Stonehenge Partners Overview
Stonehenge Partners is an Ohio‐based private equity firm that focuses exclusively on the lower middle market. Founded in 1999, we have a long history of partnering with leading entrepreneurs and managers who are focused on building winning teams, accelerating growth, and creating shareholder value. Across our funds, we have historically partnered with independent sponsors to provide flexible capital that meets the needs of all stakeholders, including majority equity, minority equity, debt, and combinations thereof.
We raised our sixth institutional fund last year ($355M) and closed 6 transactions totaling $125M – of these opportunities, 3 were partnerships with independent sponsors. We understand and appreciate the value that independent sponsors provide as partners in transactions.
Frequently Asked Questions from Independent Sponsors
1. How long have you worked with independent sponsors?
- 20+ years across all of previous funds
2. What industries are you focused on?
- Manufacturing, Value-Add Distribution, Business Services and Healthcare (Previous Platforms in Vet, Hospice, Home Health, Podiatry and Staffing)
- We avoid Real Estate and Retail
3. What size businesses do you work with?
- $2M – $10M EBITDA
4. What is your target investment range?
- $10M – $50M (can be combination of debt and equity)
5. What differentiators can you provide?
- We have a flexible fund mandate and can serve as the full capital structure (both the debt and equity). Given the economic uncertainty and current state of debt markets, this enables us to serve as patient capital and allows the business to focus on ongoing operations and value maximization
| Michael Arguelles Partner 614-246-2490 marguelles@stonehengepartners.com | Chris Buehler Director 614-246-2542 cmbuehler@stonehengepartners.com |
