HC Private Investments
Investment Details
Investor Type
Family Office
Asset Class Focus
Private Equity
Stage Focus
Buyout, Growth
Geographical Focus
United States
Industries Focus
- Consumer Goods
- Manufacturing
- Industrial Goods
Investment Size:
5,000,000 to 25,000,000 USD
Investor Details Founded: 2016
HC Private Investments is a Chicago-based family office private equity firm specializing in direct investments in lower middle-market manufacturing businesses within the consumer and industrial sectors. The firm offers flexible and patient capital, distinguishing itself from traditional private equity models by providing long-term investment horizons and operational expertise to accelerate growth and facilitate succession transitions while preserving family ownership objectives.
The firm's investment strategy focuses on partnering with business owners, executives, and management teams to identify and remove obstacles to growth, enabling companies to maximize their full value potential. HC Private Investments engages seasoned operating executives from the outset to develop value creation plans aligned with the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), ensuring a collaborative approach to achieving growth objectives.
Since its inception, HC Private Investments has been involved in several strategic acquisitions, including the creation of an artisan bakery through the acquisitions of SnackWerks and Specialty Bakers in June 2025, and the acquisition of QEI, Inc., an industrial automation and systems company, in July 2023. These investments reflect the firm's commitment to enhancing operational capabilities and market presence within its portfolio companies, supporting their continued success and growth in their respective industries.
Requirements
- Lower middle-market manufacturing businesses
- Consumer and industrial markets
- Flexible and patient capital
- Long-term investment horizon
- Operational expertise for growth acceleration
- Succession transition support
- Preservation of family ownership objectives
- Partnership with business owners, executives, and management teams
- Identification and removal of growth obstacles
- Maximization of value potential
- Engagement of seasoned operating executives
- Development of value creation plans aligned with EOS
- Collaborative approach to growth objectives
- Strategic acquisitions
- Enhancement of operational capabilities
- Market presence support
- Continued success and growth in respective industries
Contact
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Portfolio Companies
- Artisan Bakery
- QEI, Inc.
- Prince Industries
- SnackWerks
- Specialty Bakers
- Epicurean Butter
- Springboard Manufacturing
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