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Taurus Capital Partners

Independent Sponsor
  • 1 Closed Deal via Axial
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Taurus Capital Partners represents long-term capital partnership for exceptional, values-driven businesses from experienced operators and investors.Why We Founded the FirmThere has never been more capital available to growing, profitable lower middle market businesses who want to sell. While that is a great dynamic for maximizing value today, it often comes with the hard-to-appreciate, long-term risk of working with investors who think they understand your business better than you do. Entrepreneurs know that all the elements that made their business successful in the first place - incredible…
Most Recent Transactions
Investor
Aug 2023
acquired

Graylight Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 20 Total Closed Deals
Graylight Partners, LLC provides capital and support to emerging middle-market companies for the purpose of creating long-term value. We are approachable and collaborative investment partners with a different perspective. Our goal is to achieve growth through business model refinement and sustainable value creation, not financial engineering.As such, we seek out opportunities in unique business niches to find companies that are doing things differently. We look for innovators and groundbreakers that need a true partner to take their business to the next level. We then work closely with these…
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Feb 2016
acquired
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Jun 2015
acquired
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Jun 2015
acquired
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Jun 2015
acquired

Surge Private Equity Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 16 Total Closed Deals
Founded in 2017, Surge is a Dallas-based private equity firm. Surge generally focuses on businesses in the business services, healthcare, online businesses, and specialty goods industries. Primary characteristics sought are companies with high recurring revenue and predictable cash flows with EBITDA of at least $3.0MM. Surge takes a majority equity position in its investments and prefers to target acquisitions where the seller will remain on board in an ongoing capacity with a minority interest.
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Aug 2025
acquired
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Dec 2023
acquired
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Sep 2023
acquired
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Mar 2023
acquired

Pleasant Bay Capital Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 15 Total Closed Deals
Pleasant Bay Capital Partners (“Pleasant Bay”) is a merchant banking firm focused on acquisitions, recapitalizations, and minority investments in lower-middle market companies. We partner with management teams and co-investors to maximize the long term value of our portfolio companies. Our opportunistic approach provides us the flexibility to invest in a broad range of opportunities and utilize innovative equity and debt structures to fit the specific needs of company owners and management teams.  We have investment experience in multiple industries with particular expertise and focus…
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Aug 2023
invested in
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Aug 2023
acquired
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Aug 2023
secured investment from
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Sep 2021
was acquired by

The Pine Street Group Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 11 Total Closed Deals
The Pine Street Group is an investment holding company focused on investing in middle and lower-middle market businesses in a variety of industries. Our primary industries of focus include healthcare services, chemicals, financials, business services, franchise businesses, media, and agriculture. We have a highly flexible mandate enabling us to invest across capital structures and deal types. The Pine Street team has experience executing well over $1 billion in transaction value with over a decade of combined experience.
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Jun 2023
acquired
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Mar 2023
acquired
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Dec 2022
acquired
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Jul 2022
acquired

Rising Point Capital Management, LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 10 Total Closed Deals
We are a Chicago-based private investment firm that provides partnership and capital to transform and grow your business. We primarily invest in business and consumer services companies in the lower middle market.
Most Recent Transactions
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Jan 2025
acquired
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Nov 2024
acquired
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Oct 2024
acquired
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Aug 2024
acquired

Centerfire Capital LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 9 Total Closed 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…
Most Recent Transactions
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Aug 2023
acquired
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Aug 2023
acquired
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Aug 2023
acquired
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Aug 2023
acquired

Infinitive Capital LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 8 Total Closed Deals
Infinitive Capital is a private investment firm focused on partnering with lower middle-market businesses whose owners are seeking an exit or interested in staying on helping to drive the next stage of growth
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Apr 2024
invested in
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Aug 2023
invested in
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Aug 2023
invested in
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Aug 2023
invested in

Lapa Capital Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 8 Total Closed 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
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Sep 2023
invested in
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Sep 2022
invested in
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Jul 2022
invested in

Woodlawn Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 7 Total Closed 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…
Most Recent Transactions
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Jul 2022
acquired
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Jan 2021
acquired
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May 2018
acquired
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Jun 2017
acquired

Chrysalis Growth Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 7 Total Closed Deals
Chrysalis Growth Partners is a private investment firm focused on the lower and middle market, primarily focusing on business services and industrials. We have a flexible investment mandate and hold periods - given we partner with two Pacific Northwest family offices who have indefinite (multi-generational) investment horizons. For illustrative purposes, sectors of interest include: waste collection and hauling, uniform rental + linen supply + commercial laundry, facility services (janitorial, pest control, route-based, etc), telecommunications, financial services (CPA, tax, accounting,…
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Jan 2025
was acquired by
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Jun 2024
acquired
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Mar 2023
acquired
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Jun 2022
was acquired by

