business operations. Our target focus is Texas and surrounding states.
Next Steward Partners is a family-owned private investment firm dedicated to fostering market-leading companies through a hands-on partnership approach. Specializing in the healthcare sector, they collaborate closely with entrepreneurs and management teams to drive growth and success. With a focus on building strong, sustainable businesses, Next Steward Partners leverages its expertise and resources to support the development of innovative healthcare solutions. Their commitment to excellence and strategic investment has enabled them to cultivate a diverse portfolio of companies, positioning…
We are an experienced group of founders, entrepreneurs, and investors with a proven track record of growing and operating successful businesses. Our mission is to find great companies and help the business reach its potential while enhancing the company’s legacy. We seek to work with business owners who are mission-driven and aim to achieve long-term value.
Cambridge Capital invests and acquires businesses in Europe and Southern Africa, in the FMCG, Foods, Industrial, Services, Financial, Fintech sectors. We provide strategic advice and capital, however we allow for management to retain a high degree of operational freedom, and we incentivize accordingly.
Meadowland Avenue Partners is a private acquisition firm focused on acquiring and operating small-to-medium sized businesses. We take a long-term, relationship-driven approach — working closely with owners to honor the legacy and culture they've spent years building.
Kumularcompanies is an industrial investment firm that specializes in acquiring micro-cap businesses and transforming them into mid-market leaders. The firm focuses on consolidating specialized automation firms that support manufacturing efficiency, reshoring, and supply chain resilience. By investing in niche machine builders and mission-critical industrial services, Kumularcompanies aims to capitalize on reindustrializing and reshoring trends. Their strategic approach combines disciplined capital allocation, operational excellence, and flexible capital to unlock scale and consolidate…
POZA Capital Partners is a private investment firm that seeks to generate strong returns regardless of market cycles through partnering with exceptional teams and focusing on underserved markets. We are a team of operators and investors with experience spanning private equity, private credit, distressed assets, real estate, and operations. Collectively, we have managed large portfolios, structured financings, executed growth and turnaround strategies for operating companies, and led integration and expansion initiatives across industries. Our blend of operational and financial expertise…
Golden East Investors (GEI) is a real estate investment firm that invests capital on behalf of its own account and on behalf of institutional partners.The GEI team has decades of experience sourcing, acquiring, asset managing and realizing real estate investments throughout the continental United States. We pride ourselves on identifying value where others can't and solving for complex capital structures.
Apollo Rock Capital is an independent sponsor looking to acquire and partner with a high quality lower middle market business. I personally started out my career in the corporate world as an engineer and eventually worked at various investment firms in New York City focusing on services and technology companies across both public and private equity. I am looking at companies with up to $3m of EBITDA focused on sectors I have experience investing in (service and software businesses). I am investing my own capital alongside a dozen investors who have agreed to back me at Apollo Rock. These are…
Baden Capital is a private investment firm focused on control investing in profitable, timeless businesses. We focus on services oriented business but also invest in niche manufacturing and consumer. Our principals combine public and private institutional investing experience with gritty, hands-on operations experience within small businesses. We are based in California and prefer to partner with businesses near us where we can get engaged and help out actively. Historically, we have raised capital from SBICs and other mezzanine-focused firms who back independent sponsors. We have an…
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Pennington Creek Capital, LLC (“Pennington Creek”) is a private capital investment firm focused on both control acquisitions of lower middle market companies and non-control, structured equity investments. Pennington Creek’s capital provider is the Chickasaw Nation, a proud and accomplished Native American nation based in Ada, Oklahoma with over 80,000 citizens and tribal lands in south-central Oklahoma. We strive to be a compelling alternative to institutional private equity firms by: Maintaining a long hold-period for the businesses we…
WaveDivision Capital (WDC) is a private investment firm specializing in the broadband industry or technnology. Established in 2003 by broadband entrepreneur Steve Weed, the firm is dedicated to enhancing broadband infrastructure by providing both investment and expertise. WDC seeks to partner with ambitious and visionary companies, offering guidance through its leadership team's extensive experience in rapidly growing broadband, telecom and technology businesses. With a focus on delivering next-generation products, WDC has built a reputation for driving growth and innovation within the…
LMN Equity Partners seeks to acquire and operate one durable lower-middle-market business, partnering with owners to preserve legacy, support teams, and drive long-term growth. We are particularly interested in recurring or repeat-revenue businesses with strong customer relationships, stable cash flow, and meaningful opportunities for operational, commercial, and strategic growth. Our investment approach is long-term, hands-on, and values-driven.
Bridger Companies is a Dallas-based, family-based private equity firm focused on real estate development and strategic business acquisitions across the Mountain West and Midwest. Through a proactive, relationship- and research-driven investment approach, the firm identifies high-quality real estate ventures and businesses in attractive sectors, generating proprietary and exclusive deal flow. Bridger Companies has built a reputation for partnering with entrepreneurs to provide strategic, operational, and financial expertise that drives growth and strengthens communities.
Masthead Holdings Incorporated is a private investment firm focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We partner with exceptional companies seeking the next stage of growth. Post acquisition, we work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders.
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