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Minerva Equity Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 2 Total Closed Deals
Minerva Equity is a boutique acquisition firm focusing on the lower mid-market.We acquire controlling stakes in companies that we believe to be well run, have a talented management team in place and ownership that is departing.We pride ourselves in having a "people first approach" to business.
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Feb 2025
acquired
Investor
Sep 2024
acquired
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NoorQuest Capital Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
NoorQuest Capital is a values-driven PE firm that is focused on acquiring and growing small businesses in Texas, Illinois and Louisiana. We partner with small business owners looking to see their business continue to grow while preserving their legacy, ensuring a smooth transition, and doing right by their employees, customers and investors.Our two founders have decades of combined operational and consulting experience. We started out as engineers, and over time expanded our experience across multiple industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, energy, technology, and finance. Others on…
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Investor
Mar 2025
acquired
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Mayfair Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Mayfair is a private investment firm focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We plan to work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders.  
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Investor
Nov 2019
acquired
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Launch Point Partners LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Launch Point Partners pursues equity investments in specialized aerospace businesses across the United States. Our team consists of seasoned investment professionals and industry veterans who have an outstanding track record of operating and growing businesses within the aerospace and defense sector. We utilize a management-centric philosophy, and seek to drive long-term, sustainable value through an operationally focused lens.
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Investor
Feb 2026
acquired
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Third Harbor Holdings Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Third Harbor Holdings is a long-term holding company focused on acquiring and operating enduring, cash-flowing businesses. We provide strategic and operational support while preserving the legacy and culture that made each company successful. While each transaction is financed on a deal-by-deal basis, we invest significant equity from existing cash flow and committed outside partners, enabling flexible and reliable execution.
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Investor
Jul 2024
acquired
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Spartina Capital Management Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Spartina Capital Management is a long-term investment vehicle founded by Matt Taylor to invest in and build enduring businesses for the long-term instead of maximizing short-term value. We seek to provide founders and owners an attractive alternative to traditional PE buyers that must sell after a few years. Matt was shaped growing up working in family businesses in NC, spend 11 years advising families on operating businesses and providing niche debt facilities for small and medium businesses.Our goal is to be the preferred exit vehicle for a founder or owner/operator who wants to preserve…
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Advisor
Feb 2007
secured investment from
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Resonant Growth Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Partner with management teams – With 20+ years of experience investing in smaller middle market businesses, we are active, supportive investors. We offer CEOs autonomy, and the ability to act quickly and decisively. We provide broader perspective, and financial support to grow a business.Partner with investors – We are open and transparent. Investments in smaller middle market businesses offer the prospect of higher returns, but rarely proceed linearly, up and to the right. We encourage our management teams to take action to accomplish investment objectives, and enable a “good news…
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Investor
Dec 2024
acquired
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Vinton Woods Capital Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Vinton Woods Capital is a single family office that invests in established businesses across various sectors, with a particular focus on industrial and technical services. The company is dedicated to acquiring and managing small to medium-sized businesses, aiming to scale them through operational rigor and a focus on the people. Vinton Woods Capital seeks businesses with strong foundations that serve a clear purpose and have the potential to stand the test of time. By building a portfolio of enduring businesses, the company reflects its commitment to values-driven growth and long-term success.
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Investor
May 2026
acquired
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Thayer Bancroft Equity Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Thayer Bancroft Equity Partners was formed after its founders refined their perspectives and beliefs through hands-on experience with smaller companies. We believed that taking approaches used in larger organizations, refining them for small and middle market companies, and applying them in a targeted fashion could create significant value for investors.We believe that small and mid-size companies represent the greatest opportunities for long-term investment returns. They are typically built on a few key strengths and leaders. We have seen that building on those strengths, introducing new…
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Investor
Feb 2022
acquired
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Dogwood Grove Capital Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Dogwood Grove Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on small to medium-sized acquisitions and roll-ups. We are seeking acquisitions in the Southeast (TN, AR, MS, AL, GA), especially within three hundred miles of Memphis. We are actively seeking add-on acquisitions for Natureplex, a manufacturer of OTC pharmaceutical products (e.g., creams, ointments, gels, enemas, electrolytes). We are also actively seeking new platforms. We are operating as an independent sponsor rather than through a fund at this time.
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Investor
May 2023
invested in
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Paradigm Equity Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Paradigm Equity Partners is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on acquiring companies in the lower middle-market. Our experience is working in complex, time sensitive situations where companies benefit from a capital infusion and operational improvements. We focus on sectors where we have experience and seek to partner with management teams with a track record of success and a desire to execute on well-defined margin-expansion and growth initiatives.