Galaxi Group Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 7 Total Closed Deals
Galaxi Group is a family office backed independent sponsor focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We consider ourselves entrepreneurial capital partnering with management teams and entrepreneurs to achieve next level success.
Most Recent Transactions
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Jun 2026
acquired
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Jul 2025
acquired
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Aug 2021
acquired
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Jul 2017
acquired

Northwood Ventures Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 6 Total Closed Deals
Northwood Ventures has been a leading venture capital and private equity investor for more than three decades. Our long-term investment horizon, entrepreneurial orientation, and collaborative approach make us an attractive partner for skillful founders, shareholders and management teams.
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Dec 2011
acquired
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Jun 2010
acquired
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Dec 2009
acquired
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Oct 2009
acquired

Westerly Group Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 6 Total Closed Deals
Westerly Group is a family office backed investment platform seeking to invest in durable founder-owned businesses providing critical consumer or business services.
Most Recent Transactions
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Oct 2024
acquired
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Aug 2023
acquired
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Aug 2023
acquired
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Aug 2023
acquired

Sheridan Hill Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 6 Total Closed Deals
Sheridan Hill Partners is an Illinois-based investment and operating firm that partners with established businesses in helping them achieve their next level of growth.We are operational leaders experienced in growing businesses who invest our own personal capital directly, as well as capital from a small network of investors.
Most Recent Transactions
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Apr 2022
acquired
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Jul 2021
acquired
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Jun 2021
invested in
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Aug 2019
acquired

The Firefly Group Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 6 Total Closed Deals
The Firefly Group invests in growth-oriented, lower-middle market companies. We have a proven track record of closing investments and partnering with management teams to build companies of lasting value. The Firefly Group is currently pursuing new platform investments as well as add-on acquisitions for current partner companies.​​​
Most Recent Transactions
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Aug 2023
acquired
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May 2022
acquired
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Oct 2021
acquired
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May 2018
acquired

Grove Mountain Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 5 Total Closed Deals
Based in Atlanta, GA and founded in 2020, Grove Mountain Partners is a private equity firm investing in lower middle market home service companies and specialty business service companies, generally with annual revenues between $15-200 million. We are long-term and relationship-focused, possess deep sector domain expertise, and are comprised of operators rather than financiers. Our primary mission is to build great companies.
Most Recent Transactions
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May 2025
acquired
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Dec 2023
acquired
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Nov 2023
acquired
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Dec 2021
acquired

Lake Street Capital Partners, LP Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 5 Total Closed Deals
Lake Street Capital Partners is a private equity fund focused on making direct control, large minority, and co-investments in lower middle market companies across North America (with a primary focus on the U.S.). We specifically focus on identifying attractive founder and family-owned companies poised for growth. Our mission is to provide these underserved companies and their owners with access to differentiated capital in order to facilitate transactions of various types, such as control investments, recapitalizations, management buyouts, or strategic growth investments.
Most Recent Transactions
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Jun 2025
acquired
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Jun 2025
acquired
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Aug 2024
acquired
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Aug 2024
acquired

Fairchild Capital Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 5 Total Closed Deals
Fairchild Capital PartnersFairchild Capital Partners, LLC is a Buffalo, NY-based private equity firm focused on investing in companies that operate in the middle-market and lower middle-market. Fairchild seeks to partner with companies typically generating revenues between $5 million and $75 million led by strong, entrepreneurial management teams, providing capital for acquisitions, management buyouts, family transitions, estate planning, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, and growth and expansion. Visit www.fairchildcapitalpartners.com for additional information.
Most Recent Transactions
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Aug 2021
acquired
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Aug 2021
acquired
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Nov 2020
acquired
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Nov 2019
acquired

DoubleBlue Capital Management, L.P. Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 5 Total Closed Deals
About DoubleBlueIn 2015 Tomas Arlia founded DoubleBlue Capital Management with a mission to create an enduring alternatives platform, distinguished by best-in-class returns, processes, people and culture. We invest long-term capital into private investments, opportunistic special situations and multimanager hedge funds, continuing what Tomas did while managing GE Pension’s $3bn hedge fund portfolio and another $1.5bn in private equity investments. We bring to bear our experience across the capital structure in public and private markets to deliver differentiated investment ideas with…
Most Recent Transactions
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Mar 2024
acquired
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Jan 2023
acquired
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Jun 2022
acquired
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Oct 2021
acquired

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