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Graham Partners

46 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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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

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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

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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.

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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

Stonehenge Partners

42 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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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…

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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.

The Brydon Group

38 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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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

Garnett Station Partners

35 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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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…

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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

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Argosy PE Investments, LLC

32 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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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.

Martis Capital

27 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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With offices in Palo Alto, CA, and Washington, DC, CHSO is a private investment firm focused exclusively on the healthcare and wellness industry. We target middle-market companies and growth situations in North America where our team has an edge in understanding the opportunity, performing due diligence and adding value post close. Our investment team possesses over 50 years of combined investment and medical experience, and leverages an extensive network of relationships with healthcare executives, clinicians, scientists and regulators. We provide flexible, patient capital in partnership…

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• Oct 2022 Invested in Alcanza Clinical Research
• Nov 2021 Invested in Lighthouse Lab Services
• Sep 2021 Acquired Community Based Care
• Nov 2020 Acquired DCN Dx

Mangrove Equity Partners

27 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Mangrove Equity Partners' founding principals enjoy a national reputation as uncommonly effective, fair, flexible and honorable partners to company owners and managers. We have the captive financial resources (including bridge capabilities) and deal experience to efficiently close transactions. We also have substantial operating experience and a collaborative approach to building value at the companies with whom we partner. Mangrove's three person internal operating team affords our fund the ability to help owner/operators maximize the value of their retained ownership, and allows Mangrove to…

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• Oct 2022 Invested in Atlas Greenhouse
• Feb 2022 Acquired STCR
• Dec 2021 Invested in Vintage Air
• Jan 2021 Invested in Seaside Waste Services

Rockbridge Growth Equity

26 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Rockbridge Growth Equity is a Detroit-based private equity firm with a commitment to helping exceptional companies accelerate growth and build long-term, sustainable value for its stakeholders.Since 2007, Rockbridge has built a track record of success helping both burgeoning entrepreneurs and established businesses successfully navigate their next stage of growth. We believe in a relationship-based investment perspective that builds lasting strategic partnerships focused on long-term results.

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• Oct 2010 Acquired Protect America, Inc.
• Oct 2010 Acquired Quicken Loans Inc.
• Oct 2010 Acquired Ready Financial Group, Inc.
• Oct 2010 Acquired Rock Companies, LLC

Capitala Financial Advisors, LLC

26 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Capitala Group is an asset management firm that has been providing private credit and private equity capital to lower- and middle-market businesses throughout North America for over twenty years. Since our inception in 1998, Capitala has invested over $2.2 billion into small businesses and strives to make an impact through responsible investing and a unified mission to support social impact initiatives. We seek to partner with strong management teams to create value and support growth through strategic partnerships, operational expertise, and a shared vision for success.

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• Jan 2025 Provided debt financing to Newbury Franklin Industrials
• Dec 2024 Provided debt financing to The Stonewall Group
• Oct 2024 Invested in Stueve Construction, LLC
• Sep 2024 Acquired Better Car People

Eureka Equity Partners, L.P.

25 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Eureka Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in and building niche-market leaders at the lower end of the middle market. Eureka’s core focus is partnering with exceptional management teams to acquire businesses with up to $100 million in revenue across industry segments in which Eureka brings significant experience and operating resources, including business services, health care services, specialty manufacturing and consumer products. Eureka leads buyouts that bring significant ownership to the operators driving the success of the business. With this core principle…

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• Nov 2014 Acquired Jansy Packaging, LLC
• Feb 2013 Acquired West Academic Publishing
• Dec 2012 Invested in Creative Co-Op
• May 2011 Invested in Project Leadership Associates

Tonka Bay Equity Partners

24 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Tonka Bay Equity Partners acquires and invests in small and midsized companies that are pursuing the next level of success. Our patient, personalized and collaborative approach has yielded superior returns for investors and management partners alike.Since 1998, Tonka Bay has raised more than $550 million of capital in four funds, composed of contributions from institutional investors, endowments, pensions, family offices and high-net-worth individuals. We seek to partner with and support management teams in established, profitable businesses that serve a specific niche. We do not consider…

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• Jan 2023 Acquired Corporate Technologies
• Jan 2022 Acquired Standard Locknut
• Jan 2021 Acquired Professional
• Jan 2021 Acquired Orange Tree

Lightview Capital LLC

23 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Lightview Capital is a private equity firm that invests in profitable, capital efficient Business Services and Tech-Enabled Services companies in North America. We principally target bootstrapped and founder-owned companies, corporate divestitures and recapitalization transactions with EBITDA between $2m-$15m.

