Michigan Family Office

Michigan Family Office is a single-family office based in Detroit, Michigan, established in 2008. The firm specializes in direct equity investments in lower middle market private equity and early-stage companies, spanning a diverse array of industries, including real estate, operating businesses, and equity venture opportunities. Their investment approach emphasizes long-term capital preservation and growth, leveraging extensive operational experience to build sustainable value in businesses.

The firm's investment strategy involves collaborating with dynamic management teams to accelerate growth in both early and later-stage companies. They focus on sectors such as business-to-business technology services, financial services, and women-led companies. Investment structures include growth capital, majority ownership, leveraged buyouts, and bank financing. The firm is particularly interested in U.S.-based acquisitions near major metropolitan areas, with a preference for businesses based in Michigan, the West Coast to Midwest, and California.

Michigan Family Office's real estate portfolio includes commercial real estate assets, retail stores, and storage unit properties. They seek to diversify their holdings by acquiring multi-family assets, commercial real estate, and hospitality-related properties. In the operating business sector, their portfolio encompasses technology services, financial services, senior living, hospitality, land development, and student housing. The firm is open to investing patient capital into a broad variety of direct investment opportunities, with a preference for businesses with an EBITDA of $500,000 or more during the last full year of operations, and a focus on U.S.-based operating businesses.