Kian Capital
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Kian Capital

https://www.kiancapital.com
Last activity: 02.07.2024
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Invests in categories: ServiceITProductIndustryEquipmentManagementBusinessSupplyProviderCare
Named as one of Inc.’s Most Founder-Friendly Private Equity Firms, Kian seeks to forge partnerships to ignite growth and build enduring value. Our goal is to provide flexible financial resources and additional operational horsepower to scale middle-market businesses, realize aspirations and deliver long-term investment returns through genuine partnership. Kian is a private investment firm with $425 million of capital under management and 16 current investments. Our team of seasoned investors has over 80 years of collective experience providing transformational capital solutions and board-level strategic and operational guidance to founder/owner operated businesses.

Investment Characteristics:
• REVENUE: $10 - 100M
• EBITDA: $2 - 15M
• INVESTMENT SIZE: $7 - 30M
• FLEXIBLE APPROACH: We invest both debt and equity in every deal and have the flexibility to be either a control or minority owner
• TRANSFORMATIONAL CAPITAL: We want to be the first institutional partner for founder/owner operated businesses
• TRANSACTION TYPES: Includes buyouts, recapitalizations and growth financings
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Portfolio
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Persons
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Mentions
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Location: United States, North Carolina, Charlotte
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2011
Investment Type: Private Equity Firm; Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Private Equity; Debt

Portfolio 32

DateNameWebsiteTotal RaisedLocation
10.01.2024Labor Law ...laborlawcenter.com-United Sta...
13.11.2023MAX Surgic...max-ssm.com-United Sta...
13.11.2023PARC Autoparcautogroup.com-United Sta...
02.06.2023Team Air D...teamairdist.com-United Sta...
02.01.2023Riverside ...riversideoralsurgery.com-United Sta...
03.08.2021Empire Gro...empire-equipment.com-United Sta...
03.08.2021Colorado Q...coloradoqualityproducts.com-United Sta...
03.08.2021Riveron Co...riveronconsulting.com-United Sta...
03.08.2021TrueLearntruelearn.com-United Sta...
03.08.2021Thermal Pr...thermalproductsolutions.com-United Sta...
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Persons 18

DateFirst NameLast NameTitleLinkedInLocation
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-CaldwellZimmermanPrincipallinkedin.c...-
-JordanLeePartnerlinkedin.c...-
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-DavidHarePrincipallinkedin.c...-
-ThomasBullockAssociatelinkedin.c...-
-MattLevensonPartnerlinkedin.c...-
-JimboIzlarVice Presi...linkedin.c...-
-ScottBuschmannPartnerlinkedin.c...-
-DavidDukePartner, B...linkedin.c...-
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News 92

