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Retail Distributors Independent Sponsors

833

Active Firms

22,618

TTM Deal Inquiries

$3M-$15M

Core Revenue Range

$600K-$3M

Core EBITDA Range


Florida 13%
Texas 12%
California 11%
New York 7%
New Jersey 4%

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

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Bounds Equity Partners

10 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Bounds Equity Partners is a private equity investment firm that invests in well-managed, entrepreneurial businesses with EBITDA in excess of $1 million. The principals of BEP have partnered with entrepreneurs to take their businesses to the next level since 1989. We invest in good businesses and help management build larger, more successful companies. Nearly all of our investment transactions have been with private company entrepreneurs seeking liquidity, who almost always have reinvested with us to share in the future value creation. We are an experienced private equity group; we have…

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired Rocktops Granite & Stone Fabrication
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Hollinee
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Torstenson Glass
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Sportcraft

Nordlys LLC

10 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
We are operators at heart who have successfully closed 10 acquisitions across industrial, manufacturing, and business services sectors. In each case, we stepped into the business post-close and took responsibility for running and improving it, not just owning it. Through hands-on operational execution and focused growth initiatives, we have increased sales by approximately 50% on average. Our experience across specialty manufacturing, industrial equipment and rentals, infrastructure-related services, and recurring-service models gives us strong pattern recognition around how these businesses…

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  • Jun 2024 Invested in Confidential Company
  • Jun 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Jun 2022 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Aug 2021 Acquired Confidential Company

Socius Capital, llc

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Socius Capital provides financing to closely-held middle market companies seeking a partner to replace an outgoing equity holder or to fund an acquisition strategy. From offices in San Francisco, Tampa and Ketchum, Idaho, Socius works with companies throughout the western and southern United States. Over the course of extensive careers managing and investing in closely-held address the needs of selling shareholders of closely-held businesses and then becoming the new partner that remaining owner/managers desire and deserve. We work hard to help drive significant increases in equity value for…

Recent Transactions

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired On the Scene Productions Inc.
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Bell Home Solutions
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Western Machine Works
  • Dec 2014 Acquired Pioneer Recycling Services

Phoenix Strategy

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Phoenix Strategy Investments is an entrepreneurial investment company dedicated to acquiring and nurturing the growth of small to medium-sized, privately-held businesses. With a strategic focus on entrepreneurial ventures, the firm operates as a private equity entity, leveraging its expertise to foster business development and expansion. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Phoenix Strategy Investments is committed to identifying promising opportunities and implementing growth strategies that enhance value and performance. The company has a substantial portfolio, reflecting its success…

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  • Dec 2025 Acquired ExamSoft
  • Nov 2014 Acquired PI Worldwide
  • Dec 2013 Acquired Predictive Index
  • Nov 2009 Acquired Exam Soft

New Heights Capital

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
New Heights Capital is a NYC-based private equity investment firm focused exclusively on buyouts and recapitalizations of profitable, lower middle market companies. Our firm is comprised of entrepreneurs, executives, and investors whose careers have been dedicated to working with privately-held businesses across a wide range of industries in the lower middle market. The mission of New Heights Capital is to build value by investing in people dedicated to growing exceptional niche companies. The foundation is a partnership with business owners, management teams, and entrepreneurs. We approach…

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  • Aug 2023 Invested in Payment Works
  • Aug 2023 Invested in Priority Bicycles
  • Aug 2023 Invested in DryBar
  • Aug 2023 Invested in On the Right Track

Oakland Standard Co.

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Oakland Standard Co. is a Michigan-based private equity firm investing in lower middle market industrial businesses. We invest in businesses and management teams that want more than just capital and target situations where an operational approach as well as strategic support create value by building strong companies over a long-term horizon.Our focus is on industrial businesses that are often overlooked or under-appreciated by larger investors and where a hands-on approach can lead to meaningful change.

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  • Jul 2021 Acquired Paramount Fence
  • Dec 2019 Acquired The CA Lawton Company
  • Oct 2019 Acquired KSI KITCHEN & BATH
  • Sep 2016 Acquired Interclean Holdings, LLC

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Kaho Partners

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Kaho Partners is a thesis-driven investment firm focused on building market-leading companies through organic and acquisition-driven growth. Kaho is based in Dallas, TX and Miami Beach, FL. For more information on Kaho Partners, please visit www.kahopartners.com.

