Patoka Capital is the direct investment arm of the Ragains family office based in the Louisville, KY area. The Ragains family founded, developed, and operated the Great Escape Theatres chain, one of the largest movie theater companies in America at the time of its sale to Regal Entertainment Group in 2012. Chance ...

When Corporate Finance Associates (CFA), Jones Natural Chews’ financial advisor, first reached out to Azalea Capital in late 2015, partner Ben Wallace immediately knew this was an opportunity his fund would aggressively pursue. Jones Natural Chews is a six-generation family-owned business and a producer of ...

70 years ago, Mark MacCracken’s father Calvin MacCracken founded CALMAC, a family business and a leading US manufacturer of cool energy-related technologies and thermal energy storage products. Young Mark joined his father in 1976 after receiving a college degree in mechanical engineering, and he later became ...