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26.06.2024Kian Capital Announces Strategic Investment in Diamond Landscaping and Continues Expansion in the Luxury Residential Landscaping SectorKian Capital Partners, a lower-middle-market-focused private investment firm, announced its partnership with Diamond Landscaping. Kian partnered with Founder and CEO Brian Diamond in December 2021 and has since completed a multitude of stra...
02.05.2024Kian Capital Exits The Purple Guys to Ntiva to Form a Market-Leading Pure-Play MSPKian Capital Partners, a lower-middle-market-focused private investment firm, is pleased to announce the recent exit of its investment in The Purple Guys through a sale to Ntiva, Inc., a portfolio company of PSP Capital. Kian’s blueprint fo...
17.01.2024Kian Capital-Backed PARC Auto Adds Don Hill as CEO and Tara Simecek as CFOKian Capital-backed PARC Auto, a leading Meineke Car Care Center franchisee, announced today that it has hired Don Hill as Chief Executive Officer and Tara Simecek as Chief Financial Officer. Hill will succeed founder Bryan Brown, who is re...
10.01.2024Kian Capital Announces the Promotion of Jordan Lee to Partner and David Hare to PrincipalKian Capital Partners, a lower-middle-market-focused private investment firm, is proud to announce the promotion of Jordan Lee to Partner and David Hare to Principal, respectively. The promotions were made effective January 1, 2024.
31.10.2023Kian Capital Named in Inc. Magazine’s List of Founder-Friendly Investors for Fourth Consecutive YearWe are proud to announce that for the fourth consecutive year, Kian has been named to Inc. Magazine’s fifth annual Founder-Friendly Investors list honoring the private equity, venture capital and debt firms with the best track records of su...
24.10.2023Kian Capital Announces Hiring of Jimbo Izlar as Vice PresidentKian Capital Partners, a lower-middle-market-focused private investment firm, announced today that Jimbo Izlar has joined the firm as a Vice President to support Kian’s expansion after the closing of its oversubscribed third fund, KGP III, ...
17.10.2023Team Air Awarded Significant Territory Expansion from Key OEM Partner American StandardKian Capital-backed Team Air Distributing (“Team Air”), a leading wholesale distributor providing OEM-branded HVAC equipment, parts and supplies to residential and commercial contractors, has been awarded new territories from its OEM partne...
24.08.2023Kian Capital-Backed The Purple Guys Continues to Expand with Two Strategic Acquisitions in TexasKian Capital-backed The Purple Guys, a leading provider of managed IT services to small- and mid-sized businesses (“SMB”), completed the acquisitions of Advantex and Herrod Technology, two leading Texas-based IT managed service providers. T...
17.08.2023Kian Capital Launches PARC Auto Platform with Acquisition of Leading Meineke FranchiseeATLANTA, GA and CHARLOTTE, NC (August 17, 2023) Kian Capital Partners, a lower middle market focused private investment firm, announced today that it completed the acquisition of a leading Meineke Car Care Center franchisee in partnership w...
17.07.2023Kian Capital Announces Addition of Luke Cromwell as AssociateKian Capital Partners (“Kian”), a lower-middle-market focused private investment firm, announced today that Luke Cromwell has joined the firm as an Associate. Luke will be based in Atlanta and work closely with Kian partners evaluating, und...
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Mentions in press and media 12

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11.01.2024Perplexity AI’s challenge to Google hinges on something simple but tough—being the bestThere are two major Steve Jobs movies. I learned this talking to Perplexity AI cofounder and CEO Aravind Srinivas, who wanted to be clear with me—he was talking about the Steve Jobs movie featuring Michael Fassbender, not Ashton Kutcher. Re...
01.05.2023Kian Capital Closes Oversubscribed Third Fund at $400 MillionKian Capital Partners (“Kian”), a lower-middle-market focused private investment firm, is pleased to announce the closing of the firm’s latest fund, Kian Growth Partners III, L.P. (“KGP III” or “the Fund”), which was oversubscribed at $400 ...
27.05.2022Tiger Global plans to raise a new fund for private investments as public markets sourThis 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. After closing a $12.7 billion fund mere months ago, Tiger Global is planning to go back to market...
13.10.2021Will Coinbase’s new NFT efforts compete with OpenSea?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. Coinbase is an investor in NFT marketplace, OpenSea. Paid Content How The Change Company empowers...
13.10.2021Will Coinbase’s new NFT efforts compete with OpenSea?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. Coinbase is an investor in NFT marketplace, OpenSea. Paid Content Why marketers are adopting a sc...
28.09.2021Med-tech investment firm Vensana Capital raises $325M in second fund-
09.03.2021Paris based private investment firm Quadrille Capital secures €511 million for its 4th tech fundQuadrille Capital, a private investment firm based in Paris and San Francisco, has announced early in March 2021 that it has raised €511 million for its 4th tech fund- Quadrille Technologies Fund IV.
12.07.2019Investment Firm 3L Capital Raises $217 Million3L Capital — an investment firm that is based in LA and NYC — has raised $217 million for an equity fund to invest in local companies 3L Capital, an investment firm that is based in LA and NYC has raised $217 million for an equity fund that...
21.03.2018Term Sheet — Wednesday, March 215 Qs WITH A DEALMAKER Pär-Jörgen Pärson, a general partner at Swedish growth investment firm Northzone, made a really great bet 10 years ago. He led Spotify’s Series A round in 2008. Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From Ext...
20.03.2018Kian Capital Closes Fund, at $250MKian Capital, a Charlotte, NC- and Atlanta, GA-based provider of equity capital and subordinated debt, held the final closing of KMP II, L.P., at $250m. The fund will continue the strategy of Kian providing transformative capital solutions ...
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