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Abacus Investments

1 Closed Deal via Axial 9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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With over 30 combined years of experience, we have developed a keen eye for the best use of our capital. We find values that others missed. Our team of professionals has vast experience in industrial, business services and consumer sectors. We have a reputation for successfully invest and exit while preserving capital in a downturn. Our other experiences include land development, aggregate mining, timber management, residential housing, commercial real estate, property management and real estate M&A. Among all entities, we have eclipsed 1000 transactions. With our comprehensive experience,…

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• Nov 2023 Acquired Confidential Company
• Aug 2023 Acquired OGRE
• Aug 2023 Acquired Alabama Rental Property
• Aug 2023 Acquired Spartan Invest

Sidereal Capital Group

1 Closed Deal via Axial 5 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Sidereal Capital Group is a private equity firm that invests in small and lower middle-market companies operating within niche segments of Specialty Manufacturing and Industrial Services.

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• Dec 2022 Acquired Confidential Company
• Aug 2018 Acquired Qwinstar
• Sep 2015 Acquired Flexo Transparent
• Nov 2013 Acquired UC Coatings

Colville Capital

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

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For the past 20 years, we have partnered with management teams to build businesses that are fierce competitors in their markets, great places to work and contributive to their communities.We are a community of strategic advisors and investors dedicated to the long-term growth of independently owned industrial companies.- Horizon-Free Investments: Our capital is our own, allowing us to make decisions in the best interest of our companies.- Integrity First, Active Engagement: We are committed to active engagement and integrity, enabling us to align with management and provide insights, capital,…

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• Mar 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
• Jul 2013 Invested in Kurz Electric Solutions, Inc.
• Sep 2006 Acquired Motion & Flow Control Products

The Sterling Group

1 Closed Deal via Axial 35 Total Closed Deals

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Founded in 1982, The Sterling Group is a private equity investment firm defined by its focused expertise, depth of experience, operational strategy, and approach to partnering with management.Focused expertiseWe specialize in what we know best: acquiring and increasing the value of middle-market operating businesses in the fields of basic manufacturing, industrial services, and distribution.Depth of experienceOur Partners have a combined 90 years at Sterling. Their business experience encompasses management, operations, public accounting, commercial and investment banking, and securities…

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• Dec 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
• Oct 2010 Acquired Propex Inc
• Oct 2010 Acquired Purina Mills
• Oct 2010 Acquired Quicken Loans Inc.

Alvarez & Marsal Securities

1 Closed Deal via Axial 12 Total Closed Deals

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Alvarez & Marsal Capital (“AMC”) is a multi-strategy private equity investment firm with over $3 billion in assets under management across four funds and three investment strategies. Our firm is led by a highly experienced investment team, which is augmented by our strategic association with Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”), one of the largest operationally focused advisory firms in the world. AMC combines a focus on middle-market private equity investing, with deep operational expertise, industry knowledge, and global corporate relationships of A&M, making us an attractive partner to…

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• Aug 2023 Invested in Allied Universal
• Aug 2023 Invested in Carton Pack
• Aug 2023 Invested in Ayesa
• Aug 2023 Invested in AirLife

Ninth Street Capital Partners

1 Closed Deal via Axial 9 Total Closed Deals

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Ninth Street Capital Partners is a private investment partnership that specializes in acquiring, developing and managing established businesses. With a focus on executing deals with the highest degree of integrity, we make long-term controlling investments in growth-oriented, privately held businesses with revenues ranging from $5 to $50 million. Our flexible approach allows us to tailor our investments to help entrepreneurs and business owners achieve their personal and financial goals.

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• Sep 2019 Acquired Undislosed
• Jun 2015 Invested in Premium Inspection & Testing
• Mar 2014 Invested in Kitchen Cabinet Distributors
• May 2013 Acquired SCADA Source, LLC

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Soundcore Capital Partners

1 Closed Deal via Axial 5 Total Closed Deals

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Our strategy is to partner with exceptional management teams and create long-term value for our investors through a combination of operational improvements, internal growth initiatives, and strategic acquisitions. We are particularly interested in businesses whose management team members and / or selling shareholders wish to have a meaningful ownership stake in the newly acquired enterprise.

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• May 2019 Acquired American Restoration
• Oct 2018 Acquired InfraStripe
• Feb 2017 Acquired Sweeping Corporation of America, Inc.
• Sep 2016 Acquired PumpMan, LLC

Gemini Investors

136 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Founded in 1993, Gemini Investors is a Massachusetts-based private equity firm that provides capital and strategic resources to lower middle market companies. Since its inception, we have invested approximately $1 Billion in more than 185 companies throughout the U.S., typically investing $3 – $8 million per transaction in either control or minority positions. Gemini offers a flexible investment approach. We provide a wide range of financing structures, which include subordinated debt with warrants, preferred stock, and common equity. We have extensive experience leading transactions, as…

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• Sep 2025 Acquired Party Reflections
• May 2025 Acquired Honey Smoked Fish
• May 2025 Acquired Gold Coast Baking Company
• Feb 2025 Acquired Spectro-UV

Forsyth Partners

94 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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BW Forsyth Partners is a private investment firm located in St. Louis, Missouri. Our approach differs from those typically utilized by other investment or private equity firms in that Forsyth Partners is a long-term investor (we do not exit our investments) looking to build strong companies through operational focus, an active acquisition effort and, most importantly, a focus on the best interests of all stakeholders of its portfolio companies. Forsyth partners directly with businesses in an effort to develop sustainable performance over the long-term, promote a people-centric culture, and…

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• Sep 2023 Invested in WalkerHughes
• Aug 2023 Invested in Afinitas
• Mar 2023 Invested in Cor Partners
• Jan 2021 Invested in Machine Solutions Inc.

