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Top United States Independent Sponsors

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United States Independent Sponsors

1,993

Active Firms

34,671

TTM Deal Inquiries

$3M-$15M

Core Revenue Range

$500K-$3M

Core EBITDA Range

Top Sectors by Activity

Industrials 47%
Technology 10%
Healthcare 10%
Business Services 9%
Consumer Goods 7%

Key Attributes

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

Showing 181-200 of 1,993 Independent Sponsors

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Pacific Fin Capital

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Pacific Fin Capital specializes in operating small-to-medium size food and beverage manufacturing businesses.We leverage our operating and investing experience to give business owners, liquidity and alternative options, based on your needs and goals. Our entrepreneurial approach ensures a long-term vision of growth for your business, customers, and employees.Our flexibility allows us to move fast to find a solution that benefits everyone involved.We specialize in partnering with food and beverage manufacturing companies that have between $5 and $50 million in annual revenue and between $1 and…

Recent Transactions

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  • Apr 2025 Acquired Gold Coast Baking
  • Feb 2022 Acquired Tropical Bottling
  • Jun 2021 Acquired Pack Labs

Liftout Capital

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Liftout Capital is a Denver-based investment holding company dedicated to investing in lower middle market founder owned businesses. We make control investments in business and industrial service companies with $4-15 million of EBITDA. Liftout Capital brings decades of experience and resources, flexible investment hold periods, and deep industry expertise to help companies accelerate their growth.

Recent Transactions

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  • Apr 2025 Acquired AG&E
  • Jul 2024 Acquired Pay4Leads
  • Aug 2023 Acquired Franchise Creator

1819 Partners

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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1819 Partners (“1819”) is a private investment firm based out of Memphis, TN formed to provide direct, private investment opportunities for high-net worth family investors. The firm looks to invest in lower-middle-market private companies with enduring industry tailwinds and partner with strong management teams. Compared to traditional private equity, we aim to provide "patient" capital, which allows for decisions to be made that are best for the long-term success of the business, not just short-term returns. We are looking for business owners who are looking for a financial "partner"…

Recent Transactions

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  • Aug 2023 Acquired Highway Signing
  • Mar 2023 Acquired Ecoserv
  • Jul 2022 Acquired Crockett Partners Equipment Company

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Hyperion Capital Partners

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Hyperion Capital Partners is a private investment firm that establishes and utilizes partnerships with management to produce substantial long-term value. We partner with management teams to invest in companies reaching an inflection point—a period during which we can provide capital and strategic guidance to accelerate profitability and growth. We invest with a conservative capital structure and are not reliant on excessive leverage to generate superior returns for our investors. Further, we are flexible in our investment approach and will always explore creative, tailored methods through…

Recent Transactions

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  • Nov 2022 Acquired Algus Packaging
  • Oct 2022 Acquired A Plus Tree
  • Apr 2021 Acquired Kabinart

ClearPoint Investment Partners

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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ClearPoint Investment Partners invests in lower middle-market business services and financial processing companies. We work closely with management as a hands-on partner to create long-term value for our stakeholders. We focus on businesses at key inflection points – where our deep strategic, operational, and industry expertise can accelerate growth and materially enhance company value.Clarity of focus, process, and principles are hallmarks to our approach.

Recent Transactions

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  • Oct 2019 Invested in H1 Insights
  • May 2018 Invested in Accommodations Plus Technologies Holdings
  • Sep 2017 Invested in Shore Group Associates

RLG Capital

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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RLG Capital (“RLG”) is an independent sponsor private equity firm based in Park City, UT. RLG invests in or acquires early-stage and lower-middle market companies with innovative products or services, part founder-led businesses with a strong market position, sustainable cash flow, significant growth potential, and a clear and compelling opportunity to leverage our experience as operators and entrepreneurs.Since our founding in November 2013, RLG has sponsored or co-sponsored $650m of invested capital into 29 companies, with $205m in realized investments and $4455m in our current…

Recent Transactions

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  • Feb 2022 Acquired Kamaka Air
  • Jan 2022 Invested in Powder Watts
  • May 2020 Acquired ELB Learning

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Adventure Capital Partnes

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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We are a team of serial entrepreneurs with a refreshing perspective on business. We ditched the suits and ties and prefer to think outside the box. Expect board meetings to be replaced with chairlift meetings and mundane TPS reports with creative executive collaboration.