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Investor
Dec 2023
acquired
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Route two partners Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Route Two Partners owns and operates water & wastewater services businesses. Our teams deliver tailored solutions to municipalities and private communities across the country.Founded in 2024 with a permanent capital base setup to preserve the legacy of founders, Route Two Partners takes a buy and hold-for-life approach to growing water services businesses.
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Investor
Jan 2026
acquired
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Elkridge Advisors Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Elkridge Advisors is a consulting firm that specializes in mergers and acquisitions, demand generation, operational oversight, and lender financing for business owners. The firm provides strategic business growth and wealth management services, helping clients maximize the value of their M&A transactions. Elkridge Advisors employs a team of professionals who assist in implementing demand generation strategies, financial analysis, and operational oversight to enhance business growth. They focus on creating measurable demand generation strategies backed by analytics and performance tracking,…
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Investor
Feb 2026
acquired
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Whitewater Capital Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Whitewater Capital Partners is a West Virginia-based private equity firm that specializes in partnering and investing in legacy businesses throughout West Virginia and greater Appalachia (including Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia). We focus on working with business owners seeking a succession plan or seeking growth capital for their business to take the next step. Whitewater is unique in that we retain a commitment to the business, its employees, and community post-transaction. Profit will never precede integrity.
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Investor
Aug 2025
acquired
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Plainview Capital LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Plainview Capital LLC is a private investment firm based in the Philadelphia area that acquires and grows lower middle market businesses headquartered in the Eastern U.S. We invest the capital of our principals and a small group of private investors in high-potential companies that can benefit from our principals' diverse experiences as business operators, financial executives and strategic consultants. We are particularly interested in light manufacturing, consumer goods, business service and value-added distribution investment opportunities. We look for businesses with histories of sales…
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Investor
Oct 2015
acquired
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D Cubed Group Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
D Cubed Group is a highly differentiated private-market investment firm that actively invests committed funds of equity capital in profitable, small and mid-scale businesses. The firm focuses on delivering enhanced long-term risk-adjusted investment returns for its stakeholders by partnering with a limited number of special businesses. D Cubed Group provides a broad array of resources to support these businesses in becoming long-term great enterprises. With over 50 years of experience in its focus sectors, the firm emphasizes strategic partnerships over maximizing assets under management.
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Investor
Dec 2012
acquired
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DZS Capital LLC Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
DZS Capital LLC is an independent sponsor focused on identifying, acquiring, and running small to medium sized enterprises. Targeting profitable and growing company that have a proven track record with EBITDA north of $2 million per year and EBITDA margins of 15%+.I bring 20 years of work experience as an accomplished business executive having worked at Verizon, General Mills, Accenture, J&J, and Bayer with extensive experience leading and guiding supply chain, logistics, marketing, finance, manufacturing, and procurement teams within industrial, consulting, consumer goods, consumer…
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Investor
Feb 2026
acquired
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Audare Legacy Group Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Audare Legacy Group is a family investment and impact organization dedicated to managing multi-generational capital with a focus on achieving exceptional returns and creating lasting impact. Audare collaborates with management teams to build enduring businesses, leveraging its operational expertise to foster growth and innovation.
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Investor
Oct 2025
acquired
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Strive Equity Partners Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Strive Equity Partners is a Toronto-based private equity firm that invests as an independent sponsor on a deal-by-deal basis. Strive was established in 2023 with a few core principles in mind: transparency, integrity, discipline and excellence.​We differentiate ourselves through our experience and relentless work ethic, while being open and honest partners every step of the way. When we partner with founders and management, we strive to achieve outcomes outside of existing boundaries. 
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Investor
Feb 2025
acquired
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ULS iinvesstments Inc Actively Sourcing Deals

Independent Sponsor
  • Actively Sourcing Deals
  • 1 Total Closed Deal
Recently completed 12-deals portfolio partnership, in construction industry, Northwest,USCapital backed Corporate Buyer with 500++ M&A deal experienced team executing a rollup conglomerate across US, Canada and South America in the construction and maintenance services - HVAC, electrical, plumbing, industrial cleaning, distribution, and support & manufacturing/distribution services, civil construction.Strong Board of Directors with former BlackRock, Deloitte, UBS, Merrill Linch, CPS Capital Partners, Columbia Home Services, Project Finance Exchange. Non Executive Chairman of the…
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Investor
Jan 2026
acquired
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