HCI Equity Partners is a private equity firm that invests in privately owned distribution, manufacturing and service companies in the lower middle market. We seek to partner with family or founder owned businesses where the owners and management teams desire a continued role and equity stake in order to pursue a shared strategy and vision for growth. We prefer to make majority investments in businesses within North America in large, fragmented markets.
Sector Focus: Value-Added Distribution or Outsourced Manufacturing, Niche and Specialty manufacturing & B2B services
End Markets with Deep Experience: Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Building Products, Energy, Foodservice, Infrastructure, Test & Measurement, Transportation & Logistics
If you have an investment opportunity that might be of interest to HCI, please contact Kelsey Clute at kclute@hciequity.com.
Sector Focus: Value-Added Distribution or Outsourced Manufacturing, Niche and Specialty manufacturing & B2B services
End Markets with Deep Experience: Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Building Products, Energy, Foodservice, Infrastructure, Test & Measurement, Transportation & Logistics
If you have an investment opportunity that might be of interest to HCI, please contact Kelsey Clute at kclute@hciequity.com.
Location: United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Employees: 11-50
Investment Type: Private Equity Firm
Investment Stage: Private Equity
Portfolio 41
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 06.07.2024 | ACR | weareacr.com | - | - |
| 12.06.2024 | Primat Cur... | primatcurtis.com | - | - |
| 09.02.2024 | Tri-State ... | etristate.com | - | - |
| 23.07.2023 | Grasshoppe... | grasshopperlawns.com | - | United Sta... |
| 10.06.2023 | Highland C... | highlandroof.com | - | United Sta... |
| 09.06.2023 | Curtis Met... | curtismetal.com | - | United Sta... |
| 15.09.2022 | Regent Cab... | regentcabinetsolutions.com | - | - |
| 05.04.2022 | Echelon Su... | echelonsupply.com | - | - |
| 21.01.2022 | Consolidat... | ch-supplies.com | - | United Sta... |
| 03.08.2021 | Go2 Logist... | gotologistics.net | - | United Sta... |
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Persons 9
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| - | Dan | Dickinson | Managing P... | linkedin.c... | - | d**d@hcieq... | - |
| - | Lisa | Costello | Chief Admi... | linkedin.c... | - | l*******o@... | - |
| - | Justin | Boyles | Associate | linkedin.c... | - | j*****s@hc... | - |
| - | Nick | Baltz | Associate | - | n****z@hci... | - | |
| - | Andrew | Carraway | Vice Presi... | linkedin.c... | - | a*******y@... | - |
| - | Doug | McCormick | Managing P... | linkedin.c... | - | d********k... | - |
| - | David | Venker | Vice Presi... | linkedin.c... | - | d*****r@hc... | - |
| - | Brittany | McDonald | Chief of S... | - | b*******d@... | - |
Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.07.2024 | AmerCareRoyal® Evolves into ACR | Cohesive Brand Refresh Reflects Growth and Integration EXTON, Pa., July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AmerCareRoyal, a leading foodservice solutions company backed by HCI Equity Partners (HCI), is proud to announce the launch of its refreshed bra... |
| 12.01.2024 | Garry Tan says founders ‘have to be in San Francisco’ as Y Combinator ditches Mountain View headquarters for the big city | Ever since Garry Tan came on as Y Combinator CEO last year, there have been changes. Last March, Tan cut its late-stage investing and laid off 17 investors, and he shrank the size of YC’s batches. Less known is that the startup accelerator ... |
| 05.01.2022 | Venture capitalist Tim Draper continues to stand by Elizabeth Holmes after guilty verdict | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. As many point fingers at Elizabeth Holmes as she awaits a prison sentence, she still has at least... |
| 15.04.2021 | HCI Equity Partners' Backed Tech-24 Acquires United Service Technologies | Tech-24 "We look forward to sharing best practices with United and across all the Tech-24 companies to enable us to better service and satisfy our customers"- Dan Rodstrom, Tech-24 CEO GREENVILLE, S.C. (PRWEB) April 15, 2021 Tech-... |
| 11.01.2021 | HCI Equity Partners Announces Acquisitions and Additional Senior Leadership for Portfolio Company Tech-24 | "We are committed to building a winning culture and team that provides the highest quality service to every customer, every time”- Dan Rodstrom, Tech-24 CEO GREENVILLE, S.C. (PRWEB) January 11, 2021 HCI Equity Partners’ consolidation p... |
| 29.11.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, November 29 | 5 Qs WITH A DEALMAKER Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content Securing the enterprise without boundaries From ExtraHop “I went to MIT and fell in love with the idea of helping my peers build businesses,” Gupta says. “This was back in... |
| 28.11.2017 | HCI Wraps Up Fifth Fund | HCI Equity Partners, a private equity firm that targets growth oriented industrial product and service companies in the lower middle market, recently announced the closing of HCI Equity Partners Fund V. The fund exceeded its target of $400 ... |
| 28.11.2017 | HCI Equity Partners Closes Lower Middle Market Fund, at $400M | HCI Equity Partners, a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm that targets growth oriented industrial product and service companies in the lower middle market, closed its latest fund, at $400m. HCI Equity Partners Fund V will execute HC... |