Top Payment Processors Holding Companies with Recent Private M&A Activity

230

Active Firms

4,187

TTM Deal Inquiries

$4M-$21M

Core Revenue Range

$1M-$4M

Core EBITDA Range

Top States by Activity

California 14%

Florida 13%

Texas 9%

New York 7%

Illinois 4%

Key Attributes

Focus: Long-Term Ownership | Capital Source: Committed Capital | Operating Approach: Buy & Hold

Palingen Capital

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Palingen is an evergreen holding company that acquires lower middle market businesses from legacy-minded owners, invests deeply in the people, strengthens the operations, and stewards the companies for the long term.Our mission is to deliver superior long term economic results through investments in companies that are financially compelling, ethically sound, and socially uplifting.Palingen aims to be the most sought after capital partner for legacy-minded owners of quality businesses looking to monetize their life’s work.

Recent Transactions

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Glencoe Diversified Holdings

24 Total Closed Deals

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Glencoe Diversified Holdings owns and operates 7+ operating businesses across diverse industries (Chemicals, Insurance, Manufacturing, Energy, Childcare, etc.). Actively acquiring bolt-ons and strategic acquisitions for existing platforms, as well as expanding into new sectors.

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Dec 2012 Acquired Arrow Energy Services
Dec 2012 Acquired Encore Rehabilitation Services
Nov 2011 Acquired Budco Holdings, Inc.
Dec 2010 Acquired Campbell Grinder Company

Kamylon Capital

11 Total Closed Deals

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Kamylon Capital is a Managerial Holding Company that invests in and provides ownership transition solutions to LargeLocal™ businesses. Typically family or entrepreneur-controlled and often owner-operated, LargeLocal™ businesses range from roughly $8 to $80 million in revenue and $1 to $8 million in free cash flow. These businesses usually demonstrate a strong competitive position in their local market or within a national or global market niche. Kamylon prides itself on its creativity, flexibility, and sensitivity in responding to each LargeLocal™ transaction consideration to ensure a…

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Apr 2016 Acquired Healthcare Transportation Provider
Jul 2015 Acquired Transformative Healthcare
Aug 2013 Acquired Tru-Fire
Jun 2012 Acquired Muzzy Products

Olympus Power

10 Total Closed Deals

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Olympus Power, LLC is a privately held U.S. independent power company based in Morristown, NJ, which owns and manages power plants that sell electricity and thermal energy to utilities and industrial concerns. Our firm maintains full or partial equity interests in these projects in order to optimize these assets by better aligning interests. Our portfolio includes efficient gas-fired cogeneration facilities, renewables such as biomass, hydroelectric and wind-powered facilities, in addition to alternative technologies like our waste coal operations.The principals of Olympus previously grew…

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Aug 2023 Invested in Burney Forest Power
Aug 2023 Invested in Bay Shore Plant
Aug 2023 Invested in Cadillac Renewable
Aug 2023 Invested in Bridgewater Power

BizGro Partners

9 Total Closed Deals

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BizGro Partners is a private holding company that owns and operates 14 companies in different industries. We are mainly interested Business Service & Healthcare industries. Our typical target profile is B2B companies with good books and records, strong profitability, and a well-established history. We will usually be interested in companies making between $3M and $30M in Revenue, with EBITDA between $800K - $2M. We finance our deals through a combination of our own money and third-party financing.

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Aug 2023 Acquired Anonymous Company
Aug 2023 Acquired Anonymous Company
Aug 2023 Acquired Anonymous Company
Aug 2023 Acquired Anonymous Company

Samsara Management

8 Total Closed Deals

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Samsara Management is a Miami-based alternative asset management firm that invests in small and mid-sized companies, in the United States and Japan, through leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and growth equity investments. The company invests in a wide variety of industries and sectors that include real estate as well as educational services, retail, advertising, and recreational vehicles. Samsara has an investment strategy that is both prudent yet dynamic and works in close collaboration with the management team to develop significant operational and growth strategies.

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Aug 2023 Acquired Apphive
Aug 2023 Acquired ALH Media
Aug 2023 Acquired MARWIN SPORTS
Aug 2023 Acquired TAGA Publishing

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Delight Holdings

8 Total Closed Deals

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About UsWe are business builders with experience investing, operating, and growing businesses. We are interested and have had success with both control and minority deals. We partner with excellent people to build strong and durable companies. We are long term oriented with the ability to own businesses for decades.

