Top United States Private Equity Funds with Recent Private M&A Activity

695

Active Firms

18,734

TTM Deal Inquiries

$3M-$19M

Core Revenue Range

$800K-$4M

Core EBITDA Range

Top Sectors by Activity

Industrials 44%

Technology 13%

Business Services 11%

Healthcare 10%

Consumer Goods 7%

Key Attributes

Focus: Control Investments | Capital Source: Committed Capital | Operating Approach: Scale & Exit

Lazarus Capital Partners

8 Total Closed Deals

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LAZARUS CAPITAL PARTNERS is a private equity firm founded in Birmingham, Alabama, focused on acquiring controlling equity interests in lower-middle-market operating businesses which are underperforming to performing, and located primarily in the Southeastern United States.We target manufacturing, value-add distribution, and service businesses with revenues in the $4-$30 million range. With over 40 years of combined private equity experience, LCP is actively involved in the management of our portfolio companies. The Principals of Lazarus commit large amounts of their own capital as limited…

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Dec 2012 Acquired Gasko Fabricated Products
Dec 2012 Acquired Rhopac Fabricated Products
Dec 2011 Acquired Sauls Seismic
Dec 2011 Acquired Nomis Seismographs

Behrman Capital

8 Total Closed Deals

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Behrman Capital is a private equity investment firm founded in New York in 1991 by brothers Grant G. Behrman and Darryl G. Behrman. The firm invests in management buyouts, leveraged buildups and recapitalizations of established growth companies. In 1996 William M. Matthes joined the firm to open the San Francisco office.Behrman Capital has raised five private equity funds with a combined capital base in excess of $3.0 billion spread across a global investor base of institutional limited partners.Our investments have historically been focused in the Health Care, Defense, Specialty…

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Mar 2013 Acquired ATHEROTECH, INC.
Mar 2013 Acquired ILC DOVER
Oct 2010 Acquired Pelican Products, Inc.
Oct 2010 Acquired Selig Sealing Products, Inc.

Southfield Capital

8 Total Closed Deals

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Southfield Capital has been partnering with exceptional, growing companies since 2002. During that time we have invested in over sixty lower middle market businesses, working collaboratively with entrepreneurs to institutionalize and scale their businesses. In Southfield’s Fund II we invested in mission-critical business services companies and have driven value through both organic and acquisition growth. Currently investing out of Fund III, we will continue our strategy of investing in growth-oriented, entrepreneur built business services companies. In addition to Southfield’s…

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Feb 2016 Acquired Tier One Relocation
Jul 2015 Acquired Vanguard Dealer Services
Mar 2012 Acquired BioPharm Communications
May 2011 Acquired Hallcon Corporation

Transportation
Industrial Equipment Platform With Meaningful EBITDA

NDA Available CIM Available Eastern Midwest

Revenue

$36.7M

EBITDA

$9.5M

Margin

26%

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Consumer Goods
Outdoor Consumer Products Brand Platform

NDA Available CIM Available Eastern Midwest

Revenue

$23.0M

EBITDA

$4.5M

Margin

20%

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Technology
Multi-Region IT Asset Disposition Provider

NDA Available CIM Available West South Central

Revenue

$28.1M

EBITDA

$5.7M

Margin

20%

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Food & Hospitality
Historic Winery and Hospitality Platform

NDA Available CIM Available Middle Atlantic

Revenue

$13.2M

EBITDA

$1.3M

Margin

10%

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Industrials
Regional Metal Recycling Platform Operator

NDA Available CIM Available West South Central

Revenue

$10.3M

EBITDA

$2.8M

Margin

27%

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Technology
Healthcare AI Marketing Software Platform

NDA Available CIM Available South Atlantic

Revenue

$7.7M

EBITDA

$3.0M

Margin

39%

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Business Services
Vertically Focused B2B Sales Development Provider

NDA Available CIM Available South Atlantic

Revenue

$3.2M

EBITDA

$1.2M

Margin

37%

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Industrials
Scaled Public-Sector HVAC Contracting Platform

NDA Available CIM Available Middle Atlantic

Revenue

$53.5M

EBITDA

$7.2M

Margin

13%

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Downing Capital

7 Total Closed Deals

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Catalyzing creativity: equipping our leaders to actualize their visions. People - The quality of the team ultimately determines whether a new business succeeds or fails. Our experienced in-house talent acquisition function helps structure founding teams, devise talent strategies, and execute on searches.Technology - We have relationships with experienced CTOs, software engineers, and technical recruiters to enable portfolio companies to develop products at a lower cost and to help overcome technical challenges that arise.Funding - Founders often turn to friends and family to pull together the…

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Jan 2025 Invested in Bloomwell
Apr 2024 Invested in Immersiv Health
Apr 2024 Invested in Maro
Jan 2024 Invested in Wellnest Fertility

Emko Capital LLC

7 Total Closed Deals

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Emko Capital is a family-run investment firm focused on industrial, infrastructure, and aerospace businesses. We seek to invest in and actively manage privately held companies in the United States, and to grow them to their full potential.Our operating partners, Josh and Dean, have over 30 years combined experience in industrials, infrastructure, aerospace and related industries.

