Baden Capital is a private investment firm focused on control investing in profitable, timeless businesses. We focus on services oriented business but also invest in niche manufacturing and consumer. Our principals combine public and private institutional investing experience with gritty, hands-on operations experience within small businesses. We are based in California and prefer to partner with businesses near us where we can get engaged and help out actively. Historically, we have raised capital from SBICs and other mezzanine-focused firms who back independent sponsors. We have an…
We are a Pledge Fund (backed by family offices) that invests in scalable and purpose-driven companies in the United States.The founding partners have each over ten years of private equity experience. Our team, operating partners, and pledge fund investors have substantial experience in investing, creating, growing, operating, and selling businesses.We invest in proven businesses with strong management teams within our core sectors: (i) financial services, (ii) business services, and (iii) specialized services and products.We make, both controlling and non-controlling stakes, investments in…
AW Boston is a private investment firm focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We plan to work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders.
HRC Partners (www.hrc.partners) seeks to make control or non-control investments in technology, business services, and other select industries leveraging the domain expertise of our founder and bench of entrepreneur advisors to create value through organic growth and a tactical add-on acquisition playbook. The group is led by Cyrus Maghami, a 20-year private equity (Kayne Anderson, Shackleton) and M&A advisory (Harbor Ridge, Layer 7) veteran, with deal experience in technology and telecom services, software, and ad-tech. This includes a 7 company IT service roll up which grew from $25mm to…
Williams Capital is focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We partner with exceptional companies seeking the next stage of growth. Post acquisition, we work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders.
Blue Sky Finance is a US-based corporation representing the interests of a foreign conglomerate with over 30 years of experience and success in a wide variety of industries, ranging from cashmere fashionwear to real estate development, construction, mining, banking, snack food&beverage import/export, and tourism. As such, we are able to capitalize on full access to industry specialists, including consultants, managers, and directors who are able to provide and deliver expertise and knowledge in the industries we seek to serve. We are committed to seeking out investment opportunities,…
Our foundational principle is that commitment creates value. We collaborate with small business owners on flexible succession plans, renewing the lifecycle of a generational business. Our investment horizon is infinite, which we believe is the highest honor that can be paid to the vision of entrepreneurs. The societal gains generated by small business are vast, and our hope if for these gains to accrue to all our stakeholders - customers, employees, and investors - far into the future.
Stallion Finance ("Horses not Unicorns") is a private equity firm that invests in and acquires small businesses with the goal of growing them through predefined strategic improvement initiatives. Our team of professional entrepreneurs utilize both private equity investment and hands-on operating expertise, to design and implement our proven operating playbook. We target tenured (no start-ups) companies generating between $0.5mm to $5mm of EBITDA. While we are industry agnostic, we have a particular focus on internet based, software or technology companies that are generating…
Optimal Investment Group (OIG) is a private investment firm focused on investing in lower middle market business acquisitions throughout North America. OIG invests in companies we believe show potential for growth and increased profitability.OIG is flexible and growth-minded, utilizing our vast experience to help portfolio companies reach their full potential. Our investment process allows us to analyze and close transactions quickly, frequently within 30-60 days.
Nexturn Management Group is a boutique consulting, business development and investment firm focused on growth-oriented small- to mid-sized companies. Nexturn works with clients as advisors, consultants or as partners to incubate and execute innovative ideas that deliver sustainable results.Nexturn also acts as an “Independent Sponsor” focused on acquiring and operating small- to mid-sized companies with organic and strategic add-on growth potential.Our focus is at the intersection of business and financial services industries with a secondary interest in technology companies serving the…
Go Global Retail is a team of experienced retail, Ecommerce and consumer brand leaders that understand the challenges that brands and retailers are facing. We are an investment platform bringing operational experience to the M&A process and asset management post acquisition. The Go Global team participated in more than 10 acquisitions and helped to improve EBITDA by over $250 million combined.Go Global specializes in business strategy and process optimization, supply chain and operations, technology including infrastructure and systems, organizational strategy and organizational talent…
True Vines is helping finance businesses positively impacting the world in the midst of what we consider a massive shift. Our focus is particularly on businesses empowering the global digital transformation. We have mandates in the US and Africa with public and private sector stakeholders.
ROCA Partners is a Los Angeles-based private equity investment firm focused on providing leading services companies with flexible capital and operational resources to accelerate growth.
C9 Partners LLC is private investment firm focused on identifying niche opportunities at the intersection of specialty lending and financial, legal, and healthcare business services.We are industry experts leveraging over 50 years of institutional lower-middle market corporate finance experience and over $3.0 billion in completed corporate finance transactionsWe have a track record of creating realized equity value as both professional investors and CEOs and CFOs of high growth businesses.Given our directly relevant experience, we seek to establish non-intermediated relationships with…
ETFx Investment Partners offers investment and professional services based on our research of themes rooted in the confluence of long-term forces interlinking population, energy, food and water.
Sannord LLC offers business leadership, strategy and M&A consulting for privately-held manufacturing companies. Neal Nordstrom, the president of Sannord LLC, is an Advisory Board member for four companies including private-equity and venture capital owned specialty manufacturers.
I am looking for another business to buy and run. I bring management experience and am looking to partner with an existing owner who would like to start their retirement process. I would like to transition into running the company (on whatever pace they would like) and grow it together, building on their past success.
The Palomar Group is a private investment and advisory firm that was founded based on the premise that the most important factor driving substantial, long-term value creation is a relentless focus on building fundamentally better businesses. Our innovative and disciplined blueprint for identifying strategic value creation initiatives is unconventional and was developed over the years based on our experiences.As a principal investor, we are operationally driven and focused on unique and compelling situations within the lower middle market involving leveraged and management buyouts, minority…
Investment firm founded by former McKinsey consultant and experienced corporate technology M&A executive focused on building a portfolio of small businesses. The principal is investing personal capital alongside a significant network of capital partners.
