Top Payment Processors Independent Sponsors with Recent Private M&A Activity

597

Active Firms

11,614

TTM Deal Inquiries

$3M-$17M

Core Revenue Range

$700K-$3M

Core EBITDA Range

Top States by Activity

Florida 14%

California 12%

Texas 11%

New York 7%

Pennsylvania 4%

Key Attributes

Focus: Control Investments | Capital Source: Deal-By-Deal Financing | Operating Approach: Scale & Exit

Hayden Creek Capital

1 Closed Deal via Axial

6 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Hayden Creek Capital ("HCC") is a principal investment firm that focuses on investment opportunities in lower-middle market private companies. Our Principals have deep expertise in making growth equity and buyout investments principally in the Consumer Food and Beverage, Business Services and Distribution industries.HCC is not a typical private equity firm—we are not a fund. We take a flexible and creative approach to capital structures, having an extensive network of debt capital and institutional and family office equity capital providers.Our investing philosophy is grounded in…

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Aug 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
Jan 2025 Acquired Anthony's Ladies Apparel
Jan 2024 Acquired Bin To Bottle
Oct 2021 Acquired Texas Emergency Care Center

Elvisridge Capital

1 Closed Deal via Axial

6 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Elvisridge Capital is an experienced investment firm seeking opportunities to acquire entrepreneur-led and privately owned companies for the purpose of driving growth and increasing revenues. Our preferred investment sectors include, but are not limited to, sportfishing and landscape products. Our target market includes companies with EBITDA of $200,000 to $3 million, and a sales volume of $1 to $10 million. We invest when our experience and resources can generate profitability improvement and revenue growth. We approach transactions with personal attention to ensure companies continue…

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Mar 2025 Acquired Luna Sea
Jan 2022 Acquired Glacier Outdoor
Jan 2022 Acquired Innovative Concrete Technology
Jan 2022 Acquired BBS Tech

Newport Harbor Group LLC

1 Closed Deal via Axial

6 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Newport Harbor Group (“NHG”) is a private investment firm focused on acquiring small to medium-sized businesses where the owner is looking to transition out of their current role. Our goal is to build upon the strong foundation in-place and supplement it with further investment to grow the business while preserving the company’s legacy.

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Dec 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
Aug 2024 Acquired Add-on Acquisition
May 2023 Acquired Confidential Company
Apr 2023 Acquired Add-on Acquisition

Stuart Acquisitions, LLC

1 Closed Deal via Axial

5 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Stuart Industries is an Independent Sponsor specializing in management buyout, turn-arounds and recapitalization investments. Stuart Industries prefers to invest in well established, family owned companies located in eastern United States, with a special focus on asset-light service businesses. We target companies that have revenues between $5MM - $50MM and EBITDA between $1MM - $5MM. We seek to create value through capital investment, strategic insight, and operational support to help companies enhance profitability and capture market share.

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Jul 2025 Acquired Clear Blue Pools
Jul 2025 Acquired VIP Pools
May 2025 Acquired EcoSource-style
Mar 2025 Acquired Nick's Gulf Coast Pool Cleaning

Burlington Street Partners

1 Closed Deal via Axial

5 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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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.

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Nov 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
Nov 2023 Acquired Confidential Company
May 2023 Acquired Confidential Company
Jun 2021 Acquired Confidential Company

Del Monte Capital

1 Closed Deal via Axial

4 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Founded in 2023, Del Monte Capital is a Texas-based private equity firm focused on lower middle-market companies. The firm specializes in providing capital and strategic resources to support growth, recapitalizations, management buyouts, and company successions. With a focus on life safety, essential business services, building products, specialty construction, industrial services, and other infrastructure-related industries, Del Monte Capital targets mission-critical, recession-resistant service businesses. Named by Inc. Magazine as a "Founder Friendly Investor" and recognized by ACG Houston…

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Mar 2026 Acquired DLG Infrastructure Services
Jan 2025 Acquired Cornerstone Excavating & Cornerstone On-Site Concrete
May 2024 Acquired Stratos Elevator
Apr 2024 Acquired Integrity Elevator Solutions

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Kissel Capital LLC

1 Closed Deal via Axial

4 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Kissel Capital is an Indiana-based independent sponsor focused on acquiring industrial businesses with $2–6M in EBITDA across the US and Canada. We focus on transactions with a management buyout component (e.g. rollovers, co-investment). We're an independent sponsor, but we come from a committed fund background, so we bring that same rigor and discipline to how we operate. Most importantly, we bring certainty to close. We have three active portfolio companies and three realization events under our belt (one exit and two dividends). We also invest alongside our equity partners and management…

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Nov 2025 Acquired Engine Seals
Nov 2023 Acquired Safety Boss
May 2023 Acquired ContourGlass
Apr 2022 Acquired Royal Camp

Timoneer Strategic Partners

1 Closed Deal via Axial

4 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Timoneer Strategic Partners is a private investment firm that makes control and minority investments in profitable, closely held lower- and middle-market businesses. We strategically partner with companies and operators to build exceptional businesses and brands.Timoneer takes pride in being a value-added partner and building enduring relationships with its portfolio companies and management teams. Our team at Timoneer has spent significant time affecting both operational / organic growth initiatives, along with inorganic buy-and-build strategies, for numerous family and entrepreneur owned…

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Aug 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
Dec 2024 Acquired DRC Restoration
Sep 2023 Acquired Solid Restoration
Feb 2021 Acquired Confidential Environmental Services Provider

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

Sundog Capital

1 Closed Deal via Axial

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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We are a team of investors and operators who have collectively acquired more than 30 businesses over the course of our careers. While we are generalist investors, our primary areas of industry focus are construction and contracting, consumer products, manufacturing, and distribution.We seek out situations where our investing, industry, and operating expertise will add value to the companies we acquire, and are comfortable working with leadership transitions.Featured in Axial's 2022 Industrials Top 50

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Apr 2022 Acquired Stryker Electrical Contracting, Inc.
Apr 2022 Acquired Bay Area Electric, Inc.
Apr 2022 Acquired Edge Electric, Inc.

