| Prospect Partners, LLC is a leading lower-middle-market private equity firm managing two funds totaling $270 million. We focus exclusively on management-led leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations of niche market leaders with revenues typically between $10 and $30 million. We are the most active private equity buyer in the lower middle market; since founding our firm in 1998, we have invested in approximately 55 companies across a broad range of niche consumer, commercial, specialty distribution and select service markets nationwide.
Our Investment Criteria
- Companies in the United States
- Companies in niche consumer, commercial, specialty distribution or service markets
- Growth-ready companies that are, or could become, that market’s leader
- Companies with $10 to $30 million in revenues; Add-ons with revenues of $2 million or more
- Majority control position in which additional capital is available for organic growth and/or acquisitions
Our Investment Style
- Work closely with financial intermediaries and independent equity sponsors (investors or
- executives who finance investments on a deal-by-deal basis)
- Partner with management teams that continue to run the business
- Make initial equity investment typically between $1 and $15 million; can invest up to $25 million to support a company’s growth
- Focus on building value over time
We are open to investment opportunities in a broad range of industries, including niche consumer, commercial, specialty distribution and service markets.
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