Top Footwear Independent Sponsors with Recent Private M&A Activity

300

Active Firms

6,445

TTM Deal Inquiries

$3M-$19M

Core Revenue Range

$800K-$4M

Core EBITDA Range

Top States by Activity

California 14%

Florida 13%

Texas 10%

New York 7%

Pennsylvania 4%

Key Attributes

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

Tushar

3 Total Closed Deals

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TM Holdings is a private investment firm that seeks investment opportunities alongside great management teams. Our goal is to invest in companies with competitive dynamics that drive long-term value.While markets change and the universe of investment opportunities continually evolves, our investment criteria remains the same. We target equity investments in privately-held businesses that are ripe for disruption. We prefer to invest alongside management teams who want to maintain an active role, or who are open to a succession plan. While every investment requires a significant amount of…

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Dec 2022 Invested in Mirakl
Nov 2021 Invested in Savage X Fenty
Jun 2021 Acquired Harbor Family Orthodontics

Thoroughbred

3 Total Closed Deals

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Thoroughbred is a Denver-based private equity sponsor providing capital and creativity to support relentlessly driven management teams. We partner with lower middle market companies, offering operational expertise, strategic insight, and valuable relationships to build enduring businesses. We leverage our experience as both operators and investors to be effective partners, knowing when to step up and when to step back, empowering management to create exceptional value.

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Aug 2022 Invested in Oxbow Crush
Sep 2020 Invested in Redeux Energy
Aug 2020 Invested in Willow Glen Terminal

Fox River Capital LLC

2 Total Closed Deals

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Fox River Capital is led by Jason Salisbury, Managing Partner and a seasoned business leader with a proven track record of success in engineering sales, industrial services, and business ownership. Jason’s extensive experience includes founding, growing, and successfully exiting a company, as well as managing operations and sales for high-performing industrial businesses. His hands-on approach and strategic vision drive Fox River Capital’s mission to create lasting value for all stakeholders.Backed by a group of established business leaders who own and manage substantial companies, we…

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Aug 2025 Acquired Dehumidifier Corporation of America
Dec 2024 Acquired Becker Boiler

Fourth Exit

2 Total Closed Deals

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After spending 15 years in enabling small to medium sizes businesses in revenue generation, Fourth Exit is now venturing into SaaS enterprise acquisitions. Looking to acquire a SaaS business with $1M-$5M acquisition cost.

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Jul 2021 Advised Afterpay in its sale to Block
Jun 2018 Advised Magento in its sale to Adobe Systems Inc.

Dekos Capital

2 Total Closed Deals

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Dekos Capital Management LLC is a privately held Texas-based investment firm. The firm’s founders have significant experience as private equity, investment banking and operating executives and are partnered with institutional investors to invest in strategically viable middle-market businesses.

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Mar 2024 Acquired Achieve Accreditation
Jan 2024 Acquired Shear Drive Group

Navaid Equity Partners, LP

2 Total Closed Deals

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Navaid Equity Partners is a private equity firm founded to provide companies, executives, employees and their stakeholders navigational support through turbulent financial and operational headwinds created by economic, industry, and technology disruptions.We take an entrepreneurial and flexible investment approach We look to invest in complex and special situations We provide both financial and intellectual capital to support companies We focus on investments in small to medium sized companies with revenue up to $500 million and EBITDA from unprofitable, nominal, and positive but not…

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Nov 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
Jul 2023 Invested in AdGraphics.us

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Paradise Capital

2 Total Closed Deals

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Browndale Capital is the investment arm of our family office - Paradise Capital. https://www.paradisecapital.biz/ We advise business owners on how to exit their business both personally and financially-strong. In cases where the owners do not wish to run a formal "process" we will invest our own capital to help the owner with an alternative path to transitioning out of the business. With 4 platform investments, we are looking for strategic add-ons to bolster our portfolio.

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Jan 2024 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Dec 2023 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to The Boat House Group/Concentric Partners

UpperStage.Capital

2 Total Closed Deals

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We are growth equity, for good. We combine impact investment and operational experience to boost profitable businesses to their next level of success in a post-Covid world. At UpperStage.Capital, we get excited by companies that are trying to make the world a better place. We look for companies that are impactful in community, sustainability, or wellness.

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Sep 2023 Invested in NIRA
Oct 2021 Acquired Talius

Worthwhile Partners

2 Total Closed Deals

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Worthwhile Partners was founded by Jason Young and Matthew Smith in 2021. Our firm seeks to identify and acquire an established operating business. We intend to manage the acquired target in a way that reflects our business ethos and enhances the existing culture, duration, efficiency and growth of the enterprise. Our core values of integrity, honesty and transparency underpin our approach. We are open to partnering with existing management. Young and Smith have over 40 years of combined institutional investment and entrepreneurial experience across public and private investments, spanning 8…

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Jun 2021 Invested in Nushama, Inc
May 2021 Invested in Kitchen Hub Inc

Tightrope Capital

2 Total Closed Deals

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Tightrope Capital’s team consists of professionals with more than 50 years of combined operating and investment experience. We have broad experience investing in, managing, and operating more than 25 companies across a diverse array of industry sectors. Furthermore, we have successfully operated through multiple economic cycles.