Fire Pit Capital

1 Closed Deal via Axial

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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Fire Pit Capital was formed by private equity veterans, business owners and operators and family offices to invest in small businesses located in the Southeast. Backed by committed, patient capital from a number of family offices, Fire Pit Capital was formed with permanence in mind to own durable businesses for the long haul. We are flexible in our approach and will consider creative ways to participate in any ownership transition or be the source of growth capital.

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Sep 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
Jul 2022 Invested in American Metal Technology of Tenn, LLC

RSL Capital Partners

1 Closed Deal via Axial

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals

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We are an independent sponsor model that looks to acquire $1-3MM EBITDA businesses in the Southeast and Mountain areas in the US. This is a partnership between a seasoned PE professional coming from Blackstone, working on their flagship PE funds, and a top 1% SBA lender. We have worked together in the past on Real Estate transactions but we and our investors are focused on acquiring businesses from owners looking to exit / partner with us, using our expertise to add value.

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Aug 2024 Acquired Confidential Company

Factor89

1 Closed Deal via Axial

1 Total Closed Deal Actively Sourcing Deals

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At Factor89, we specialize in achieving record levels of profitable growth, and return on investment. We employ proven proprietary methodologies, invest in long term relationships at every level, and deliberately enrich the lives of all involved.We can speak definitively to every point above, with data and case studies. We welcome the opportunity to hear your story, tell our story, and explore a partnership with you.

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Apr 2024 Acquired Master Magnetics

Red River Equity Partners

1 Closed Deal via Axial

10 Total Closed Deals

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Red River Equity is a private investment firm located in Dallas, Texas. Red River’s team has successfully invested and/or advised over 35 middle market companies spanning a diverse array of industries.Red River Equity assists management teams to build sustainable value in companies with a focused strategy in acquiring controlling positions in select, growing, middle market companies. The goal is to align incentives, motivate management, implement new corporate strategies, and mitigate downside risk.

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Feb 2024 Acquired 1888 Industrial Services
Aug 2023 Invested in Postup
Aug 2023 Invested in MonsterMoto
Aug 2023 Invested in Galqui

G&H Ventures, LLC

1 Closed Deal via Axial

6 Total Closed Deals

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G&H Ventures, LLC is an investment firm founded in 2010 by Danny Guttman and Thomas Hardy, which focuses on investments in the financial services sector. G&H is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Our competitive advantages include our non-bureaucratic infrastructure, flexible decision making process, long-term investment horizon, ability to accommodate special needs of sellers and management teams, operational and transaction expertise, and opportunistic investment strategy.Our target investment size is $10 million-$50 million.

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May 2021 Invested in Finergy Capital
Apr 2019 Invested in Delek Royalty US
Oct 2014 Acquired Republic Companies, Inc.
May 2013 Invested in Platinum Training LLC

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.

Beverly Capital

1 Closed Deal via Axial

1 Total Closed Deal

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Beverly Capital is a Los Angeles based private investment firm with deep expertise in growth and operational enhancement in the lower middle market. Beverly Capital, in conjunction with its operating executives, partners with exceptional management teams to assist businesses in unlocking value and reaching their full potential. Beverly Capital employs a collaborative approach to drive superior growth & value creation. We pursue assets that have a strong, defensible offering, where we can drive operational or strategic change (i.e. corporate carve-outs, legacy/generational management…

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Feb 2021 Acquired The Eye Health Group

Westover Group LLC

1 Closed Deal via Axial

1 Total Closed Deal

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Westover Group is a Georgia based private investment firm focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. Our Founder is a seasoned investor and operator who likes to work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders.

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Oct 2020 Acquired Poss Select Produce

Cardone Equity Group

1 Closed Deal via Axial

1 Total Closed Deal

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Cardone Equity Group is an investment company founded by Grant Cardone and Brandon Dawson. Together, they help business owners unlock value from a 360-degree perspective such as operations, marketing, finance, and people. Cardone Equity Group is currently seeking small to medium sized acquisition opportunities in a wide array of industries.

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Aug 2022 Acquired Gundlach's Service

EO Capital Partners LLC

1 Closed Deal via Axial

1 Total Closed Deal

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EO Capital Partners is the principal investing arm of our company. We are looking to partner with companies in the lower middle market where we can add value through M&A, operational improvements and/or access to additional capital. We bring diverse backgrounds in private equity, investment banking, and consulting, which allows us to provide a unique approach to problem solving.

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Mar 2024 Acquired Total Valve & Equipment LLC

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Firms in the Payment Processors Independent Sponsors 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 Independent Sponsors is $3M-$17M, with a core EBITDA range of $700K-$3M. 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 Financial 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 597 firms included in this directory provide a starting point for identifying firms with relevant experience and activity in Financial Services.

Not necessarily. Many firms are active across multiple industries, so inclusion in the Payment Processors Independent Sponsors directory reflects relevant experience or activity in Financial 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 Independent Sponsors with experience in Financial Services, consider factors such as size range, geographic reach, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 597 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

Axial can help you identify and connect with firms based on your objectives and what you are looking to accomplish. The process varies depending on your role and transaction needs. If you are interested in connecting with firms in the Payment Processors Independent Sponsors directory, you can request information here.

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