Recent Transactions

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  • Jun 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Jun 2024 Acquired Confidential Company
  • May 2024 Acquired Confidential Company

Fortunesse Financial Limited

3 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Fortunesse, a structuring company, specializes in developing financial products, including investment products such as debt and equity. The company manages private credit funds and has a private equity arm. 

Recent Transactions

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  • Jan 2026 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Dec 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Nov 2025 Acquired Confidential Company

Minnehaha Equity LLC

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Based in the Minneapolis area, Minnehaha Equity LLC was launched in 2020 by David Shuler to pursue investments in the consumer, food and agriculture sectors with <$10 MM EBITDA ($1-5 MM sweet spot), with a special interest in companies that address healthy living, clean label, food safety, supply chain efficiency, and/or sustainability. We are equally interested in branded consumer products as well as companies involved with contract manufacturing, ingredients, logistics, services, distribution, packaging, and other aspects within the supply chain. Minnehaha is open to either buyouts or…

Recent Transactions

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  • Nov 2022 Acquired SKABOOTS
  • Mar 2021 Acquired Snipers Edge Hockey Inc

Signal Rock Capital

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Signal Rock Capital is an independent sponsor investment firm that targets B2B industrial, infrastructure, consumer, and healthcare service businesses with EBITDA of $1.0 to $5.0 million.

Recent Transactions

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  • Sep 2025 Acquired Thermae Retreat
  • Jul 2025 Acquired Eagle's Nest Property Management

Shingle Hill Capital LLC

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Shingle Hill Capital is a private investment firm focused on investing in family or founder owned businesses. We serve as successors in business ownership with a disciplined focus of growing exceptional businesses while upholding relationships with a company's four key stakeholders: former owners, current employees, historic customers and trusted vendors.We are capitalized by a collection of family offices and private investment funds preferring to participate on a deal by deal basis.

Recent Transactions

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  • Mar 2024 Acquired American Bedding Manufacturers
  • Jul 2023 Acquired Arcus Hunting

Karo Ventures, LLC

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Karo Ventures, LLC is a private investment firm specializing in the acquisition and growth of SMBs. We focus on manufacturing companies in the Southeast, with a particular interest in the rubber, plastics, and chemicals industries. Our team brings deep expertise, operational experience, and a commitment to creating value for the businesses we acquire and their stakeholders.

Recent Transactions

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  • Apr 2025 Acquired Elite Advanced Polymers
  • Nov 2024 Acquired Robbins, LLC

Edgehill Management

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Edgehill is a New York-based private investment firm focused on partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams of leading companies to unlock new horizons.We draw on our investing and operating experience, thesis-driven diligence processes, and deep professional networks to source differentiated businesses, execute win-win partnerships, and manage investments for long-term success.We believe that businesses reach their full potential with partners who deliver both the capital and the clarity needed to succeed.Team's deal experience…

Recent Transactions

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  • Jan 2026 Invested in ILS Gummies
  • Dec 2024 Acquired Life Science Connect

Do Good Group LLC

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Holding company that owns, builds, and purchases businesses with goal of being cash flow positive, around for 10+ years, simple to run, and most importantly that will throw off cash to invest into other businesses and donate to charity. 

Recent Transactions

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  • Aug 2025 Acquired Oli's Trolley
  • Feb 2025 Invested in Confidential Company

Ohana Legacy Partners

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Ohana Legacy Partners is not a private equity firm. We are a long-term Employee Owned holding company committed to acquiring enduring businesses and transitioning them to employee ownership. Led by former Navy SEAL and seasoned operator Justin Knowles, we invest in companies with strong cultures, loyal teams, and a legacy worth preserving. We don’t flip, we don’t rebrand—we build on what works and share the upside with the people who built it. If your client is looking for a buyer who will protect their legacy and elevate their people, we’re ready to move with speed and integrity.