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• Dec 2025 Acquired Integral Solutions
• Dec 2025 Acquired The Social Element
• Oct 2025 Acquired FSS Technologies
• Jul 2025 Acquired Vermana

Granite Creek Capital Partners

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Granite Creek manages SBIC funds providing flexible debt and equity capital to lower middle market companies. Target check sizes are $15mm to $25mm (with flexibility to scale to $50mm+ with partners) with a focus on targets with $4mm to $12mm of EBITDA. We partner with management teams to help grow their businesses and be their institutional capital partner, even when we are in a minority position. We also partner with independent sponsors. Our capital is flexible and we can invest in a wide variety of debt (senior, subordinated, mezzanine) and equity securities (preferred, common, other) to…

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• Jan 2026 Invested in Confidential Company
• Dec 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
• Nov 2024 Acquired Ritchie Industries
• Sep 2024 Acquired Global Animal Products

Kainos Capital

22 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Kainos Capital, a middle market private equity firm focused on the food and consumer sector, was recently formed by Andrew Rosen, Robert Sperry and Sarah Ashmore Bradley. The Kainos Partners have invested and collaborated together in the food and consumer space over the past 20 years and their deep industry knowledge is complimented by an experienced team of investment professionals.The Kainos Team has extensive investment and operating experience in the industry, having invested more than $2 billion of equity in more than 52 transactions in the food and consumer sector with a total…

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• Aug 2023 Acquired Good2Grow
• Feb 2023 Invested in CellCore
• Jan 2023 Acquired Evriholder
• Aug 2021 Acquired Muenster Milling Company

Artemis Capital Partners

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Artemis is a highly specialized private equity firm focused on partnering with differentiated Industrial Tech companies that contribute to a healthier, safer, and more productive world. Focusing exclusively on manufacturers of highly engineered products with mission-critical applications, Artemis' vision is to buy and build deeply impactful Industrial Tech businesses that enhance global health, security, and productivity.These products enable some of the most important technologies to serve the most pressing human demands: Diagnostic lab equipment enabling health &…

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• Nov 2025 Acquired Antenna Associates, Inc.
• Sep 2025 Acquired Millrock Technology
• Mar 2025 Acquired Athena AI
• Jan 2025 Acquired Richland Glass

Montage Partners

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Montage Partners is a lower-middle-market private equity firm investing in established U.S. and Canadian companies with $1.5M–$7M of EBITDA.Since 2004, we have completed 20 platform investments (14 successfully exited, 6 current) across four core sectors: Industrial Products & Services, Technology & Professional Services, Consumer, and Healthcare. Our portfolio companies collectively represent more than 1,700 employees and $400M+ in combined revenue.Montage Partners manages $80M of capital with committed capital available to deploy in 2026. We specialize in founder liquidity and…

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• Aug 2024 Acquired Military Fasteners
• Jun 2022 Acquired RDD Associates
• Oct 2021 Acquired Solly Baby
• Apr 2020 Acquired United Right-Of-Way

Albaron Partners

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Founded in 2017, Albaron is an operationally focused, lower-middle-market investment firm focused on the healthcare services sector. Our dedicated team of healthcare investors and operators helps founders create significant value, providing capital, operational expertise, and strategic support to founder-led healthcare companies.Albaron is focused on a diverse range of healthcare sub-sectors. We seek to foster collaborative, high-engagement partnerships with founders and management teams looking to scale their businesses. Our experienced team has a successful record of investing in both…

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• Dec 2025 Acquired Vital Care Infusion Services
• Jan 2025 Acquired IR MSO
• Aug 2024 Acquired Austin Psychiatric Consultants
• Dec 2023 Acquired Michigan Foot and Ankle

SBJ Capital

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SBJ Capital is a multi-strategy private investment firm with $600mm under management that provides flexible capital solutions to founder and family-owned businesses. SBJ offers companies control and non-control investment solutions, including debt and equity, across the consumer, healthcare, technology and business services industries. SBJ provides operational resources, strategic advice, and a partnership-oriented approach to help businesses achieve their full potential. SBJ was founded by an experienced team of professionals with a track record of helping grow companies as…

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• May 2026 Acquired 3B International
• Dec 2024 Acquired Simon Pearce
• Feb 2023 Acquired Rishi Tea
• Jan 2023 Acquired Sydnic