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  • Aug 2024 Acquired Colanar
  • Oct 2023 Acquired Sirius Automation
  • May 2023 Acquired Bow Robotics
  • Jan 2023 Acquired Missouri Tooling & Automation

Ashland Capital Partners

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Ashland Capital Partners is a private equity firm that specializes in long-term investments in middle market companies, with a particular focus on founder-owned businesses. The firm engages in recapitalization, buyout, and growth capital investments, leveraging its partnership of family and individual investors. Ashland Capital Partners is committed to enhancing operational efficiency and infrastructure, often involving significant working capital improvements. With a strategic approach, the firm aims to foster growth and profitability in its portfolio companies, which are carefully selected…

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  • Aug 2025 Invested in AFCO Industries
  • Apr 2024 Acquired Stainless Foundry & Engineering
  • Jan 2024 Acquired GMI Group
  • May 2022 Acquired Metaltec Steel Abrasives

Centerfire Capital LLC

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Centerfire Capital as an investment and advisory company focusing on venture and private equity in consumer businesses and businesses that enable consumer led businesses to perform at their best.We invest in control and minority positions in companies that can create value through:Increasing TransparencyWe invest in companies that increase transparency to consumers of what they are buying; through ingredients, consumer ratings, and/or sustainable practicesImproving ValueWe invest in companies that can dramatically improve the consumer value proposition of a product or service versus the next…

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired Luxury Travel Hackers
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Curacity
  • Aug 2023 Acquired CommLoan
  • Aug 2023 Acquired HomeWell Care Services

Vion Investments

9 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
VION Investments, headquartered in Atlanta is global advisory provider of receivable investment services to businesses managing consumer and commercial receivables. VION provides a single, comprehensive source of expertise in receivable purchasing, consulting, and valuation.VION’s industry leading management team can help any business owner, turnaround manager, or lending institution facing issues of liquidity, covenant restrictions, and compliance. We also have solutions available to deal with the unique requirements affecting specialized industries, such as specialty finance, medical,…

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  • Jun 2017 Acquired Dearden's
  • Jul 2016 Acquired Italian Government
  • Nov 2013 Acquired Cornucopia Oil & Gas Company
  • Oct 2013 Acquired Cornucopia Oil & Gas Company

Lapa Capital

8 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Lapa Capital is an investment adviser headquartered in New York. We provide an alternative approach to wealth creation for our partners, investing at the two ends of the risk spectrum: acquiring stakes in growing companies and originating/managing credit collateralized by real assets. We look for established solutions (i.e. tested and deployed) and businesses facing an inflexion point on its growth trajectory. ‍ We leverage our relationships globally to help our partners expand their network globally. ‍ We focused mainly on companies operating at or near financial profitability

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  • Jan 2024 Invested in Confidential Company
  • Sep 2023 Invested in Confidential Company
  • Sep 2022 Invested in Confidential Company
  • Jul 2022 Invested in Confidential Company

Exeter Street Capital Partners

8 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Exeter Street Capital Partners ("Exeter") is the private equity affiliate of Patriot Capital (20-year old mezzanine fund; $1+ billion deployed). Exeter invests in promising lower middle market businesses ($3-7M of EBITDA).Exeter makes control and structured equity investments in promising lower middle market businesses within our Focus Sectors (Business/Consumer Services, Industrial Growth/Tech., Healthcare Services) across North America. We form close partnerships with the existing management of growing businesses where our capital, operating resources, financial expertise and strategic…

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  • Dec 2024 Acquired Advanced Facility Solutions
  • Dec 2023 Acquired SmartLab
  • Jan 2023 Acquired Yebo Group
  • Dec 2021 Acquired Persona Signs

Watchtower Capital Partners

8 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Watchtower Capital is a private equity firm focused on partnering with founder and family-owned businesses. The firm invests in the consumer services, commercial services and B2B products sectors, targeting initial platform investments up to $100 million. Watchtower employs an operationally hands-on approach with its investments and will manage a concentrated portfolio. For high-achieving founders and family business owners, Watchtower offers an accelerated path to take your business to a new level.

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  • Nov 2025 Acquired J Hood Services
  • Jul 2025 Acquired Fence Builders Inc.
  • Jul 2025 Acquired Green Hill Fence Company
  • Nov 2023 Acquired Honest Abe Home Services

Woodlawn Partners

7 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Woodlawn Partners is a Chicago-based private equity firm that is focused on people, not transactions. Our primary responsibility is to provide stability for employees and customers. Rather than simply replacing a business owner with a new manager, we first become directly involved with a business to educate ourselves and to earn the trust of its people. We then work collaboratively to build a team that can drive self-sustaining growth. We help a business owner to tailor a succession strategy around their personal and financial needs. We take a hands-on approach to shepherding a business…

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  • Jul 2022 Acquired Sheer Logistics
  • Jan 2021 Acquired Active Roofing
  • May 2018 Acquired Tighe Logistics
  • Jun 2017 Acquired BW Manufacturing

DAGR Holdings

7 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
DAGR Holdings is my personal investment company that operates as a fundless sponsor. My day job is as a Principal in the Private Equity strategy of MSD Partners, a $30Bn AUM alternative asset manager. Formerly worked for Searchlight Capital Partners and Hellman & Friedman.

