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Distillers & Vintners Independent Sponsors

767

Active Firms

22,130

TTM Deal Inquiries

$3M-$15M

Core Revenue Range

$600K-$3M

Core EBITDA Range


Florida 13%
Texas 12%
California 11%
New York 7%
New Jersey 4%

Focus: Control Investments | Capital Source: Deal-By-Deal Financing | Operating Approach: Scale & Exit

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Validor Capital

12 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Validor Capital is a private investment firm that provides liquidity to family and founder owned industrial, manufacturing, and service businesses in the lower middle market. We have 14 active investments and seek situations where we can partner with management teams to leverage our combined expertise and deep industry relationships to create significant value. Our investment criteria is outlined below.- Industry: Industrials, Manufacturing, and Industrial Services- Transaction Type: Buyouts, Recapitalizations, & Corporate Divestitures- Size: EBITDA of $3 to $15 million​​​​-…

Recent Transactions

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  • Sep 2023 Acquired Summit Stairs & Millwork
  • Aug 2023 Acquired MBP Group
  • Apr 2023 Acquired RE Metal Finishing
  • Dec 2022 Invested in Kennedy Insulation Group

RedCloud Capital

12 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
RedCloud Capital is a Denver-based private equity firm focused on partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams to build market leading companies. Founded in 2004, RedCloud Capital has more than twenty years of experience investing in entrepreneur-owned companies with differentiated growth strategies. We invest in businesses generating between $3mm - 10mm of EBITDA that have a compelling value proposition.

Recent Transactions

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  • Jan 2022 Acquired Twelve South
  • Dec 2017 Acquired Offen Petroleum
  • Apr 2016 Acquired Willowood
  • Sep 2015 Acquired Jacent

Grand Valley Holdings, LLC

12 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Grand Valley Holdings is a Cincinnati-based acquirer of privately-held, family owned businesses in the Ohio Valley. The Principals of Grand Valley Holdings bring over 30 years of experience acquiring, developing, and operating private businesses.

Recent Transactions

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired Idaho Timber
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Epic Gas Shipping Company
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Café Rio
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Liberty Oilfield Services

Traverse Pointe Partners

12 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Traverse Pointe Partners is a private investment firm focused on control investments in lower middle market companies. Our investment professionals, advisory board and operating partners work collectively, offering a unique array of skill-sets and expertise to enhance the value of our platform investments. We partner with strong management teams, providing capital and a level of operational, financial and strategic support to enable organizations in transition to maximize their potential.

Recent Transactions

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  • Jul 2025 Acquired Windward Way Recovery
  • Mar 2025 Acquired Soma Therapy
  • Dec 2024 Acquired Children’s Campus and Premier Children’s Center
  • Apr 2024 Acquired Three Points Child Care Center

Sagepeak Capital

12 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
We bring an extensive and successful track record with investing in small to mid size companies in various industries. Sagepeak Capital (SPC) has patient, long term committed capital that allows us to work with management teams to grow the business both through organic means and via add-on acquisitions. We have flexible capital and transaction structures that allow us to work closely with management teams to accomplish their growth objectives. Given the private nature of our capital, we can act on investment decisions quickly.Our investment focus is on companies with sales between $5 million…

Recent Transactions

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired BakeFresh
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Imperial Laundry Systems
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Fire Suppression Systems
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Lind Equipment Ltd.

Ventoux Holdings

11 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Ventoux is a broad-based manufacturing and industrial investment firm with a long term buy-and-hold strategy. We focus on steady organic growth for each of our portfolio companies to bring maximum value to all stakeholders. Our Partners are the lead investors in the companies we buy. We don’t have a board to answer to, private investors to impress, nor investment benchmarks to beat. We take a common sense, team-oriented approach to our investments to bring the highest and most long-term value to our holdings and the employees that depend on us. While we typically seek companies with…

Recent Transactions

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  • Nov 2025 Acquired Everfab
  • Aug 2025 Acquired D&E Machining
  • Apr 2021 Acquired HN Precision
  • Apr 2021 Acquired JBK Manufacturing

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Snowdon Partners GP Inc.

11 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Snowdon Partners is a private equity firm focused on control investing and building value in lower middle market businesses with $3 million to $15 million in EBITDA across North America.

