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Top Industrial Machinery & Equipment Private Equity Funds

Explore 375 Industrial Machinery & Equipment Private Equity Funds that source acquisition and investment opportunities on Axial’s M&A platform.

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Industrial Machinery & Equipment Private Equity Funds

375

Active Firms

18,328

TTM Deal Inquiries

$3M-$19M

Core Revenue Range

$800K-$4M

Core EBITDA Range


Florida 14%
California 11%
Texas 10%
New York 7%
New Jersey 4%

Focus: Control Investments | Capital Source: Committed Capital | Operating Approach: Scale & Exit

Showing 41-60 of 375 Private Equity Funds

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Soundcore Capital Partners

1 Closed Deal via Axial 5 Total Closed Deals
Our strategy is to partner with exceptional management teams and create long-term value for our investors through a combination of operational improvements, internal growth initiatives, and strategic acquisitions. We are particularly interested in businesses whose management team members and / or selling shareholders wish to have a meaningful ownership stake in the newly acquired enterprise.

Recent Transactions

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  • May 2019 Acquired American Restoration
  • Oct 2018 Acquired InfraStripe
  • Feb 2017 Acquired Sweeping Corporation of America, Inc.
  • Sep 2016 Acquired PumpMan, LLC

Gemini Investors

136 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Founded in 1993, Gemini Investors is a Massachusetts-based private equity firm that provides capital and strategic resources to lower middle market companies. Since its inception, we have invested approximately $1 Billion in more than 185 companies throughout the U.S., typically investing $3 – $8 million per transaction in either control or minority positions. Gemini offers a flexible investment approach. We provide a wide range of financing structures, which include subordinated debt with warrants, preferred stock, and common equity. We have extensive experience leading transactions, as…

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  • Sep 2025 Acquired Party Reflections
  • May 2025 Acquired Honey Smoked Fish
  • May 2025 Acquired Gold Coast Baking Company
  • Feb 2025 Acquired Spectro-UV

Forsyth Partners

94 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
BW Forsyth Partners is a private investment firm located in St. Louis, Missouri. Our approach differs from those typically utilized by other investment or private equity firms in that Forsyth Partners is a long-term investor (we do not exit our investments) looking to build strong companies through operational focus, an active acquisition effort and, most importantly, a focus on the best interests of all stakeholders of its portfolio companies. Forsyth partners directly with businesses in an effort to develop sustainable performance over the long-term, promote a people-centric culture, and…

Recent Transactions

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  • Sep 2023 Invested in WalkerHughes
  • Aug 2023 Invested in Afinitas
  • Mar 2023 Invested in Cor Partners
  • Jan 2021 Invested in Machine Solutions Inc.

LNC Partners

69 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
LNC Partners is a relationship-driven private equity firm based in Arlington, Virginia, focused on investing in lower middle-market companies across the United States. Founded in 2012, the firm manages over $1 billion in capital and frequently serves as the first institutional partner to founder- and management-led businesses.LNC provides customized and flexible capital solutions that can combine equity and debt, enabling the firm to structure investments that align with the needs of each business and management team. LNC’s flexible approach allows it to invest in either control or minority…

Recent Transactions

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  • May 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Dec 2025 Invested in Bennie Health, Inc.
  • Nov 2025 Acquired General Insurance Agency
  • Oct 2025 Acquired Nevarez Insurance

VSS Capital Partners

66 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
VSS is a leading private equity investment firm that invests in the healthcare, business services and education industries.• 30+ years of experience and have managed over $4B in aggregate capital commitments across 8 funds• Investments in 102 portfolio companies, with over 600 add-on acquisitions• VSS invests in businesses that are well-positioned for sustainable growth• Flexible capital solutions, from debt to equity, for a wide range of corporate and shareholder uses• Assists company management teams, boards and financial sponsors in effective strategic initiatives• Leverages…

Recent Transactions

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  • Oct 2025 Acquired Granite Trade Services
  • Dec 2024 Acquired Lumenci
  • Oct 2024 Invested in Lane Four
  • Oct 2024 Acquired Treya

Gen Cap America

57 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Gen Cap America (GCA) is a private equity firm headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee that specializes in leveraged buyouts of privately held lower-middle market businesses. Investment Criteria: Revenue: $5M - $100MEBITDA: $1.5M - $10M Geography: United States & CanadaTransaction Types: Family SuccessionManagement BuyoutDivisional Spin-offRecapitalizationsMost transactions are management buyouts or buyouts of one or multiple retiring owners. GCA target investments typically have a long history of successful operations and cash flow, and quality managers who wish to be part of the…

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  • Feb 2022 Acquired Aquasol Corporation
  • Sep 2021 Invested in Lab Products, Inc.
  • Jan 2021 Acquired Frontier Packaging, Inc.
  • Sep 2020 Acquired TFM Services, LLC

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CIVC Partners

55 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
CIVC Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm investing in high growth middle market companies in business services sectors. Since 1989, the team has invested over $1.9 billion and currently invests from CIVC Partners Fund VII. More information on CIVC Partners and its portfolio companies can be found at www.civc.com.

