Top New York Independent Sponsors

Pearl Street Capital Partners

4 Closed Deals via Axial 4 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Pearl Street Capital Partners ("PSCP") invests in outstanding family-owned and privately held businesses that have a track record of success in their markets. PSCP has committed capital from two family offices and a mandate to invest in attractive opportunities in the lower middle market. PSCP partners with founders/owners and management teams to deliver value and preserve business continuity while bringing strategic resources and capabilities to help businesses grow. Our aim is to build stronger businesses positioned for long-term success. PSCP typically targets businesses with $1-7m of…

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• Aug 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
• Dec 2023 Acquired Confidential Company
• Sep 2019 Invested in Undisclosed - Private Industrial Manufacturing Company
• Apr 2019 Invested in Undisclosed - Private Footwear Accessories Business

Kuzari Group LLC

2 Closed Deals via Axial 9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Kuzari Group is a private investment firm managing a portfolio of equity and debt investments on behalf of its partners and investors. Please contact us if you represent a potential investment opportunity or would like to discuss becoming a capital, strategic or operating partner. We primarily sponsor acquisitions of Companies with enterprise values from $5 million to $50 million and EBITDA of $1 million to $10 million.

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• Apr 2016 Acquired Sun Air Express
• Oct 2014 Invested in Spruce and Bond
• Jan 2014 Provided debt financing to Blackbook Magazine
• Sep 2013 Acquired New York Tent Company

Obsidian Point Partners

2 Closed Deals via Axial 2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Obsidian Point Partners LLC is a New York City-based private investment firm focused on the lower middle market with a bias for North American-based, cash flow generative businesses.

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• Nov 2018 Acquired Manufacturing Company
• Oct 2018 Acquired Unity Graphics & Engraving

Parkstone Growth Partners

1 Closed Deal via Axial 13 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Parkstone Growth Partners is a private investment firm focused on lower middle-market investments across the healthcare, insurance, consumer and retail industries.Our mission is to serve as business-building partners by providing capital and resources to accelerate growth while enhancing long-term value.We are driven by our values in everything that we do: Integrity, Partnership, Mutual Respect, Measurable Impact, and Family.

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• Aug 2023 Acquired Palladio herbal & vitamin enriched cosmetics
• Aug 2023 Acquired Mineral Fusion
• Aug 2023 Acquired Turnbridge
• Aug 2023 Acquired MGA Insurance Group

Swift Anchor Holdings

1 Closed Deal via Axial 3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Swift Anchor invests in market leading companies that have durable moats, high quality management teams and cultures, deliver superior products/services to their customers, and generate significant cash flow.We focus on companies with $3-25mm EBITDA in healthcare, business/industrial services, and aerospace & defense.We aim to maximize outcomes through hands-on partnership that calls for identifying and implementing value creation ideas and seeking inorganic growth opportunities. Swift Anchor is backed by leading family offices and institutional investors.

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• Apr 2024 Acquired Essential Turbines Inc
• Sep 2022 Invested in Associated Veterinary Partners
• Jan 2022 Invested in Amerimed

Ilion Capital Partners

1 Closed Deal via Axial 1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals

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Who we areIlion Capital Partners exists to allocate both capital and talent to opportunities that others overlook. We are flexible to look at smaller or more complex deals than most other PE funds or search funds would consider, and count on our diligence and patience to pay off in the long run as we help grow the companies that we partner with.Through an extensive network of advisors, investors, and former colleagues all over the country, we not only have rapid access to capital to fund our investments, but can also augment management teams where needed. This ensures that we can partner with…

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• Nov 2021 Acquired AM Equipment

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Etna Industrial

1 Closed Deal via Axial 1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals

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Etna Industrial is an investor focused exclusively on lower-middle market investments in the food, beverage, and related industries. We target control investments in entrepreneurial and family-owned companies with stable cash flows and significant growth opportunities. We are hyper-focused on a handful of companies at a time and support our partner companies with our deep industry knowledge, networks, and operating experience. Our flexible investment approach enables us to approach our holding periods in decades rather than a typical 5-year holding period.

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• Aug 2025 Acquired Confidential Company

Duratus Holdings

1 Closed Deal via Axial 1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals

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Duratus is a permanent holding company started by Yaz Malas and Nick Vafiades. We are a duo dedicated to acquiring and growing a single small business for decades. As partners, we bring years of experience starting and scaling our own businesses in the online retail and financial services industries.

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• Nov 2024 Acquired Confidential Company

Polemic Capital

1 Closed Deal via Axial 10 Total Closed Deals

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Polemic Capital is a private equity investor focusing exclusively on the Managed IT Services (MSP) and Managed Security Services (MSSP) space.

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• Aug 2022 Acquired VPSG
• Mar 2022 Acquired Transcendent IT
• Jan 2022 Acquired Syntervision
• Jun 2021 Advised Airiam Holdings on an investment from NewSpring Capital

Rannerdale Capital LLC

1 Closed Deal via Axial 3 Total Closed Deals

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Rannerdale is both an independent sponsor and the private investment vehicle for its founder’s family. As an independent sponsor, Rannerdale identifies, pursues, executes and manages private equity transactions in the lower and middle market. As an investment vehicle, Rannerdale commits a material amount of its founder’s family capital to each transaction. David F. Browne is approaching 20 years of experience in private equity. He has had a lead role in circa 15 completed buyside transactions, investing $1.5 billion of equity capital. Of that equity capital, approximately $1…

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• Jul 2026 Acquired Splish Splash Cleaners, Inc.
• Jul 2026 Acquired AutoBodyNow
• Jul 2023 Acquired Small Engine Warehouse, Inc.