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  • Jun 2024 Acquired Urgence Marine Environnement
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Tortella Group
  • Aug 2023 Acquired GLP Canada
  • Aug 2023 Acquired JDI Cleaning Services

Lumea Partners

10 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Lumea Partners is a Dallas-based private equity firm specializing in healthcare. We collaborate with business owners seeking a partner for their next phase of growth, while preserving the culture and values of their company. We look for healthcare sectors with both organic tailwinds and fragmentation for strategic M&A. Lumea leverages our expertise to focus on growth, whether through add-on acquisitions, de novo locations, or new customers, products, services, or technology. Our goal is to work with high-integrity business owners to make healthcare a better place for patients,…

Recent Transactions

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  • Jun 2022 Acquired Acute Behavioral Health
  • Feb 2022 Advised Elevated Venture Group on an investment from Exaltare Capital Partners
  • Sep 2019 Acquired Buda Woodworks
  • Jan 2018 Invested in Liberty Paper Acq. Greenleaf Paper

Bounds Equity Partners

10 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Bounds Equity Partners is a private equity investment firm that invests in well-managed, entrepreneurial businesses with EBITDA in excess of $1 million. The principals of BEP have partnered with entrepreneurs to take their businesses to the next level since 1989. We invest in good businesses and help management build larger, more successful companies. Nearly all of our investment transactions have been with private company entrepreneurs seeking liquidity, who almost always have reinvested with us to share in the future value creation. We are an experienced private equity group; we have…

Recent Transactions

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired Rocktops Granite & Stone Fabrication
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Hollinee
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Torstenson Glass
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Sportcraft

Nordlys LLC

10 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
We are operators at heart who have successfully closed 10 acquisitions across industrial, manufacturing, and business services sectors. In each case, we stepped into the business post-close and took responsibility for running and improving it, not just owning it. Through hands-on operational execution and focused growth initiatives, we have increased sales by approximately 50% on average. Our experience across specialty manufacturing, industrial equipment and rentals, infrastructure-related services, and recurring-service models gives us strong pattern recognition around how these businesses…

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  • Jun 2024 Invested in Confidential Company
  • Jun 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Jun 2022 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Aug 2021 Acquired Confidential Company

Socius Capital, llc

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Socius Capital provides financing to closely-held middle market companies seeking a partner to replace an outgoing equity holder or to fund an acquisition strategy. From offices in San Francisco, Tampa and Ketchum, Idaho, Socius works with companies throughout the western and southern United States. Over the course of extensive careers managing and investing in closely-held address the needs of selling shareholders of closely-held businesses and then becoming the new partner that remaining owner/managers desire and deserve. We work hard to help drive significant increases in equity value for…

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired On the Scene Productions Inc.
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Bell Home Solutions
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Western Machine Works
  • Dec 2014 Acquired Pioneer Recycling Services

Phoenix Strategy

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Phoenix Strategy Investments is an entrepreneurial investment company dedicated to acquiring and nurturing the growth of small to medium-sized, privately-held businesses. With a strategic focus on entrepreneurial ventures, the firm operates as a private equity entity, leveraging its expertise to foster business development and expansion. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Phoenix Strategy Investments is committed to identifying promising opportunities and implementing growth strategies that enhance value and performance. The company has a substantial portfolio, reflecting its success…

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  • Dec 2025 Acquired ExamSoft
  • Nov 2014 Acquired PI Worldwide
  • Dec 2013 Acquired Predictive Index
  • Nov 2009 Acquired Exam Soft

New Heights Capital

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
New Heights Capital is a NYC-based private equity investment firm focused exclusively on buyouts and recapitalizations of profitable, lower middle market companies. Our firm is comprised of entrepreneurs, executives, and investors whose careers have been dedicated to working with privately-held businesses across a wide range of industries in the lower middle market. The mission of New Heights Capital is to build value by investing in people dedicated to growing exceptional niche companies. The foundation is a partnership with business owners, management teams, and entrepreneurs. We approach…

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  • Aug 2023 Invested in Payment Works
  • Aug 2023 Invested in Priority Bicycles
  • Aug 2023 Invested in DryBar
  • Aug 2023 Invested in On the Right Track

Kaho Partners

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Kaho Partners is a thesis-driven investment firm focused on building market-leading companies through organic and acquisition-driven growth. Kaho is based in Dallas, TX and Miami Beach, FL. For more information on Kaho Partners, please visit www.kahopartners.com.

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  • Aug 2024 Acquired Colanar
  • Oct 2023 Acquired Sirius Automation
  • May 2023 Acquired Bow Robotics
  • Jan 2023 Acquired Missouri Tooling & Automation

Ashland Capital Partners

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Ashland Capital Partners is a private equity firm that specializes in long-term investments in middle market companies, with a particular focus on founder-owned businesses. The firm engages in recapitalization, buyout, and growth capital investments, leveraging its partnership of family and individual investors. Ashland Capital Partners is committed to enhancing operational efficiency and infrastructure, often involving significant working capital improvements. With a strategic approach, the firm aims to foster growth and profitability in its portfolio companies, which are carefully selected…

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  • Aug 2025 Invested in AFCO Industries
  • Apr 2024 Acquired Stainless Foundry & Engineering
  • Jan 2024 Acquired GMI Group
  • May 2022 Acquired Metaltec Steel Abrasives

Centerfire Capital LLC

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Centerfire Capital as an investment and advisory company focusing on venture and private equity in consumer businesses and businesses that enable consumer led businesses to perform at their best.We invest in control and minority positions in companies that can create value through:Increasing TransparencyWe invest in companies that increase transparency to consumers of what they are buying; through ingredients, consumer ratings, and/or sustainable practicesImproving ValueWe invest in companies that can dramatically improve the consumer value proposition of a product or service versus the next…

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired Luxury Travel Hackers
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Curacity
  • Aug 2023 Acquired CommLoan
  • Aug 2023 Acquired HomeWell Care Services

Falx Capital

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Falx Capital is a private investment firm focused on Healthcare, B2B Services and Niche Manufacturing in the lower middle market. We partner with existing management teams or bring in new management to build upon the legacy of a business and provide flexible capital solutions to its owners. By leveraging our professional experience and established industry network, we are able to provide differentiated insights and best practices to create long-term value for all stakeholders.