Recent Transactions

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  • Mar 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Nov 2024 Acquired Confidential Company

Fruition Partners

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Fruition Private Equity is a Denver-based private investment firm dedicated to advancing middle-market businesses and management teams. Since its inception in 2020, the firm has executed over $650 million in transactions, completing 17 acquisitions and successfully recapitalizing one platform. Fruition Private Equity specializes in strategic investments and operational improvements, focusing on stable, predictable revenue businesses in fragmented sectors. Their primary investment focus is on convenience stores and gas stations in the Southeastern United States. The firm is co-founded by Jay…

Recent Transactions

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  • Dec 2025 Acquired Confidential Company
  • Dec 2025 Acquired Confidential Company

Blueline Ventures

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Blue Line Ventures is an operating company first, and an investment company second.Our team's passion and background rests in helping small business owners and investors achieve their goals through sales or acquisition. We do this across industries and help our clients focus on team design, process optimization, and systems development.​We make direct investments in businesses that fit our personal investment thesis and that align with our specific industry focus. We are skilled in creating flexible finance solutions and are backed by a leadership team with a proven history of business…

Recent Transactions

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  • Jan 2024 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
  • Jan 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

SixFive Partners

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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SixFive Partners is an operator-led investment firm founded by brothers Mike and Matt Speaker, seeking to acquire and grow founder-owned commercial and industrial service businesses in the $5–50M revenue / $2–10M EBITDA range across the continental United States. Unlike traditional private equity, SixFive's founders become the CEO of the businesses they partner with and bring direct operating experience — most recently acquiring and scaling Revive Med Spa across California, as well as prior healthcare platform investments in pediatrics and ophthalmology. Backed by patient, long-term…

Recent Transactions

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  • Jun 2022 Acquired Revive Med Spa
  • Aug 2020 Acquired Coastal Kids

Braes Bayou

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Braes Bayou Company is a Texas based independent sponsor firm dedicated to partnering with founder-led B2B service businesses. Braes raises capital from its investor network on a deal-by-deal basis, ensuring alignment across management teams and capital providers.

Recent Transactions

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  • Apr 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Oct 2020 Acquired Confidential Company

Steinbeck Investment Company

2 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals
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Steinbeck is fully committed to heroically protecting past legacies and accelerating new growth for the companies in which we invest. Strong legacies are springboards to the future, and it’s from there that we jointly build even bigger and better companies.SIC is pioneering the intersection of private equity investing and operating involvement; and we’re revolutionizing the collaborative partnership of the Executive, Investor and Operator. We embrace the perfect combination of capability, character, chemistry and commitment. We espouse strong collaborative partnerships and together…

Recent Transactions

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  • Feb 2022 Acquired Troyer Foods
  • Feb 2022 Acquired Stanz Food Service

Frequently Asked Questions

How are Independent Sponsors in this directory ordered?

Firms in the United States 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 United States Independent Sponsors?

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for United States Independent Sponsors is $3M-$15M, with a core EBITDA range of $500K-$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 location when evaluating Independent Sponsors?

Location can be an important consideration, but it does not necessarily define where a firm is active. Firms based in United States may bring regional knowledge, local relationships, and experience with businesses in the area, while many also pursue opportunities across a broader geographic footprint. Geography is best considered alongside sector focus, company size, and relevant transaction activity.

Do all Independent Sponsors in this directory operate exclusively in United States?

Not necessarily. A firm’s location does not always define its geographic reach. Many Independent Sponsors based in United States are active across multiple regions, while firms based elsewhere may also participate in the United States market. Location can provide useful context, but it should not be interpreted as a firm’s geographic boundary.

How do I compare Independent Sponsors in United States?

When comparing Independent Sponsors in United States, consider factors such as sector focus, size range, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 1,993 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

How do I connect with United States 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 United States Independent Sponsors directory, you can request information here.

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