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Oct 2023 Acquired SMX Industrial Solutions
Oct 2023 Acquired Special Effects Manufacturer (Confidential)
Aug 2021 Acquired A&D Precision Machining (confidential)
May 2019 Invested in Rotabull

Agincourt Capital Partners

7 Total Closed Deals

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Agincourt Capital Partners is a New York-based private equity investment group that invests in high quality middle market companies with enterprise values of $10 million to $50 million. Our primary focus is on the acquisition and recapitalization of companies whose owners wish to have both immediate financial liquidity and also the ability to benefit financially from the future growth of their businesses. Agincourt Capital Partners has great respect for the owners and builders of businesses and all that they have accomplished. We believe that our respectful approach reflects a true…

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May 2014 Invested in CarboMask
Jul 2013 Invested in OBBCO Safety & Supply
Dec 2010 Invested in Something Sweet, Inc.
Jul 2008 Invested in Color Resources International

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New Capital Partners

7 Total Closed Deals

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New Capital Partners is a private equity firm with offices in Birmingham and Dallas. We invest in high growth companies primarily in the Southeastern United States and Texas.We acquire and/or partner with businesses and management teams who are focused on building sustainable businesses of exceptional value. NCP is a team of equity partners, but more importantly we are business partners. Through our extensive entrepreneurial and operational experience we have created and realized significant value in dozens of portfolio companies. Our portfolio companies grow in size and value by building on…

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Jun 2012 Acquired GeoVera Insurance
Oct 2011 Acquired MedCall
Oct 2011 Acquired Outcome Resources
May 2011 Acquired Medsurant Monitoring

Watermill Group

7 Total Closed Deals

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The Watermill Group A Strategy Driven Private Equity Firm Since 1978, The Watermill Group and affiliates have acquired, managed, and transformed dozens of companies operating at the crossroads of hazard and opportunity. At the Watermill Group, we apply the craft of strategic planning and implementation to our portfolio companies, helping them to reach their full potential as stable businesses capable of supporting jobs and contributing to their local communities. We pride ourselves in our ability to recognize advantage where others do not. We create value through our unique brand of…

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Aug 2017 Acquired Cooper & Turner
Jul 2016 Acquired Experi-Metal Inc.
Jun 2015 Acquired Quality Metalcraft, Inc.
Feb 2014 Acquired The Plastics Group

Tuckerman Capital

7 Total Closed Deals

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Tuckerman Capital is a private investment firm that works with Deal Partners (experienced executives and Independent Sponsors) to invest in and build exceptional small companies that deliver innovative solutions for the long-term with enterprise values typically ranging from $10 million to $75 million.

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Oct 2010 Acquired Promo Seeds, Ltd.
Oct 2010 Acquired Shield Pack, LLC
Oct 2010 Acquired Solidscape, Inc.
Oct 2010 Acquired Wohler Technologies, Inc.

Argenta Partners

7 Total Closed Deals

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Argenta Partners LP is a Dallas-based private equity firm that invests in controlling equity interests of lower middle market companies with the potential for further development and growth. Argenta's investment criteria can be concisely defined as follows: Revenue between $10 million - $125 million EBITDA between $2 million - $10 million Industries of Interest: Manufacturing, Distribution, Services, Transportation and Healthcare. Generally we do not seek investments in businesses with products or services subject to rapid change due to changes in consumer tastes; or in retail, banking, real…

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Sep 2011 Acquired Hickman-Kenyon Systems, Inc.
Jul 2008 Acquired Westcon, Inc.
May 2007 Acquired Avita Drugs
Sep 2005 Acquired GAHH, LLC

Berenson Capital

7 Total Closed Deals

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Berenson Capital is a sector-focused private equity firm investing in Software & Tech-Enabled Services businesses with a minimum of $5 million of annual revenues.

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Aug 2023 Acquired Device42 Inc.
Aug 2023 Acquired TI Health
Aug 2023 Acquired StratEx
Jun 2021 Acquired Practice Insight

Red Arts Capital

6 Total Closed Deals

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We invest in companies across the supply chain, ranging from logistics to value-added manufacturing to business services. Our experienced investment team and our advisory group of industry leaders and operators have built a strategic approach that prioritizes sophisticated analysis, deep sector knowledge, and thoughtful collaboration with our portfolio management teams, our investors, and the wider investment community.

