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Founded in 2012, May River Capital is a Chicago-based private equity investment firm focused on small, high-caliber, industrial growth businesses that have the potential to be transformed into larger, more valuable enterprises

We take pride in our culture of partnership and collaboration – a characteristic that is rooted in a fundamental appreciation for teams and the human element in business

AN INCH WIDE AND A MILE DEEP, BY DESIGN

CRITERIA

Industrial is all we do. Since our founding, we've remained constant in our passion for these businesses, utilizing expertise that has been cultivated over entire careers focused on the industrial sector

We intentionally focus on entrepreneur, founder, and family-owned industrial companies – small businesses that perform well, but could benefit from a partner as they work to scale through operational improvements and strategic initiatives

CORE INDUSTRIAL SUB-SECTORS

High-value manufacturing, engineered products, industrial services, and value-added industrial distribution businesses

COMPANY scale

$15 to $75 million enterprise value; minimum of $10 million of revenue and $3 million of EBITDA. Actively evaluate smaller businesses as potential add-on acquisitions to larger strategies

COMPETITIVE CHARACTERISTICS

Strong recurring revenue, entrenched customer relationships, high engineering content / proprietary processes or technology, pricing power, niche market leadership, mission critical products, and services with a high cost of failure

GROWTH TRENDS

Benefiting from secular growth trends and / or mega-trends; GDP plus growth profiles

DO THE RIGHT THING. EVERY DAY

PHILOSOPHY

It’s a simple thought, but one that is fundamental to how we work and collaborate with others. Born out of experience and our upbringing in family-owned industrial companies, we believe that success is the sum total of many small decisions. We put to work every day a back-to-basics approach to building teams and strong business cultures

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Sep 8, 2017 Chip Grace

May River Capital Completes Acquisition of BJM Pumps

Sep 8, 2017 Chip Grace

Private equity firm May River Capital, an investor in small market industrial growth businesses, has completed its acquisition of BJM Pumps, LLC (www.bjmpumps.com). Terms were not disclosed.

BJM Pumps® represents the first acquisition that will form a new Industrial Pump Platform build out by May River. Brad Sterner, a member of May River’s Executive Resource Group, will serve as Executive Chairman of the Pump Platform as well as interim CEO of BJM Pumps. This is the second May River investment platform involving Sterner, whose prior career included leadership roles with Emerson, Danaher, IDEX, Rexnord and Colfax.

Sep 8, 2017 Chip Grace

Mar 21, 2017 Chip Grace

MAY RIVER CAPITAL FUND I, LP RAISES $165 MILLION INDUSTRIAL GROWTH FUND

Mar 21, 2017 Chip Grace

Chicago, Illinois, March 21, 2017 – May River Capital, LLC (“May River”), a Chicago-based private equity investment firm, announced it has raised its inaugural fund (“May River Fund I” or “Fund”). May River Fund I closed with total LP commitments of $165 million, following a six-month fundraising process in which investor demand substantially exceeded May River Fund I’s target size. The Fund will continue May River’s focus on investing in high quality, lower middle market industrial businesses with excellent management teams and the potential for significant growth and value enhancement.

Mar 21, 2017 Chip Grace