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Systems Software Independent Sponsors

426

Active Firms

8,567

TTM Deal Inquiries

$3M-$18M

Core Revenue Range

$800K-$4M

Core EBITDA Range


California 13%
Florida 13%
Texas 10%
New York 7%
New Jersey 4%

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

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Cardone Equity Group

1 Closed Deal via Axial 1 Total Closed Deal
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
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

Taurus Capital Partners

1 Closed Deal via Axial 1 Total Closed Deal
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…

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired Somersault

Transition Capital Partners

17 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Transition Capital Partners (“TCP”) is a Southlake, TX based private equity investment firm. Founded in 1993, TCP has successfully invested in over 50 middle market companies spanning a diverse array of industries. TCP partners with management teams to build sustainable value in businesses over the long-term, without the artificial constraints fundraising cycles create for traditional private equity funds. With more than thirty years of proven success, we have a long track record of collaborating with our partners to accelerate the growth of middle market companies.

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  • Nov 2024 Acquired PAT Tank
  • Feb 2024 Acquired Highstreet
  • Jan 2024 Acquired PostUp UnsubCentral
  • Jan 2023 Acquired Life Corp

Surge Private Equity

16 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Founded in 2017, Surge is a Dallas-based private equity firm. Surge generally focuses on businesses in the business services, healthcare, online businesses, and specialty goods industries. Primary characteristics sought are companies with high recurring revenue and predictable cash flows with EBITDA of at least $3.0MM. Surge takes a majority equity position in its investments and prefers to target acquisitions where the seller will remain on board in an ongoing capacity with a minority interest.

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  • Aug 2025 Acquired White Plains Linen
  • Dec 2023 Acquired Coastal Amusements
  • Sep 2023 Acquired Elite Clinical Network
  • Mar 2023 Acquired Toska Spa and Facial Ba

Pleasant Bay Capital Partners

15 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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…

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  • Aug 2023 Invested in VisualDx
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Optimos
  • Aug 2023 Advised TechBooks on an investment from American Capital
  • Sep 2021 Advised Memorial MRI & Diagnostic in its sale to Panos Partners

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Liberty Lane Partners

12 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Liberty Lane Partners is a firm that invests in businesses that can benefit from the operating, financial and transaction experience of its founding principals. We seek to partner with outstanding management teams to generate meaningful growth in value.Liberty Lane Partners focuses on transforming and building successful companies for the long term. Our operating strategies are designed to generate above-market absolute-dollar returns through strategic realignment, organic growth initiatives, cash flow management and acquisitions.Liberty Lane Partners is a private equity investment firm…

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  • May 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Jan 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Jul 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Jul 2024 Acquired Confidential Company

Traverse Pointe Partners

12 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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.

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  • Jul 2025 Acquired Windward Way Recovery
  • Mar 2025 Acquired Soma Therapy
  • Dec 2024 Acquired Children’s Campus and Premier Children’s Center
  • Apr 2024 Acquired Three Points Child Care Center

Snowdon Partners GP Inc.

11 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Snowdon Partners is a private equity firm focused on control investing and building value in lower middle market businesses with $3 million to $15 million in EBITDA across North America.

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  • Jun 2024 Acquired Urgence Marine Environnement
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Tortella Group
  • Aug 2023 Acquired GLP Canada
  • Aug 2023 Acquired JDI Cleaning Services

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

Infinitive Capital LLC

8 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Infinitive Capital is a private investment firm focused on partnering with lower middle-market businesses whose owners are seeking an exit or interested in staying on helping to drive the next stage of growth

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  • Apr 2024 Invested in Caretech
  • Aug 2023 Invested in Funds for Learning
  • Aug 2023 Invested in North shore medical laboratory
  • Aug 2023 Invested in EquitySim

Potomac Equity Partners

8 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Potomac Equity Partners is a Washington D.C.-based private equity investment firm focused on providing superior equity returns through the close partnership and collaboration with our portfolio company management team members.  We strive to invest in companies with leading products and services, superior management teams, and in which our invested capital and collaborative efforts can enable companies to exponentially ramp their long-term growth prospects and overall performance.

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired Synergy
  • Feb 2022 Acquired Mobile health exam
  • Jul 2019 Acquired laser md
  • Jul 2019 Acquired Sculptme

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

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

Glass Lake Holdings, LLC

7 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Glass Lake Holdings partners with exceptional privately-held businesses. Having previously acquired, grown and exited two businesses (Richmond Alarm Company and RRS Medical), we have deep operational and investment backgrounds specifically focused on family and founder-owned businesses.

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  • Mar 2026 Acquired The Fire Group
  • Oct 2025 Acquired FSS Technologies
  • Oct 2023 Acquired Big Box Storage
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Green Grass Landscaping

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,…

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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

Atlasview Equity Partners

7 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
Atlasview Equity Partners is a founder-first private equity firm specializing in acquiring and building businesses in the lower middle market. Atlasview seeks businesses with defensible moats and multiple levers to add significant value to create an asymmetric returns profile. Atlasview works closely with management teams to execute organic and inorganic (M&A) growth initiatives to build businesses into market leaders.

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  • Jul 2026 Acquired Howard Supply Company
  • Jul 2026 Acquired Biblionix
  • Mar 2025 Acquired Auto-Graphics
  • Oct 2024 Acquired MINISIS Inc.

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.

Recent Transactions

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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

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 Systems Software 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 Systems Software Independent Sponsors?

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for Systems Software Independent Sponsors is $3M-$18M, with a core EBITDA range of $800K-$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.

How important is Technology experience when evaluating Independent Sponsors?

Relevant Technology 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 426 firms included in this directory provide a starting point for identifying firms with relevant experience and activity in Technology.

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

Not necessarily. Many firms are active across multiple industries, so inclusion in the Systems Software Independent Sponsors directory reflects relevant experience or activity in Technology, 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 Technology?

When comparing Independent Sponsors with experience in Technology, consider factors such as size range, geographic reach, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 426 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

How do I connect with Systems Software 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 Systems Software Independent Sponsors directory, you can request information here.


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