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  • May 2026 Acquired Wright Steel
  • Feb 2026 Acquired Viker Office
  • Aug 2025 Acquired iDoc Corp
  • Apr 2025 Acquired Pyramid Time Systems

Vion Investments

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
VION Investments, headquartered in Atlanta is global advisory provider of receivable investment services to businesses managing consumer and commercial receivables. VION provides a single, comprehensive source of expertise in receivable purchasing, consulting, and valuation.VION’s industry leading management team can help any business owner, turnaround manager, or lending institution facing issues of liquidity, covenant restrictions, and compliance. We also have solutions available to deal with the unique requirements affecting specialized industries, such as specialty finance, medical,…

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  • Jun 2017 Acquired Dearden's
  • Jul 2016 Acquired Italian Government
  • Nov 2013 Acquired Cornucopia Oil & Gas Company
  • Oct 2013 Acquired Cornucopia Oil & Gas Company

Lapa Capital

8 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Lapa Capital is an investment adviser headquartered in New York. We provide an alternative approach to wealth creation for our partners, investing at the two ends of the risk spectrum: acquiring stakes in growing companies and originating/managing credit collateralized by real assets. We look for established solutions (i.e. tested and deployed) and businesses facing an inflexion point on its growth trajectory. ‍ We leverage our relationships globally to help our partners expand their network globally. ‍ We focused mainly on companies operating at or near financial profitability

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  • Jan 2024 Invested in Confidential Company
  • Sep 2023 Invested in Confidential Company
  • Sep 2022 Invested in Confidential Company
  • Jul 2022 Invested in Confidential Company

Woodlawn Partners

7 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Woodlawn Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm that is focused on people, not transactions. Our primary responsibility is to provide stability for employees and customers. Rather than simply replacing a business owner with a new manager, we first become directly involved with a business to educate ourselves and to earn the trust of its people. We then work collaboratively to build a team that can drive self-sustaining growth. We help a business owner to tailor a succession strategy around their personal and financial needs. We take a hands-on approach to shepherding a business…

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  • Jul 2022 Acquired Sheer Logistics
  • Jan 2021 Acquired Active Roofing
  • May 2018 Acquired Tighe Logistics
  • Jun 2017 Acquired BW Manufacturing

Frequently Asked Questions

How are Independent Sponsors in this directory ordered?

Firms in the Distillers & Vintners Independent Sponsors directory are ordered based on recent deal activity on Axial. The default order reflects observed market signals rather than a subjective ranking of firm quality.

What information is included in each Independent Sponsor profile?

Each profile provides information about the firm’s areas of focus, transaction criteria, and relevant activity on Axial’s M&A platform. Together, these details provide a clearer view of where a firm is active and the types of companies and opportunities most relevant for it.

What company sizes are most common for Distillers & Vintners Independent Sponsors?

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for Distillers & Vintners Independent Sponsors is $3M-$15M, with a core EBITDA range of $600K-$3M. Company size can be an important indicator of fit, as firms often concentrate their experience, resources, and transaction activity within particular segments of the market.

How important is Consumer Goods experience when evaluating Independent Sponsors?

Relevant Consumer Goods experience can be an important consideration when evaluating a firm. Familiarity with the sector can provide a stronger understanding of its business models, market dynamics, valuation considerations, and transaction environment. The 767 firms included in this directory provide a starting point for identifying firms with relevant experience and activity in Consumer Goods.

Do all Independent Sponsors in this directory focus exclusively on Consumer Goods?

Not necessarily. Many firms are active across multiple industries, so inclusion in the Distillers & Vintners Independent Sponsors directory reflects relevant experience or activity in Consumer Goods, rather than an exclusive sector focus. Individual profiles provide additional context on each firm’s areas of focus and activity within the sector.

How do I compare Independent Sponsors with experience in Consumer Goods?

When comparing Independent Sponsors with experience in Consumer Goods, consider factors such as size range, geographic reach, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 767 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

How do I connect with Distillers & Vintners Independent Sponsors?

Axial can help you identify and connect with firms based on your objectives and what you are looking to accomplish. The process varies depending on your role and transaction needs. If you are interested in connecting with firms in the Distillers & Vintners Independent Sponsors directory, you can request information here.


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