Kissel Capital

Kissel Capital is a seasoned private equity firm specializing in management-led buyouts of industrial and services companies. With over three decades of investment experience, the firm focuses exclusively on management-led buyouts of market-leading companies where their expertise and investor network are ideally suited to deliver the best outcomes. Their approach emphasizes empowering management teams to lead their companies, allowing them to focus on day-to-day operations while Kissel Capital provides strategic guidance and capital.

The firm's investment strategy centers on founder and management team recapitalizations, targeting companies with $2 to $6 million in EBITDA. They prefer situations where the management team has influence over the decision-making process and seek opportunities in the United States and Canada. Kissel Capital's sector focus includes industrial services, industrial technology, and business services, aiming to bring capital and industry insights to optimize growth and success.

Kissel Capital's guiding principles include integrity, people first, and sisu, embodying grit and resilience. They employ a Buy, Build & Hold strategy, focusing on management-led buyouts of industrial and services companies. The firm invests its own capital alongside management teams and partners with trusted co-investors aligned with their principles. They are committed to a partnership approach, avoiding company flipping and broadly auctioned sale processes, and are patient to find the best investments for value. Their value addition comes through stakeholder relationship building, partnerships with industry leaders, and developing structured add-on processes to improve every business in which they invest.