Top Independent Sponsors in Nashville - Axial

Cavendish Investments targets lower middle market healthcare services, business services, and B2B SaaS investments. Highly flexible with respect to investment structure (control, growth equity, minority convertible preferred, etc.).Andrew Bates has over 10 years of operational experience. He currently serves as the EVP and COO of Medalogix, the only data science company focused exclusively on home health and hospice. The company was founded in 2012 with the desire to help home health agencies identify patients on the census at-risk for unplanned rehospitalization. 

Based in Nashville, TN we apply a people-focused approach to deploying capital.Long-Term Focus: Building a sustainable long-term businessStrong Cash Flow: We look for companies with over $1 million in cash flow and greater than 10% margins.Darby Creek has been consulting for small businesses and investment firms for over 10 years. Their experience includes:·    Managed private equity transactions, working with sellers to deeply understand the business. This process allowed investors to address company risks and operational issues in the transaction, including HR processes…

Line 5 Capital is an independent sponsor partnering with owner operated small businesses and elite veterans to preserve legacies, protect jobs and grow companies.

Markham Capital Partners was founded to fill a hole in the lower middle market PE space. The founding partners have experience as operators, founders and fund managers of privately held and family owned businesses. We have managed committed capital funds and portfolio companies from start-ups to IPO and everything in between. We know what it requires to build and grow a business while understanding the legacy, culture and values that businesses embody and how to build on a good foundation.

Manolin Investment Group combines the perspective and experience of an operator with the execution capabilities of an experienced financial buyer. Our Approach:We make control investments in small businesses (<$10 million in EBITDA) where we can act as an extension of the management team or facilitate a full exit for existing owner/operators. We seek opportunities with a differentiated service or product offering and growth potential in defensible markets that fall generally into the following industry groups:Business ServicesNiche ManufacturingSituations:Partnerships with…

Experienced real estate developer, designer, and consultant with a particular emphasis in luxury residential multi-family development. Particular expertise in operations, strategy, and execution.

Hogan Holdings is a Marine founded independent sponsor actively looking to acquire small businesses in Middle TN. The intent is to buy, grow, and hold companies for the long term with me as the initial owner / operator. Search focus is on B2B dirty businesses as the priority and maintain open to the right deal. Our goal is to create jobs, opportunity, and generational wealth starting locally in Middle TN.

Swingbridge operates as a merchant bank, specializing in public equities, private equity, and debt solutions. Our investor network comprises over 60 families who participate in individual deals. Currently, we have nine active investments in the private sector, while on the public side, we maintain a long-only mindset with a portfolio of 15 selected names. With an industry-agnostic approach, we assess each opportunity by thoroughly analyzing returns on capital against the cost of capital.