New Heights Capital

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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New Heights Capital is a NYC-based private equity investment firm focused exclusively on buyouts and recapitalizations of profitable, lower middle market companies. Our firm is comprised of entrepreneurs, executives, and investors whose careers have been dedicated to working with privately-held businesses across a wide range of industries in the lower middle market. The mission of New Heights Capital is to build value by investing in people dedicated to growing exceptional niche companies. The foundation is a partnership with business owners, management teams, and entrepreneurs. We approach…

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• Aug 2023 Invested in Payment Works
• Aug 2023 Invested in Priority Bicycles
• Aug 2023 Invested in DryBar
• Aug 2023 Invested in On the Right Track

Infinitive Capital LLC

8 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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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 Caretech
• Aug 2023 Invested in Funds for Learning
• Aug 2023 Invested in North shore medical laboratory
• Aug 2023 Invested in EquitySim

Lapa Capital

8 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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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 Confidential Company
• Sep 2023 Invested in Confidential Company
• Sep 2022 Invested in Confidential Company
• Jul 2022 Invested in Confidential Company

Current Capital

6 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Current Capital Partners LLC (www.currentcap.com) is a private equity investing, mergers and acquisitions advisory and corporate management services firm founded by a group of former Fortune 500 executives and investment professionals to create value primarily in middle market and smaller companies in the industrial and services industries. In our private equity business, we bring an integrated operating, finance and investment approach to two large sectors, industrials and services, where we have extensive networks, experiences and perspectives. We partner with corporate management teams to…

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• Jan 2018 Advised Safe Fleet in its sale to Oak Hill Capital Partners
• Jan 2018 Advised Gates Industrial on an investment from Initial Public Offering
• May 2017 Advised Charter NEX Films in its sale to Oak Hill Capital Partners
• Jun 2016 Acquired Rimstock Limited

Epic Partners

6 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Epic Partners is a merchant banking firm focused on making private equity investments in companies involved in education and training related businesses, broadly defined. Founded in 2001, Epic Partners provides capital and strategic resources to middle market and lower middle market companies in education and training related businesses, broadly defined. We bring extensive experience co-investing with other private equity firms. We seek established businesses with experienced management teams and a solid operating history with growth potential. Although, with our industry focus, we are also…

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• Aug 2023 Acquired St. Matthews
• Aug 2023 Invested in Degree (MD)
• Aug 2023 Acquired Provant
• Aug 2023 Acquired eduss

Tricorner Group

6 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Tricorner Group partners with founders/owners and senior management of businesses who have created valuable franchises but who, for personal, professional and financial reasons, have reached a stage in their business life cycle where they desire outside resources—managerial, operational and financial—to help them take their businesses to the next level, while also addressing their lifestyle objectives.

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• Apr 2020 Acquired Computer Wholesalers
• Jan 2020 Acquired Elevos
• Jan 2014 Acquired Crossfuze
• Jan 2013 Acquired Sunbelt Health Partners

Desrosier Capital Partners

5 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Desrosier Capital Partners is a private investment firm that invests in and acquires successful, middle market companies in partnership with management in the niche industrial and business services sectors.Our principals bring over 40 years of disciplined investing experience in the lower middle market, having completed 14 platform transactions (excluding add-on acquisitions) across a variety of industries and subsectors.

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• Jan 2026 Acquired Eyelets For Industry, Inc.
• Jan 2026 Acquired Delta CompuTec, LLC
• Jan 2026 Acquired Gilbert Engineering Co., Inc.
• Jan 2026 Acquired Bridgeport Machines, Inc

Mehshah Capital

4 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Mehshah Capital is an independent sponsor primarily focused on healthcare services, digital health, healthcare IT, pharma services and business services investments. The firm was founded by a seasoned healthcare services investor with nearly a decade of healthcare investing experience and over an additional decade of healthcare investment banking experience.

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• Dec 2024 Invested in Frontier Direct Care
• Jul 2023 Invested in Persimmon
• Feb 2023 Invested in GoTu
• Oct 2018 Invested in DirectShifts

Palladian Capital Partners

4 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Palladian Capital Partners was established to pursue lower middle market principal investment opportunities. The firm is led by experienced private equity professionals and supported by operating executives as well as a range of informal advisors. PCP partners with existing management teams to build profitable, sustainable businesses and to realize significant returns on capital for management, investors, and other partners.Palladian Capital Partners primarily makes control or near-control equity investments in established companies. Depending on the investment opportunity Palladian may use…

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• Jan 2020 Acquired EMS Consultants
• Jun 2014 Acquired Inergex / Crossfuze
• Aug 2013 Acquired Sunbelt Health Partners
• Apr 2007 Acquired National Truck Protection (NTP)

Imagine Ventures

4 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Imagine Ventures is a multi-stage boutique investment firm specializing in lower-middle market mergers and acquisitions (M&A), credit lending, and direct secondaries. The firm is dedicated to delivering customized capital and operational support, leveraging its extensive industry experience to structure deals, manage risk, and drive growth for its partners. By focusing on the unique needs of the lower-middle market, Imagine Ventures positions itself as a strategic partner for businesses seeking tailored financial solutions and expert guidance in navigating complex transactions.

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• Nov 2025 Invested in Zoomcar
• Nov 2025 Invested in Eligible
• Nov 2025 Invested in ArmorText
• Nov 2025 Invested in Nomad Goods