Recent Transactions

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  • Aug 2024 Acquired Renu
  • Feb 2024 Acquired Highstreet IT Solutions
  • Jan 2024 Acquired HR Green
  • Jan 2024 Acquired Datavail

Graham Partners

46 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Graham Partners is a private investment firm focused on investing in businesses with proprietary technologies, advanced manufacturing know-how, innovative product development capabilities, and strong growth potential. Graham Partners targets companies with EBITDA between $5 million and $50 million, and will invest in smaller companies to the extent they complement one or more of its other holdings. Since the firm's founding in 1988, Graham Partners has closed over sixty acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, and divestitures. The committed capital raised since inception through the Graham…

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  • Sep 2023 Acquired Barcoding
  • Sep 2023 Acquired Commercial Bakeries Corp.
  • Aug 2023 Acquired TAOGLAS
  • Mar 2023 Acquired Rhythmlink

Clearview Capital

45 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
We are a private investment firm specializing in control and non-control investments of North American companies with operating profits of $4 - $20 million.Since the firm’s founding in 1999 by Jim Andersen, Calvin Neider and Pete Doolittle, Clearview has single-mindedly remained dedicated to investing in and supporting the development of lower middle market companies. Working collaboratively with our portfolio company management teams, we provide targeted strategic and operational assistance, as well as capital, to fuel organic and acquisition growth initiatives.Since inception, the…

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  • Jan 2025 Acquired Loss Prevention Services
  • Dec 2023 Acquired AdCellerant
  • May 2023 Acquired Inventive
  • Apr 2023 Acquired Capitol Services

Hammond Kennedy Whitney & Company

44 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
HKW is evolving with clarity and purpose, while honoring the vision of the firm’s founders and our 100 plus year history. We focus on specific sectors in which we can utilize our skills and perspective, leveraging technology as part of a data-driven methodology to power our “Four Pillar” structure. HKW has developed processes that support our strategy to find, create, and sustain value in our companies while trusting and appreciating that our approach is what sets us apart.

Recent Transactions

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  • Jan 2023 Acquired CMIT Solutions
  • Dec 2022 Acquired dominKnow
  • Sep 2022 Acquired Golden Country Oriental Food
  • Mar 2022 Invested in Draup

Blue Point Capital Partners, LLC

44 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Blue Point Capital Partners is a private equity firm managing over $1.5 billion in committed capital. With offices in Cleveland, Charlotte, Seattle and Shanghai, Blue Point’s geographical footprint allows it to establish relationships with local and regional entrepreneurs and advisors, while providing the resources of a global organization. The Blue Point partner group has a 21-year track record of partnering with lower middle-market businesses to build processes and capabilities to achieve dramatic growth, specializing in ownership recapitalizations, corporate divestitures and buyouts,…

Recent Transactions

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  • Mar 2018 Acquired FM Sylvan (FMS)
  • Mar 2018 Acquired Spector & Co.
  • Nov 2017 Acquired Italian Rose Gourmet Products
  • Aug 2017 Acquired SASE Company

Stonehenge Partners

42 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Stonehenge Partners ("Stonehenge" or the "Firm") is a middle-market private equity firm with a highly successful 25+ year track record. The Firm directs the investment activities for approximately $1 billion in capital commitments. Stonehenge's investment professionals have extensive experience executing a broad range of transactions including:Management and leveraged buyoutsAcquisitionsRecapitalizationsGrowth capital investmentsStonehenge Partners has the flexibility to invest in a variety of structures including common equity, preferred equity and subordinated debt (or combinations…

Recent Transactions

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  • Jun 2019 Invested in Carolina Restaurant Group, Inc.
  • Apr 2019 Invested in Weil Foot & Ankle Institute
  • Jan 2019 Acquired PPM Technologies
  • Sep 2018 Acquired EMX Industries, Inc.

Rockwood Equity Partners

41 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Rockwood Equity Partners:B2B manufacturing, service providers, distribution in industrials and regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, aerospace & defense, environmental, waste, rail, water, others)Transaction types: First institutional capital partner, majority, minority, growth, independent sponsor and operator partners, management buyout, corporate divestitureTarget company size: $10-$75 million in revenues and $2-$7 million EBITDA, add-ons of any size.Private equity investment firm for lower middle market companies, with a track record spanning 25+ years.Approach:Focused on growing…

Recent Transactions

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  • Dec 2025 Acquired Wright's Hydroseeding
  • Dec 2025 Acquired Utility Locating Services in Ohio
  • Nov 2025 Acquired Sealer Equipment Business serving Medical and Pharmaceutical
  • Sep 2024 Acquired SafeSite

The Brydon Group

38 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
The Brydon Group is a veteran-led $500M+ private equity fund focused on acquiring recurring revenue small businesses with $1-$5M EBITDA. To date we've closed 39 transactions. We are an ideal solution for owners looking to transition their legacy to the next generation of small business owner as we bring in one of our industry-focused entrepreneurs-in-residence as CEO.We have a focus on software and B2B, government, & healthcare services.Investor team consists of Alex Mears (two decades in large cap private equity at Blackstone and Carlyle and five years in Special…

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  • Jan 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Dec 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Dec 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Dec 2025 Acquired Confidential Company