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Apr 2022 Acquired VCI Emergency Vehicles
Dec 2021 Acquired RAS Logistics

Morpho Capital Partners

2 Total Closed Deals

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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…

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Feb 2024 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Aug 2023 Acquired Confidential Company

127 Wall

2 Total Closed Deals

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127 Wall supports promising entrepreneurs and businesses by delivering the thoughtful capital and operational insight that they need in order to effectively scale. Our flexible investment mandate allows us to provide solutions across the transaction spectrum, from retiring owner-operators in need of complete exits to expanding businesses seeking accelerated growth.

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Nov 2021 Acquired Save a Lot
Sep 2021 Acquired Save A Lot

Go Global Brand Investment Platform

1 Total Closed Deal

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Go Global Retail is a team of experienced retail, Ecommerce and consumer brand leaders that understand the challenges that brands and retailers are facing. We are an investment platform bringing operational experience to the M&A process and asset management post acquisition. The Go Global team participated in more than 10 acquisitions and helped to improve EBITDA by over $250 million combined.Go Global specializes in business strategy and process optimization, supply chain and operations, technology including infrastructure and systems, organizational strategy and organizational talent…

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Jun 2004 Advised Spiegel & Newport News on an investment from Golden Gate Capital

D.K. Smith & Co.

1 Total Closed Deal

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D.K. Smith & Co. is a private equity independent sponsor focused on making control acquisitions and partnering with management teams to grow middle market companies.We seek platform investment targets with $5-$25 million in EBITDA and will go as low as $2 million in EBITDA for bolt-on investments. We work with business owners seeking a meaningful upfront cash payment for their business, an opportunity to rollover and retain a continued ownership position, and potentially remain involved in the management and growth of the business.

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Aug 2009 Acquired Big & Little's Restaurants

Optimal Investment Group

1 Total Closed Deal

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Optimal Investment Group (OIG) is a private investment firm focused on investing in lower middle market business acquisitions throughout North America. OIG invests in companies we believe show potential for growth and increased profitability.OIG is flexible and growth-minded, utilizing our vast experience to help portfolio companies reach their full potential. Our investment process allows us to analyze and close transactions quickly, frequently within 30-60 days.

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Jan 2018 Invested in Technology Associates

High Plains Capital

1 Total Closed Deal

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High Plains Capital is an independent sponsor seeking a Colorado-based business with $750k to $3M EBITDA. The deal will be funded with a mix of in-house capital and LP funds. HPC recently completed its first successful exit from a medical staffing company in December of 2022. We are looking to redeploy for a late 2023/early 2024 close on the next transaction.

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Mar 2021 Acquired LeadTime Staffing

Brones & Company LLC

1 Total Closed Deal

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Brones & Company is the independent sponsor platform formed to partner with White Oak Enterprises, a family office with a long-standing commitment to sustainability and direct private equity investing. White Oak has designated Brones & Company as its channel for direct private equity investments and works with us deal by deal.We are focused on acquiring 3–5 platform businesses over the next several years. We intend to build long-term partnerships and revisit the optimal capital structure, whether permanent capital, a family office fundraise, or an evolved sponsor model. Our shared…

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Dec 2024 Invested in Confidential Company

Strive Equity Partners

1 Total Closed Deal

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Strive Equity Partners is a Toronto-based private equity firm that invests as an independent sponsor on a deal-by-deal basis. Strive was established in 2023 with a few core principles in mind: transparency, integrity, discipline and excellence.We differentiate ourselves through our experience and relentless work ethic, while being open and honest partners every step of the way. When we partner with founders and management, we strive to achieve outcomes outside of existing boundaries.

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Feb 2025 Acquired Sentrimax Centrifuges

At Nexus

1 Total Closed Deal

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AT Nexus The defining link between Today's & Tomorrow's Healthcare Specializing in sourcing, acquiring and growing investments in lower middle market healthcare service companies ranging from $2M-$10M EBITDA.

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Dec 2023 Assisted At Nexus in securing debt financing from Confidential Company

5 Star Service Partners

1 Total Closed Deal

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Builders with a Passion for Providing Excellent Service to Small Businesses and Their OwnersSignificant acquisition, management, and operational experience across a variety of services industries 35+ successfully closed acquisitions and sales processes for over $5Bn Exclusively focused on working with entrepreneurs to scale small businesses

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Jul 2020 Acquired Plumbing Troopers

Firms in the Footwear 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.

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.

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for Footwear Independent Sponsors is $3M-$19M, with a core EBITDA range of $800K-$4M. 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.

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 300 firms included in this directory provide a starting point for identifying firms with relevant experience and activity in Consumer Goods.

Not necessarily. Many firms are active across multiple industries, so inclusion in the Footwear 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.

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 300 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

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 Footwear Independent Sponsors directory, you can request information here.

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