Northwoods Partners was built in 2022 out of the success the founding partners had at their previous company, ImageFIRST – a healthcare linen company started by the Berstein Family.Over the years, the investment team worked together in a variety of capacities, each played a role in transforming ImageFIRST from a local, one-plant business to the nation's leading provider of healthcare linen services.When the Berstein Family sold ImageFIRST to a private equity firm, the group found themselves eager for a new challenge. They knew together they could positively impact other companies and…
SouthWorth Capital Management, LLC is a family office looking to invest in and grow businesses that have the following characteristics: - Fragmented industry and a deep target market - Experienced management in place where we can provide financial incentives to create a stake for management - Enhanced returns that can be achieved through scale - Circumstances which allow our experience to be value additive to the growth of the investment SouthWorth Capital Management, LLC invests in multiple industries. Our current portfolio includes retail, advertising, logistics, imports, business services…
Harrow Capital is the direct investment arm of a family office that invests across a wide range of asset classes. We are a flexible provider of capital to small and mid-sized businesses across all stages of the company life cycle.
Hillandale Advisors is a Charlotte, NC-based investment and advisory firm that provides strategic counsel to business owners and invests long-term permanent capital in private businesses.#1 - We buy and hold great businesses with $1-10mm of EBITDA across the Southeast (Sidekick Therapy Partners, Aiwyn AI, Horizon Roofing, Polysonics Acoustics/Technology Design). #2 - We provide strategic counsel to business owners : - need talent, capital, new clients? - looking to buy or sell a business?Email us at Matt@HillandaleAdvisors.com or visit www.HillandaleAdvisors.com. Past Private Investments…
Appalachian Capital Holdings (AppCap) is a small private investment office that manages the assets of private families and individuals. As a family office, we are interested in long-term investment partnerships of all sort (minority, majority, and buyout), and our permanent capital allows us to to build and hold our platform investments for generations, rather than the typical short time horizons constraining most private equity funds.We have to date made investments in the following industries:Home Healthcare ServicesContract ManufacturingReal Estate Lending ServicesBranded ApparelFranchise…
Iron Creek Partners is a private investment firm with substantial committed capital, investing in private equity transactions with a particular focus on buyouts of software, data, communications, and business services companies.
Aeonic Partners seeks to work with high-quality management teams to build businesses for the long-term. Different from traditional 5-year private equity investment cycles, Aeonic employs a buy-and-hold strategy, which allows us to take an extremely long-term view to growing our portfolio companies. Our principals are involved in every step of the process, and our decision-making process is streamlined, which allows us to move quickly and deliberately on opportunities that we pursue.We have experience investing across a variety of industries and helping companies develop and execute…
Kidd & Company, LLC is the private investment arm of the Kidd Family Office. The firm traces its roots to 1976 when Bill Kidd made his first private equity investment. Since that time, the firm has grown and prospered by following a non-traditional approach to private equity investing, both in terms of firm structure and investing philosophy. KCO is not a typical private equity firm – KCO is not a fund. The partners of KCO fund the operational costs of the firm and invest their own money in every transaction. KCO's investing philosophy is rooted in identifying opportunities that will…
Formed in 2010, Cottonwood Acquisitions is a family office that acquires and operates small to mid-sized businesses. We have made 12 platform acquisitions. We take a generalist approach to industries, most frequently purchase from owner entrepreneurs and have helped the Seller retire in 9 of our 12 transactions. We take a long term, evergreen approach to investing, rather than looking to flip businesses in 3-5 years. We are down to earth, midwest guys that have impeccable references for being nice people and easy to work with.
Willcrest Partners (www.willcrest.com) is a team of entrepreneurs backed by a family office to provide equity investments and operational support to differentiated b2b service and product companies with $1-5 million in EBITDA.
Big7Ventures 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.
OverviewWest Edge Partners is a team of entrepreneurial investors dedicated to investing in and accelerating the growth of a privately-held business through a hands-on approach.The West Edge AdvantageFlexibleAble to maneuver more opportunistically than traditional investment firms given that we are unconstrained by formal timelines and investment mandates. We are able to customize a transition plan depending on whether management desires to continue operating the business, gradually transition over time or exit fully.FocusedCommitted to the successful investment, operations and growth of a…
Rhino Ventures LLC is a single family office that was confidentially formed in 2016 via the sale of Curaspan Health to Cardinal Health, approximately a $230m transaction. We are seeking mid to late-stage business opportunities in the infrastructure, specialty trades, asset-heavy construction and materials sectors as our experience and network lends well to these sectors - we believe strongly in the durability and growth prospects in these businesses over the next 30 years. Our thesis targets “always-needed” infrastructure related services and business in growth markets (mostly…
Life, Liberty & Creation Corp. is a private investment firm focusing on small to medium-sized business acquisitions. Having completed several acquisitions and growing the businesses by more than 700%, we know what is required to complete a deal and to increase revenue. Our leadership team brings several years of experience in multiple industries, allowing for a frictionless change in ownership.
Boring Tech is a long-term holding company dedicated to buying and building beautiful businesses and stewarding them with exceptional, values-driven leadership.
PrinciplesThe Stephens Family has partnered with entrepreneurs and management teams for nearly 90 years, building exceptional businesses with long-term, sustainable value. We continue to build on that heritage and legacy. While our team and capabilities have grown significantly over the years, we have not fundamentally changed. We are unwavering in our commitment to the very same principles and standards on which Witt Stephens, Sr. founded W.R. Stephens Investment Company in 1933.Enduring ValuesFairness, Transparency, Respect and Alignment. By partnering with people and companies who share…
Compounding Labs invests in recurring revenue businesses in niche markets. Distinct from a traditional investment firm, we are defined by a unique personal capital base, a multi-decade time horizon, and a highly entrepreneurial ethos.The partnership manages the personal wealth of Will Thorndike (Founder of Housatonic Partners), Kent Weaver (CEO of Progressive Homecare), Jay Davis and Jason Pananos (Co-CEOs of Vector Disease Control, Lecturers at Harvard Business School). The partnership manages several hundred million dollars of evergreen capital, all of which belongs to the named partners…
Fernandez Holdings is a long-term investment firm focused on adding healthy companies to its portfolio and investing in them for the future. Fernandez Holdings companies begin as well-managed, middle-market businesses with revenues of $20 to $250 million, and then through a two-pronged approach of maintaining what has made them successful in the past and making incremental improvements for the future, the companies grow and increase in profitability. For some companies, injecting capital for growth and aggressively targeting new markets makes sense. For others, shoring up the…
Founded in 2013, Dunes Point Capital, LLC ("DPC") is a private investment firm, pursuing control investments in companies operating in the industrial and business services sectors. DPC targets companies with enterprise values of up to $1 billion.
Now in its fifth decade, Sowell & Co. is a family investment office investing in private equity, oil & gas, and land development. The partners invest their own capital in each venture, rather than raising outside funds, and believe that such investment creates a longer term investment horizon that better aligns investors with its management team partners.