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Oct 2021 Invested in All Points North
May 2021 Acquired Wendy's Long Island Restaurants
Mar 2021 Acquired Wendy's Raleigh Restaurants
Jan 2020 Invested in NPC Holdings

Gray Fox Strategic

8 Total Closed Deals

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We have a holding company that owns and operates franchises in the southeast. We currently work with 5 different brands. We are continuing to grow these brands organically, but also looking to acquire businesses outside of franchising. We self-fund all of our acquisitions and we run each brand portfolio with our own internal teams.

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Dec 2022 Acquired Two Men And A Truck
Jul 2022 Acquired Smash My Trash
Jun 2022 Acquired Smash My Trash
Aug 2019 Acquired Two Men And A Truck

Linktia

7 Total Closed Deals

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Our passion is to invest in mature mid-market enterprises, that can be transformed into significantly scalable businesses by adding, implementing or creating new business models through the use of Technology Innovation* while providing the right capital structure.

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Aug 2023 Acquired Anonymous Company
Aug 2023 Acquired Anonymous Company
Aug 2023 Acquired Anonymous Company
Aug 2023 Acquired Anonymous Company

3T Holdings, LLC

6 Total Closed Deals

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3T Holdings, LLC is a private investment firm focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We partner with exceptional companies seeking the next stage of growth. Post acquisition, we work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders.

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Jul 2019 Acquired Southwest Auto Tow
Jul 2019 Acquired Peak Auto Storage
Nov 2015 Acquired Alliyahs Towing
Jun 2015 Acquired Boulder Valley Towing

District Equity

5 Total Closed Deals

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District Equity, LLC is an award-winning international investment firm that wholly owns or holds interests in businesses operating in private equity, engineering, defense, and real estate industries. Typically, we are the largest outside shareholder in our portfolio companies; as such, we are focused on long-term growth and a total return strategy.

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Aug 2023 Invested in Seneca Communities
Aug 2023 Invested in Azimuth
Aug 2023 Invested in WWC Global
Aug 2023 Invested in Talaera

INFOR Financial Group

5 Total Closed Deals

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INFOR Financial Group has a permanent capital base and decades of experience partnering with entrepreneurs at all stages to help facilitate recapitalizations, corporate carve-outs, management buyouts and entrepreneur or family succession. We pride ourselves on our ability to provide creative and flexible capital to our portfolio partners, and believe that part of our role as entrepreneurs supporting entrepreneurs is to partner with and support emerging companies as we help them to achieve their corporate goals.

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Feb 2024 Invested in Nuway Crushing Ltd.
Sep 2021 Invested in Local Line
Sep 2020 Invested in Strella Biotechnology
Oct 2018 Invested in Iconic Brewing Co.

AMD Ventures

5 Total Closed Deals

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The principal of AMD Ventures, Angus Davis, founded and grew two technology companies to significant exits (B2B software company Tellme sold for $800 mm to Microsoft and Upserve, an SMB SaaS + fintech company sold to Lightspeed Commerce for $500 mm). Today my "day job" is investing in early-stage startups as a GP with a Silicon Valley VC fund (minority Seed and Series A deals). In my personal capacity, I joined Axial to explore opportunities to acquire lower middle-market businesses that are a good fit for my prior operating experiences through my self-funded HoldCo.While several…

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Nov 2021 Invested in Selfbook
Jul 2021 Invested in Lula
Feb 2020 Invested in Check
Oct 2009 Invested in Upserve

U.S. Industrial Group

4 Total Closed Deals

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At US Industrial Group, we acquire companies within the industrial sector, focusing mainly on manufacturing and distribution, often linked through vertical or horizontal integration. We believe that the success of a company is built on strong relationships—with our customers, employees, and vendors. We prioritize creating a collaborative and supportive environment where employees can thrive, customers receive top-quality products and service, and vendors are treated as trusted partners. Our commitment to fostering these relationships is at the heart of our business strategy.We acquire…

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Oct 2023 Acquired Red Hawk Rifles
Jan 2022 Acquired Prazen Optics, Inc.
Jan 2021 Acquired R.S. Hoytt & Co.
Dec 2019 Acquired Monarch Bearing Co.

Quinsig Capital

4 Total Closed Deals

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Quinsig Capital is a private investment firm focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We partner with exceptional companies seeking the next stage of growth. Post acquisition, we work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders.

