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Sunbird Capital Actively Sourcing Deals

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Sunbird Capital partners with growing businesses to drive their long-term success, particularly in the commercial facilities services industries and retail.Brian Kelly, the founder of Sunbird Capital, recently left his job on the investment team at a $2.5B long/short equity hedge fund in order to acquire a business in the micro-cap/LMM space. He spent the first several years of his career acquiring & selling businesses in the middle market for a holding company and then for a private equity fund, primarily focused on business services.

Humabuilt Actively Sourcing Deals

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As an accredited investor, finding the right investments that help you grow your money and meet your long-term financial goals is critically important. Sometimes, the usual investment choices don’t offer enough growth or variety. A niche and lucrative option is to invest in land entitlement and development projects. This type of investment focuses on increasing your capital — the money you invest — aiming for a return of 24% or more. It is a great way to diversify your retirement savings and build a stronger financial future. Ready to learn more? Contact our team to discover the…

Valley Ventures Actively Sourcing Deals

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Valley Ventures 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.

CPM Holdings Actively Sourcing Deals

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CPM Holdings is a independent sponsor 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.

SageLink Capital Actively Sourcing Deals

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SageLink is run by entrepreneurs and works with entrepreneurs who are looking to sell their software or service business. We work with both sellers who are looking to stay on in a management role but seek liquidity and those looking to exit completely. In either case, we know that building a business takes years of hard work and our goal is to continue growing the business for the long-term.Unlike typical investment firms or other acquirers, we aim to provide a long-term home for your business and want to continue the legacy of the company’s culture, product and teams that have been built…

V Echelon Capital LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

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V-Echelon seeks to acquire and run small services, fintech, or data companies. Rapid growth, financial distress, changes in control, and evolving markets can obscure value and create operational challenges. As operators, we specialize in navigating through times of change and disruption. Each investment we make is a bet on the company, the context, and our own involvement.

HTR Capital Actively Sourcing Deals

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HTR Capital is a private investment firm focused on building businesses in the lower middle market. HTR primarily focuses on control investments. We believe that superior returns can be achieved through investing in businesses that have an asymmetric risk profile alongside high-quality management teams.

Notch Capital, LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

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Founded in a picturesque region of Connecticut near an area known as “the Notch,” our firm is surrounded by quintessential small New England towns, larger metropolitan regions and hundreds of thousands of households that rely upon the critical fuels and in-home services offered by privately owned heating and cooling companies. At Notch Capital, we fully grasp the importance of these companies in the fuel source ecosystem, and we are built to support a practical approach to navigating the energy transition. We recognize that this scene is repeated in many regions and therefore we seek to…

Peregrine Capital Partner Actively Sourcing Deals

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Peregrine Capital Partners is a Charlotte-based independent sponsor focused on healthcare and business services opportunities in the lower-middle market. We look forward to learning about where you are focused and how we might be able to work together.

Table Rock Group, LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

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Table Rock Group, LLC 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. 

Reserv Equity Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

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Reserv Equity Partners is a self-funded investment group that provides equity capital to allow the transition of small business owners into retirement and carry forward their business legacy. In 2021, we rolled out the logistics brand, HTL Freight, which provides the operating platform and expertise to partner with small business owners and management teams with a history of success but have reached an inflection point where they are unable to achieve the same growth targets as in the past. The objective for our portfolio companies is to increase operating cash flows through a focused growth…

Integrity Growth Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

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Founded in 2018, Integrity Growth Partners is a growth private equity firm focused on investing in high-growth software and tech-enabled services businesses led by exceptional management teams. As of September 2023, Integrity Growth Partners has over $550 million in assets under management across its fund and investment vehicles.We believe that the foundation for exceptional growth in any company starts with its team. We bring complementary strategic, operational, and financial resources to our portfolio companies.We partner with exceptional management teams to accelerate growth. We invest…

Capital Creek Investments Actively Sourcing Deals

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Capital Creek Investments is an Aspen, Colorado based firm focused on real estate and related company investments. We have a diversified portfolio of investments.

Meru Ventures Actively Sourcing Deals

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IntroductionMeru Venture Partners is an independent sponsor-led private equity firm operating in the lower middle market. We invest in profitable companies generating anywhere between $5 million to $50 million in revenue and $1 million to $10 million in EBITDA. We focus on companies with a history of positive cash flow, a strong balance sheet, and significant growth potential. We provide growth capital, operating expertise, and industry experience to significantly enhance the long-term value of our investments.

5 Star Actively Sourcing Deals

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5 Star is a platform company seeking to acquire product and service based small businesses in New England. Nick Fay's background is in private equity real estate. He has participated in the execution of over 40 investments, including 30 successful exits, totaling over $1 billion in value. His business partner, Matt Brockman, is the co-owner of Downeast Cider. Downeast has grown in every year of its existence since it was started in 2011 with a recent 5-year CAGR of approximately 25%. Downeast currently employs > 120 people and projects 2023 revenue of > $40mm.

Flight Equity Actively Sourcing Deals

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We are a well-capitalized partnership focused on acquiring high quality business services and core infrastructure assets. We both hold MBAs from Columbia Business School and possess over 20 years of combined experience in roles that have ranged from institutional private equity investing to public company leadership. Our goal is to seek investment opportunities that allow for both organic growth and value creation through follow-on acquisitions. As an investment group, we aim to evaluate opportunities with first principles thinking and do not dismiss assets due to the presence of an…

C37 Capital LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

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  • This member has no reported closed transactions.

C37 Capital LLC 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.

Ten:34 Partners, LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

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Ten:34 Partners, LLC is a private investment firm focused on making equity and occasionally debt investments in healthcare and business service lower middle market companies. We seek opportunities with family and entrepreneurial-owned businesses seeking a transition or at a transition point.

JAJAC Holdings Actively Sourcing Deals

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We are a holding company and independent sponsor. We look to partner with solid operators and management teams who are staying on (while the current owner exits), incentivizing them economically towards a successful outcome. 

Callaghan Enterprises Actively Sourcing Deals

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Callaghan Enterprises ("CE") is a private equity investment firm that seeks to acquire majority interests in lower middle market Family/Founder owned businesses based in the USA. CE seeks to acquire private businesses that have demonstrated a history of revenue growth, healthy margins, and positive cash flow. CE invests in businesses with earnings growth potential and a clear path to the creation of shareholder value. CE invests with a view toward partnering with existing management to build and grow the business and take it to its next stage of development.

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