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  • Jul 2021 Invested in 7Shifts
  • Jan 2021 Invested in Spiffy
  • May 2020 Acquired Northwest Fiber d.b.a. Ziply Fiber
  • Feb 2018 Acquired Future POS

Chrysalis Growth Partners

7 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Chrysalis Growth Partners is a private investment firm focused on the lower and middle market, primarily focusing on business services and industrials. We have a flexible investment mandate and hold periods - given we partner with two Pacific Northwest family offices who have indefinite (multi-generational) investment horizons. For illustrative purposes, sectors of interest include: waste collection and hauling, uniform rental + linen supply + commercial laundry, facility services (janitorial, pest control, route-based, etc), telecommunications, financial services (CPA, tax, accounting,…

Recent Transactions

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  • Jan 2025 Advised Industrial Waste Collection and Hauling Services in its sale to Infrastructure PE Firm
  • Jun 2024 Acquired Pacific NW Perimeter Security Company
  • Mar 2023 Acquired Water and Wastewater Filtration and Treatment
  • Jun 2022 Advised Residential Services (Plumbing) in its sale to NYC Private Equity

Galaxi Group

7 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Galaxi Group is a family office backed independent sponsor focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We consider ourselves entrepreneurial capital partnering with management teams and entrepreneurs to achieve next level success.

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  • Jun 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Jul 2025 Acquired Serpico Landscaping
  • Aug 2021 Acquired Medallion Landscape Management, Inc.
  • Jul 2017 Acquired Rainforest

Lorraine Capital

7 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Lorraine Capital seeks has a track record of acquiring middle market and lower middle market companies meeting the following criteria:$20M – $150M in Revenue$3M and greater EBITDAMore broadly than strict financial criteria or specific or limited industries, we focus qualitatively on good opportunities where we can add value.Compelling market opportunities, visionary, ethical leadership, proven ability to build transformative value for customers, and unique go-to-market strategies have underpinned our past successful acquisitions.

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  • Jan 2023 Acquired Laser Specialties Inc.
  • Sep 2022 Acquired Summit Steel Fabricating Group
  • Apr 2022 Acquired ICM Controls
  • Dec 2020 Acquired Verdi Commerce

Current Capital

6 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Current Capital Partners LLC (www.currentcap.com) is a private equity investing, mergers and acquisitions advisory and corporate management services firm founded by a group of former Fortune 500 executives and investment professionals to create value primarily in middle market and smaller companies in the industrial and services industries. In our private equity business, we bring an integrated operating, finance and investment approach to two large sectors, industrials and services, where we have extensive networks, experiences and perspectives. We partner with corporate management teams to…

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  • Jan 2018 Advised Safe Fleet in its sale to Oak Hill Capital Partners
  • Jan 2018 Advised Gates Industrial on an investment from Initial Public Offering
  • May 2017 Advised Charter NEX Films in its sale to Oak Hill Capital Partners
  • Jun 2016 Acquired Rimstock Limited

Northwood Ventures

6 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Northwood Ventures has been a leading venture capital and private equity investor for more than three decades. Our long-term investment horizon, entrepreneurial orientation, and collaborative approach make us an attractive partner for skillful founders, shareholders and management teams.

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  • Dec 2011 Acquired Designer Protein, LLC
  • Jun 2010 Acquired Zevia
  • Dec 2009 Acquired Celebration Restaurant Group, LLC
  • Oct 2009 Acquired JVC Media LLC

Frequently Asked Questions

How are Independent Sponsors in this directory ordered?

Firms in the Retail Distributors 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.

What information is included in each Independent Sponsor profile?

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.

What company sizes are most common for Retail Distributors Independent Sponsors?

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for Retail Distributors Independent Sponsors is $3M-$15M, with a core EBITDA range of $600K-$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.

How important is Distribution experience when evaluating Independent Sponsors?

Relevant Distribution 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 833 firms included in this directory provide a starting point for identifying firms with relevant experience and activity in Distribution.

Do all Independent Sponsors in this directory focus exclusively on Distribution?

Not necessarily. Many firms are active across multiple industries, so inclusion in the Retail Distributors Independent Sponsors directory reflects relevant experience or activity in Distribution, rather than an exclusive sector focus. Individual profiles provide additional context on each firm’s areas of focus and activity within the sector.

How do I compare Independent Sponsors with experience in Distribution?

When comparing Independent Sponsors with experience in Distribution, consider factors such as size range, geographic reach, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 833 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

How do I connect with Retail Distributors Independent Sponsors?

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 Retail Distributors Independent Sponsors directory, you can request information here.


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