NorthEnd Associates was founded as a boutique private investment firm. We are a values-first family-style office with a collective 50+ years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. We focus on long-term relationships and value creation, enabling us to be good investment stewards and outperform market returns on a risk-adjusted basis. Our investment criteria are focused on specialty and niche services businesses in nationwide marketplaces across real estate, light industrial, and recreational adjacent markets.
Taurus Capital Partners represents long-term capital partnership for exceptional, values-driven businesses from experienced operators and investors.Why We Founded the FirmThere has never been more capital available to growing, profitable lower middle market businesses who want to sell. While that is a great dynamic for maximizing value today, it often comes with the hard-to-appreciate, long-term risk of working with investors who think they understand your business better than you do. Entrepreneurs know that all the elements that made their business successful in the first place - incredible…
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
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.
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…
Our Investment Team members average over 25 years of experience as both operating executives and Private Equity fund managers. Each Partner works with a small number of companies and commits the necessary time, talent and personal capital to ensure their success.Cave Creek Capital’s approach has the flexibility of a family office, the talent of a major firm and offers a much wider range of capital solutions than traditional Private Equity funds. We don’t require control and can invest in both equity and debt. We also have no structural deadlines to meet which enables us to be patient…
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…
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…
Montage Partners invests in established companies with EBITDA between $1.5 million and $7 million. Since inception in 2004, Montage Partners has invested in 19 companies across our five core sectors of focus: business services, consumer, healthcare, industrial, and technology. These 19 companies represent more than 1,700 employees and total greater than $395 million of combined revenue.We provide liquidity to those who have spent years of their life building great companies, we protect those companies through a transition of ownership and we support the next generation of a company’s…
Darshan Capitak specializes in business acquisition in the service, technology, and healthcare industries.At Darshan, we focus on the long-term picture, seeking to acquire businesses and grow them organically and inorganically. Our professionals combine financial expertise with entrepreneurial experience to effectively manage businesses and facilitate growth. We pride ourselves in working side by side with your management to grow and expand your business.Darshan's significant entrepreneurial and financial experience creates an ideal team ready to help provide expertise in a wide variety of…
Founded in 2017, Albaron is an operationally focused, lower-middle-market investment firm focused on the healthcare services sector. Our dedicated team of healthcare investors and operators helps founders create significant value, providing capital, operational expertise, and strategic support to founder-led healthcare companies.Albaron is focused on a diverse range of healthcare sub-sectors. We seek to foster collaborative, high-engagement partnerships with founders and management teams looking to scale their businesses. Our experienced team has a successful record of investing in both…
Founded in 1994, Hanover Partners is a private equity firm dedicated to acquiring and partnering with the management teams of small-to-medium sized companies. With over 30 years of sector focus, we invest in niche, proprietary product and engineered equipment manufacturers and differentiated service companies.
Pleasant Bay Capital Partners (“Pleasant Bay”) is a merchant banking firm focused on acquisitions, recapitalizations, and minority investments in lower-middle market companies. We partner with management teams and co-investors to maximize the long term value of our portfolio companies. Our opportunistic approach provides us the flexibility to invest in a broad range of opportunities and utilize innovative equity and debt structures to fit the specific needs of company owners and management teams. We have investment experience in multiple industries with particular expertise and focus…
Expertise:Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Weinberg Capital Group is a private investment group dedicated to private equity and real estate. Our team has a combined total of over 75 years experience successfully managing companies throughout the US and Asia. Where necessary and appropriate, the WCG team will work closely with management to enable it to maximize its growth opportunities. We have the knowledge and resources to provide the assistance necessary to insure successful implementation of development strategies.Relationships:The individual success of our partners and the collective…
The LFPI Group is one of the leading independent, multi-strategy alternative asset managers in Europe with nearly €12 billion under management in private equity (majority, minority, co-investments, funds of funds and thematic funds including hotels), private debt, real estate, as well as asset management in Europe and North America, with a focus on long-term investments. LFPI US LLC is the US subsidiary of LFPI group.Each of the LFPI Group's activities benefits from the commitment and experience of a specific team that is totally dedicated to it. Strongly rooted in their local markets and…
Glen Oaks Capital, LLC is an independent sponsor founded by John Powers to pursue control acquisitions in the lower middle-market primarily focused on manufacturing and business services. Mr. Powers formed Glen Oaks Capital after 15 years at Millbrook Capital where he was responsible for sourcing, structuring, and managing the family office's direct private equity investments.
Grand Valley Holdings is a Cincinnati-based acquirer of privately-held, family owned businesses in the Ohio Valley. The Principals of Grand Valley Holdings bring over 30 years of experience acquiring, developing, and operating private businesses.
Traverse Pointe Partners is a private investment firm focused on control investments in lower middle market companies. Our investment professionals, advisory board and operating partners work collectively, offering a unique array of skill-sets and expertise to enhance the value of our platform investments. We partner with strong management teams, providing capital and a level of operational, financial and strategic support to enable organizations in transition to maximize their potential.