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Jan 2025 Acquired Cape Cod Plumbing & HVAC Business
Sep 2019 Acquired Diagnostic Testing Platform
Mar 2019 Acquired Healthcare Services Platform
Mar 2018 Acquired IT Services Platform

Wecommerce Holdings Limited Partnership

4 Total Closed Deals

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WeCommerce exists to empower entrepreneurship everywhere. It sounds lofty, but it’s what drives us every day to become the best home for founders. Over a decade ago, we saw the emergence of a new breed of software companies, with a wonderful set of attributes:They are product-focused and customer-obsessed. Strong word of mouth drives growth, not paid ads.They are highly efficient. They’ve built real businesses often with no outside funding. They are focused on growing profits, not growth at all costs.They are located outside major metropolitan areas. We meet with amazing entrepreneurs…

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Aug 2023 Acquired Orbit
Mar 2022 Acquired KNO
Mar 2021 Acquired Stamped
Jun 2020 Acquired Foursixty

TREC Ventures

3 Total Closed Deals

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TREC Ventures is a private investment group operating at the intersection of real estate andtechnology. We invest in multi-family and mix use real estate projects and private technology andservice business that serve the real estate industry. TREC management team has 15+ years experience as operators leading multi-generation family businesses and B2B startups in manufacturing, software, hardware and services. TREC management team has 10+ investing personal capital across real estate and private companies. TREC is supported by a small group of emerging family offices and entrepreneurs.

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Jun 2019 Acquired Cooper Kurtz Disposal LLC
Mar 2019 Acquired Earth 'N Wood Products
Jan 2018 Invested in KB Foundry Services

Medical Life Holdings

3 Total Closed Deals

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Medical Life Holdings develops and manages healthcare companies committed to making healthcare more efficient and valuable. The portfolio offers a combination of services necessary to drive value in the healthcare value chain.Founded in 2007 by Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physicians, we believe patients deserve access to the right care, at the right time, and in the right place, and if accomplished, it will be the right price. We knew that being sick was scary and that each company we develop must be dedicated to providing care that creates peace of mind. Our teams of dedicated…

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Aug 2023 Acquired CRUCIALIST
Aug 2023 Acquired Crucialist Kidney Care
Aug 2023 Acquired Crucial Care

Discomfort LLC

3 Total Closed Deals

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Discomfort LLC, The Miller Family Office, is a Winter Park, FL based family office focused on opportunistic investment opportunities. We believe most great investments begin from a place of discomfort. Today, we are invested in the new car automotive retail and real estate industries.

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Sep 2022 Acquired MZ Chevrolet
Jul 2021 Acquired Advantage GMC of Adel
Jun 2020 Acquired Advantage Rent a Car

Gallery Company

2 Total Closed Deals

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The Gallery Company is a group of companies committed to transforming service industry practices.The gallery company is an Indianapolis-based, family-owned company comprised of 4 unique divisions driven by a shared goal: to provide unparalleled workmanship and outstanding customer service.to provide unparalleled workmanship and outstanding customer service."Our mission is to be recognized as a group of effective companies with integrated communication. We offer effective solutions to our customers in the segments of construction, skilled labor, and facility maintenance.

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Aug 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
Sep 2025 Acquired Confidential Company

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Firms in the Payment Processors Holding Companies directory are ordered based on recent deal activity on Axial. The default order reflects observed market signals rather than a subjective ranking of firm quality.

Each profile provides information about the firm’s areas of focus, transaction criteria, and relevant activity on Axial’s M&A platform. Together, these details provide a clearer view of where a firm is active and the types of companies and opportunities most relevant for it.

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for Payment Processors Holding Companies is $4M-$21M, with a core EBITDA range of $1M-$4M. Company size can be an important indicator of fit, as firms often concentrate their experience, resources, and transaction activity within particular segments of the market.

Relevant Business Services experience can be an important consideration when evaluating a firm. Familiarity with the sector can provide a stronger understanding of its business models, market dynamics, valuation considerations, and transaction environment. The 230 firms included in this directory provide a starting point for identifying firms with relevant experience and activity in Business Services.

Not necessarily. Many firms are active across multiple industries, so inclusion in the Payment Processors Holding Companies directory reflects relevant experience or activity in Business Services, rather than an exclusive sector focus. Individual profiles provide additional context on each firm’s areas of focus and activity within the sector.

When comparing Holding Companies with experience in Business Services, consider factors such as size range, geographic reach, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 230 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

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