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Sep 2025 Acquired Belpak
Mar 2025 Acquired Freshway
Dec 2024 Acquired KKSP
Oct 2022 Acquired Flex Logistics

MSouth Equity Partners

6 Total Closed Deals

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We are a private equity investment firm that provides equity capital and expertise to support management teams in acquisitions and recapitalizations of lower middle market companies typically valued $25-$125 million. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, MSouth invests primarily in the South with a consistent focus on management buyouts of business services, distribution and specialty manufacturing companies. With more than $700 million under management in two active funds, MSouth is a successor to Cravey, Green & Wahlen, Inc., which was founded in 1984.Each of MSouth's partners has extensive experience…

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Jul 2013 Acquired Capstone Logistics
Jul 2013 Acquired Thompson Industrial Services
Jul 2013 Acquired BC Technical
Jul 2013 Acquired Power Pro-Tech Services

Green Mesa Capital

6 Total Closed Deals

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Green Mesa Capital, LLC (the “Company”), is privately owned and independently operated as a family office. Headquartered in Nevada, the Company was founded in 2014 specializing in traditional and alternative investments. The investment mandate is heavily weighted towards a multi-strategy single-sector focus: institutional real estate in North America and Western Europe. A real estate and alternative investment portfolio consists of four asset classes: (i) venture; (ii) private debt; (iii) private equity; and (iv) marketable securities. The Company’s mission is to deliver superior…

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Mar 2016 Invested in JF S-Line Townhomes, LLC
Jan 2016 Invested in Wasatch Overlook, LLC
Nov 2015 Invested in VeriComply.com, Inc.
Aug 2015 Provided debt financing to GMC Private Debt II, LLC

Newport Global Advisors

6 Total Closed Deals

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Newport Global Advisors is a highly experienced alternative investment firm specializing in turnaround and special situation investments in small and middle market companies.

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Aug 2023 Acquired Autocam Transportation
Aug 2023 Acquired Amtrol
Aug 2023 Acquired Merisant
Aug 2023 Acquired True Temper

NRD Capital Management

6 Total Closed Deals

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Founded in 2014 by Aziz Hashim, NRD Capital is a private equity firm based in Atlanta. Led by a seasoned investment team of skilled operators with extensive experience operating and growing some of the world's largest brands, NRD Capital guides its portfolio companies through strategic and sustainable growth.

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Aug 2023 Acquired Valyantai
Dec 2019 Invested in 1huddle
Feb 2019 Invested in Qu
Dec 2018 Invested in Altitude Trampoline Park

Rallyday Partners

6 Total Closed Deals

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Rallyday Partners is an investment partnership that supports great companies led by audacious leaders with big dreams. Applying our entrepreneurial DNA, we designed a stepping stone capital solution that grows with you, at your pace and on your terms – not ours.

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Aug 2023 Acquired Espire Dental
Aug 2023 Acquired HIGHBAR Physical Therapy
Aug 2023 Acquired Livefront
Dec 2021 Acquired Genesis Research

Acquira

6 Total Closed Deals

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Acquira (www.acquira.com) provides entrepreneurs the support to realize their dream of business ownership by guiding their acquisition of small businesses in the MEP and specialty contractor space. We provide direct training and support through the steps of deal identification, vetting, diligence, financing, funding and post-acquisition change management with a focus on transitioning from owner-operated to management-run businesses. We focus on employee empowerment, engagement, and enrichment through the creation of peer-supported leadership teams, clear and generous incentives, industry…

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Jul 2022 Acquired A1 Stoneworld
Nov 2021 Acquired RPF Environmental
Jan 2021 Advised Anderson Air in its sale to Snowball, Inc.
Dec 2020 Acquired Plumbtech

Promus Equity Partners

5 Total Closed Deals

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Promus Equity Partners is a private equity investment firm affiliated with Promus Holdings, a multi-family asset management company with approximately $500 million under management among its affiliated entities.We target healthy, lower-middle market companies with EBITDA of $15 million or less. Members of our team are proven investors who bring wide-ranging experiences over numerous economic cycles in a variety of industries. As a family office with a flexible investment mandate, we can think creatively and allow each opportunity to guide our investment structure and duration absent the…

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Aug 2012 Acquired ACI Building Systems, LLC
Apr 2012 Acquired QCC, LLC
Dec 2011 Acquired LogicMark, LLC
Mar 2011 Acquired ProSteel Security Products, Inc.

KT Capital Partners

5 Total Closed Deals

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KT Capital Partners, LP is a leading private investment firm which invests in stable, established, and growing companies. KT Capital invests in both existing and new management teams and assists in the growth and development of its company investments through the introduction of new financial and managerial resources. We are committed to using our in-house operating expertise to help talented management teams and entrepreneurs build companies of great value. We work closely with our partner-companies and provide capital, operating and strategic expertise, as well as a network of strategic…

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Mar 2014 Acquired A&V Company
Apr 2013 Acquired CableOrganizer.com
Dec 2012 Invested in Tech Top
Apr 2012 Acquired Telesight, LLC

Firms in the United States Private Equity Funds 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.

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.

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for United States Private Equity Funds is $3M-$19M, 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.

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.

Not necessarily. A firm’s location does not always define its geographic reach. Many Private Equity Funds 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.

When comparing Private Equity Funds in United States, consider factors such as sector focus, size range, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 695 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

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 Private Equity Funds directory, you can request information here.

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