Frontenac Company

Chicago, Illinois · Buyout · Active add-on acquirer

A Chicago firm investing through a CEO1ST model: it identifies proven executives first, then buys companies for them to run. Deploys $50M to $150M per platform across services, industrial, food, and consumer businesses with $5M to $40M EBITDA.

Headquarters Chicago, Illinois
Fund size / AUM $3.8B capital committed across 13 funds (firm history)
Check size / target EBITDA target EBITDA $5M-$40M; equity investment $50M-$150M
Target company size $15M-$40M EBITDA
Sector focus Industrial services, specialty distribution, business process outsourcing, professional services, food, engineered solutions; Services including IT services / IT managed services (also consumer, industrial)
Strategy Buyout
Add-on acquisitions Active add-on acquirer
Website frontenac.com

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