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…
We are a private investment firm specializing in control and non-control investments of North American companies with operating profits of $4 - $20 million.Since the firm’s founding in 1999 by Jim Andersen, Calvin Neider and Pete Doolittle, Clearview has single-mindedly remained dedicated to investing in and supporting the development of lower middle market companies. Working collaboratively with our portfolio company management teams, we provide targeted strategic and operational assistance, as well as capital, to fuel organic and acquisition growth initiatives.Since inception, the…
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.
Stonehenge Partners ("Stonehenge" or the "Firm") is a middle-market private equity firm with a highly successful 25+ year track record. The Firm directs the investment activities for approximately $1 billion in capital commitments. Stonehenge's investment professionals have extensive experience executing a broad range of transactions including:Management and leveraged buyoutsAcquisitionsRecapitalizationsGrowth capital investmentsStonehenge Partners has the flexibility to invest in a variety of structures including common equity, preferred equity and subordinated debt (or combinations…
Founded in 2010, Renovus Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in the Knowledge and Talent industries. Renovus, based in the Philadelphia area, manages over $1 billion across three sector focused PE funds and one generalist strategy (RCap). The firm’s current portfolio includes over 25 U.S. based businesses specializing in education and training, B2B healthcare services, technology services and professional services. Renovus typically partners with founder-led businesses, leveraging its industry expertise and access to debt and equity capital to make operational…
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…
Mangrove Equity Partners' founding principals enjoy a national reputation as uncommonly effective, fair, flexible and honorable partners to company owners and managers. We have the captive financial resources (including bridge capabilities) and deal experience to efficiently close transactions. We also have substantial operating experience and a collaborative approach to building value at the companies with whom we partner. Mangrove's three person internal operating team affords our fund the ability to help owner/operators maximize the value of their retained ownership, and allows Mangrove to…
Silver Oak Services Partners is a lower-middle market private equity firm focused exclusively on service businesses. We seek to partner with exceptional management teams to build industry leading business, consumer and healthcare service companies.Silver Oak utilizes a proactive, research-led investment process to identify attractive services sectors and seek out the best potential management teams and investment opportunities. We bring extensive services industry expertise and relationships to our investments and work closely with our management teams to drive long-term value creation.Silver…
The Halifax Group is a private investment firm dedicated to partnering with founders and managers of lower middle-market businesses with total enterprise values generally between $50 million and $300 million.
Harren Equity Partners is a Charlottesville, Virginia and Fort Lauderdale, Florida based private investment firmand leading provider of equity for middle market acquisitions, recapitalizations and growth capital financings. Harren professionals work with each portfolio company to develop and/or implement a strategic business plan, and we support management by providing the operational, financial and human resources necessary to manage the increasingly complicated decisions associated with growing a business. Harren's approach to private investment is significantly differentiated from the…
Kainos Capital, a middle market private equity firm focused on the food and consumer sector, was recently formed by Andrew Rosen, Robert Sperry and Sarah Ashmore Bradley. The Kainos Partners have invested and collaborated together in the food and consumer space over the past 20 years and their deep industry knowledge is complimented by an experienced team of investment professionals.The Kainos Team has extensive investment and operating experience in the industry, having invested more than $2 billion of equity in more than 52 transactions in the food and consumer sector with a total…
Plexus Capital invests across the United States in a variety of transaction types, including equity acquisitions, buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth capital. Since 2005, Plexus has raised and funded $2.3B across seven funds in 180 companies. Plexus closed Equity Fund I at $204M in 2021. Plexus has built an institutional platform with a team of 45 professionals based in Raleigh and Charlotte, NC
GreyLion focuses on investing in high-growth businesses in the lower middle market. We seek to partner with existing owners and management teams across the Industrial, Healthcare, Software and Services sectors to deliver capital in tailored and flexible minority and control structures. GreyLion invests $25-$125 million of capital per investment, primarily within the United States. We currently manage private equity funds with aggregate commitments of $1.9 billion.
RLJ primarily invests in North American companies with enterprise values between $50 million and $250 million. While our target investment size is between $15 million and $40 million per transaction, we have the ability to pursue larger transactions in collaboration with our strategic partners. We seek out opportunities where we are able to partner with proven and motivated management teams and create value through a combination of strategic capital and operational insight.RLJ Equity Partners is a middle-market private equity firm focused on generating long-term capital appreciation by…
Slack Water Capital makes minority and control equity investments in small and medium-sized businesses. The Firm's primary focus is providing equity capital to acquisition entrepreneurs.
We make equity and debt investments in companies in North America and Europe. Peak Rock’s equity investment platform focuses on opportunities where it can support senior management to drive rapid growth and profit improvement, with expertise in corporate carve-outs and partnering with families and founders seeking first-time institutional capital. Peak Rock’s credit platform focuses on providing bespoke primary financings and making investments in secondary loans for corporate debt and commercial real estate. Peak Rock’s principals have deep expertise in complex situations and…
Chicago-based Granite Creek Capital Partners, L.L.C. is an active manager of lower middle market debt and equity investments in Business Services, Niche Manufacturing, Food & Agribusiness, Healthcare and value-added Distribution. Granite Creek invests in high-performing businesses to support rock star entrepreneurs, the next phase of growth or a transitional event that is driving the need for additional liquidity. Granite Creek brings decades of experience in private equity, lending, strategy and operations across 80+ deals over the course of 30+ years. The Granite Creek investment team, led…
We work with founders/owners, families and management teams in need of ownership transition, management succession, and / or growth support. We primarily focus on companies with revenue between $5 million and $50 million, and a cash flow between $1 million and $5 million. We consider a wide range of industries and look for companies with potential to build on past successes and open to new ideas.
Presidio Investors, a private equity firm based in Austin, TX, and Oakland, CA, was founded in 2007 to pursue exceptional lower and middle-market investments. The firm’s experienced investment professionals specialize in growth-oriented buyouts in the technology, media and financial services industries. The entire Presidio Investors team also has substantial operating experience and works side-by-side with management teams to help achieve the best possible outcome for all stakeholders.
Blue Sage Capital is an Austin, Texas-based private equity firm that has been investing in profitable, growing, lower middle-market companies since 2002. Blue Sage currently has over $400 million of assets under management and seeks to partner with founders, families, and management teams as the first round of institutional capital for businesses that enjoy leadership positions in niche manufacturing, environmental solutions, or specialty services industries. Blue Sage typically invests $20 million to $40 million in control buyout investments and recapitalizations of companies with $20…
