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.
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.
BSP is a firm owned and operated by partners with decades of experience in analyzing, acquiring and operating businesses. As a private investment partnership, we seek to acquire small to mid-sized companies and invest using primarily our own capital. We aim to be the partner of choice for the thoughtful business owner looking to sell by being flexible, structuring win-win outcomes and following through on our word.
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.
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 $600 million in more than 100 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…
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…
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 buying…
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.
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.
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,…
Graylight Partners, LLC provides capital and support to emerging middle-market companies for the purpose of creating long-term value. We are approachable and collaborative investment partners with a different perspective. Our goal is to achieve growth through business model refinement and sustainable value creation, not financial engineering.As such, we seek out opportunities in unique business niches to find companies that are doing things differently. We look for innovators and groundbreakers that need a true partner to take their business to the next level. We then work closely with these…
Highview Capital is a $500 million 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 mandateWe 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 turnarounds or managing rapid growth.Typical investment…
BERTRAM CAPITAL is a private equity firm that partners with management teams to fuel the expansion of lower middle market companies. In addition to supplying flexible investment capital, we are committed to providing meaningful operational and strategic resources to facilitate rapid growth in revenue and profitability. We work with companies to unlock the full potential of previously resource-constrained businesses. Bertram Capital's core objective is to propel management teams in their quest to build more capable, faster growing, and highly profitable enterprises BERTRAM CAPITAL is actively…
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…
CENTURY PARK CAPITAL PARTNERS is a middle market private equity investment group with capabilities to provide equity capital for growth, shareholder liquidiity or both. We typically invest $10 million to $40 million in profitable, growing middle-market companies with revenues ranging from $20 million to $100 million. We can make larger investments with the participation of our institutional limited partners. We are relationship-driven, long-term investors, partnering with owners and management to build industry-leading companies. We do not intrude in day to day operations, but rather seek to…
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…
Strength Capital Partners (SCP) is a Birmingham, Michigan-based private equity firm that specializes in acquiring traditional businesses, primarily throughout the greater Midwest and Central United States.We seek to invest in businesses with $4 million to $20 million in EBITDA. We pursue investments in a wide range of industries, including consumer products, manufacturing, distribution, industrial and financial services, energy, transportation, and infrastructure. We are particularly interested in "buy and build" opportunities, where we can grow and diversify our platform companies through a…
Heartwood Partners (formerly Capital Partner, Inc.) was formed in 1982. Since then, its principals have invested in more than seventy five companies. We believe in doing what we say we will do and being patient and disciplined investors who support exceptional management teams as they develop their businesses. On average, we have held our investments for over five years and have supported management through the acquisition of complimentary businesses. As supportive capital partners to exceptional management teams, together we have created substantial value.In January of 2014, we raised our…
Rockwood Equity Partners:Private equity investment firm for lower middle market companies, with a track record spanning 25 years.Specializes in B2B companies, including privately-owned businesses seeking their first institutional capital partner and corporate divestitures/carve-outs in industrials and regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, aerospace & defense, environmental services).Target company size: $10-$75 million in revenues and $2-$7 million EBITDA, add-ons of any size.Considers majority, minority, MBOs, and other partnership positions.Contact: Kate Faust at…
GenNx360 is a private equity firm driving value through Operational Engagement and Investment Excellence.We invest exclusively in North America-based business-to-business middle market industrial services and manufacturing companies in fragmented markets having structural tailwinds and sustainable competitive advantages in sectors we know well. We provide the talent and expertise of our in-house operational talent and the expertise and transaction experience of our investment team. Together, we accelerate value creation.