Renovus Capital Partners

36 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Founded in 2010, Renovus Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in the Knowledge and Talent industries. Renovus, based in the Philadelphia area, manages over $1 billion across three sector focused PE funds and one generalist strategy (RCap). The firm’s current portfolio includes over 25 U.S. based businesses specializing in education and training, B2B healthcare services, technology services and professional services. Renovus typically partners with founder-led businesses, leveraging its industry expertise and access to debt and equity capital to make operational…

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired quiktrak
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Modality Solutions
  • Jul 2023 Acquired Procomputing
  • Jun 2023 Acquired Oakbrook Solutions

Garnett Station Partners

35 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Garnett Station Partners was founded in 2013 by Matt Perelman and Alex Sloane, two entrepreneur-investors who grew up together, attended school together, and built the firm together. Today, GSP is a New York–based principal investment firm managing approximately $4.5 billion in assets, investing in growing businesses at attractive entry points across sectors including food and beverage, health and wellness, automotive, and business services. GSP's origins trace to the founders' first year of business school, when they acquired 23 struggling Burger King franchises in Henderson, North…

Recent Transactions

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  • Dec 2025 Acquired Skybound Service Partners
  • Dec 2025 Acquired True North Fleet Services
  • Dec 2025 Acquired Honey Baked Ham
  • Dec 2025 Acquired Tavern in the Square

Industrial Opportunity Partners

35 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Industrial Opportunity Partners, LLC ("IOP"), based in Evanston, IL, is a private equity investment firm. With $910 million of committed capital since its inception, IOP is focused on acquiring and managing middle-market manufacturing and value-added distribution businesses. Utilizing its operations-focused approach and dedicated Board of Operating Principals, IOP has a track record of stabilizing, growing and enhancing the value of its acquired businesses having invested in over 20 platform companies.

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  • May 2024 Acquired Transcendia
  • May 2024 Acquired Forte Opening Solutions
  • May 2023 Acquired HARVEST FOOD GROUP
  • Apr 2022 Acquired VIAFLEX

KLH Capital Partners, LP

33 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Founded in 2005, KLH Capital is a private equity firm serving management teams of lower middle-market companies in the specialty services, value-added distribution, and niche manufacturing industries. The firm makes majority and minority equity investments in U.S.-based businesses to support the company’s growth plans, provide ownership opportunities for key managers, and allow owners to harvest the value in their businesses. Our commitment goes beyond financial support as we believe in establishing a collaborative team of peers, all of whom have a hand in the company’s progress.…

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  • Aug 2022 Invested in Thorpe Specialty Services
  • Nov 2021 Invested in The Warehouse Rentals & Supplies
  • Oct 2021 Invested in Precision Impacts
  • Dec 2020 Invested in Jackson Infrastructure Services

Fulham Company

32 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Fulham & co. has been investing in manufacturing companies since 1984. We seek to partner with companies that sell highly engineered products into industrial and commercial end markets. Most of the members of our firm have 20+ years of operating experience in a variety of manufacturing businesses. We work collaboratively with management teams, offering tools and advice to help our companies achieve their goals. Our firm has generated successful investment results across dozens of deals with entrepreneurial owner-managers since our first acquisition in 1984. Investment criteria: highly…

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  • Nov 2023 Acquired Nu-Tek Precision Optical Corp.
  • Aug 2023 Acquired MPF
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Concept Group
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Federal Package

Argosy PE Investments, LLC

32 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Founded in 1990, Argosy Capital invests entrepreneurial capital with experienced business partners in two asset classes, lower middle market operating companies and real estate. Our focus is on creating value with our business partners by investing in inefficient markets where creativity, hard work and disciplined risk taking can generate exceptional returns for the benefit of all stakeholders. As partners with our investors, co-investors, operating company management teams and real estate operating partners, we are dedicated to creating value by building upon the strengths of the people,…

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired Barco Products
  • May 2023 Acquired Diverse Logistics & Distribution, Inc.
  • Apr 2023 Acquired Burco, Inc.
  • Nov 2022 Acquired Best Warehousing & Transportation, Inc.

Frequently Asked Questions

How are Private Equity Funds in this directory ordered?

Firms in the Industrial Machinery & Equipment Private Equity Funds 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 Private Equity Fund 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 Industrial Machinery & Equipment Private Equity Funds?

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for Industrial Machinery & Equipment Private Equity Funds 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.

How important is Industrials experience when evaluating Private Equity Funds?

Relevant Industrials 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 375 firms included in this directory provide a starting point for identifying firms with relevant experience and activity in Industrials.

Do all Private Equity Funds in this directory focus exclusively on Industrials?

Not necessarily. Many firms are active across multiple industries, so inclusion in the Industrial Machinery & Equipment Private Equity Funds directory reflects relevant experience or activity in Industrials, 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 Private Equity Funds with experience in Industrials?

When comparing Private Equity Funds with experience in Industrials, consider factors such as size range, geographic reach, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 375 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

How do I connect with Industrial Machinery & Equipment Private Equity Funds?

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 Industrial Machinery & Equipment Private Equity Funds directory, you can request information here.


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