LNC Partners

69 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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LNC Partners is a relationship-driven private equity firm based in Arlington, Virginia, focused on investing in lower middle-market companies across the United States. Founded in 2012, the firm manages over $1 billion in capital and frequently serves as the first institutional partner to founder- and management-led businesses.LNC provides customized and flexible capital solutions that can combine equity and debt, enabling the firm to structure investments that align with the needs of each business and management team. LNC’s flexible approach allows it to invest in either control or minority…

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• May 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
• Dec 2025 Invested in Bennie Health, Inc.
• Nov 2025 Acquired General Insurance Agency
• Oct 2025 Acquired Nevarez Insurance

Gen Cap America

57 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Gen Cap America (GCA) is a private equity firm headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee that specializes in leveraged buyouts of privately held lower-middle market businesses. Investment Criteria: Revenue: $5M - $100MEBITDA: $1.5M - $10M Geography: United States & CanadaTransaction Types: Family SuccessionManagement BuyoutDivisional Spin-offRecapitalizationsMost transactions are management buyouts or buyouts of one or multiple retiring owners. GCA target investments typically have a long history of successful operations and cash flow, and quality managers who wish to be part of the…

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• Feb 2022 Acquired Aquasol Corporation
• Sep 2021 Invested in Lab Products, Inc.
• Jan 2021 Acquired Frontier Packaging, Inc.
• Sep 2020 Acquired TFM Services, LLC

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

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

Blue Point Capital Partners, LLC

44 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Blue Point Capital Partners is a private equity firm managing over $1.5 billion in committed capital. With offices in Cleveland, Charlotte, Seattle and Shanghai, Blue Point’s geographical footprint allows it to establish relationships with local and regional entrepreneurs and advisors, while providing the resources of a global organization. The Blue Point partner group has a 21-year track record of partnering with lower middle-market businesses to build processes and capabilities to achieve dramatic growth, specializing in ownership recapitalizations, corporate divestitures and buyouts,…

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• Mar 2018 Acquired FM Sylvan (FMS)
• Mar 2018 Acquired Spector & Co.
• Nov 2017 Acquired Italian Rose Gourmet Products
• Aug 2017 Acquired SASE Company

Rockwood Equity Partners

41 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Rockwood Equity Partners:B2B manufacturing, service providers, distribution in industrials and regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, aerospace & defense, environmental, waste, rail, water, others)Transaction types: First institutional capital partner, majority, minority, growth, independent sponsor and operator partners, management buyout, corporate divestitureTarget company size: $10-$75 million in revenues and $2-$7 million EBITDA, add-ons of any size.Private equity investment firm for lower middle market companies, with a track record spanning 25+ years.Approach:Focused on growing…

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• Dec 2025 Acquired Wright's Hydroseeding
• Dec 2025 Acquired Utility Locating Services in Ohio
• Nov 2025 Acquired Sealer Equipment Business serving Medical and Pharmaceutical
• Sep 2024 Acquired SafeSite

Industrial Opportunity Partners

35 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Industrial Opportunity Partners, LLC ("IOP"), based in Evanston, IL, is a private equity investment firm. With $910 million of committed capital since its inception, IOP is focused on acquiring and managing middle-market manufacturing and value-added distribution businesses. Utilizing its operations-focused approach and dedicated Board of Operating Principals, IOP has a track record of stabilizing, growing and enhancing the value of its acquired businesses having invested in over 20 platform companies.

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• May 2024 Acquired Transcendia
• May 2024 Acquired Forte Opening Solutions
• May 2023 Acquired HARVEST FOOD GROUP
• Apr 2022 Acquired VIAFLEX

KLH Capital Partners, LP

33 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Founded in 2005, KLH Capital is a private equity firm serving management teams of lower middle-market companies in the specialty services, value-added distribution, and niche manufacturing industries. The firm makes majority and minority equity investments in U.S.-based businesses to support the company’s growth plans, provide ownership opportunities for key managers, and allow owners to harvest the value in their businesses. Our commitment goes beyond financial support as we believe in establishing a collaborative team of peers, all of whom have a hand in the company’s progress.…

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• Aug 2022 Invested in Thorpe Specialty Services
• Nov 2021 Invested in The Warehouse Rentals & Supplies
• Oct 2021 Invested in Precision Impacts
• Dec 2020 Invested in Jackson Infrastructure Services

Fulham Company

32 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Fulham & co. has been investing in manufacturing companies since 1984. We seek to partner with companies that sell highly engineered products into industrial and commercial end markets. Most of the members of our firm have 20+ years of operating experience in a variety of manufacturing businesses. We work collaboratively with management teams, offering tools and advice to help our companies achieve their goals. Our firm has generated successful investment results across dozens of deals with entrepreneurial owner-managers since our first acquisition in 1984. Investment criteria: highly…

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• Nov 2023 Acquired Nu-Tek Precision Optical Corp.
• Aug 2023 Acquired MPF
• Aug 2023 Acquired Concept Group
• Aug 2023 Acquired Federal Package

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.

Highview Capital

30 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Highview Capital is a family-office backed private equity fund in Los Angeles with an evergreen fund structure (patient capital with ability to hold longer) and flexible, opportunistic investment mandate that has deployed nearly $700mm of equity capital through 2024.We look for companies poised to undergo a transformation. We drive value through a strategic and operational approach coupled with patient capital and an extremely flexible mandate.We invest in middle market businesses that are facing a critical inflection point and are ready for transformation, whether that is executing…

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• Sep 2023 Acquired Lamm Food Service
• Aug 2023 Invested in Safety Marking
• Jun 2023 Invested in B&R Auto
• Sep 2022 Acquired Armstrong’s Restoration