May River Capital

Chicago, Illinois · Buyout and growth · Active add-on acquirer

A Chicago firm investing $30M to $90M in industrial growth businesses: flow control, instrumentation, precision equipment, and technical services with $4M to $15M of EBITDA. Buys craftsmanship-heavy industrial niches and scales them carefully.

Headquarters Chicago, Illinois
Fund size / AUM ~$1B regulatory AUM; Fund III ~$500M
Check size / target EBITDA target platform EBITDA $4M-$15M; equity investment $30M-$90M; add-ons any size
Target company size $5M-$15M EBITDA
Sector focus Industrial growth businesses: technical industrial services, specialty industrial distribution, instrumentation, process equipment; Lower middle market industrial growth businesses (flow/motion/process control, instrumentation, material handling)
Strategy Buyout and growth
Add-on acquisitions Active add-on acquirer
Website mayrivercapital.com

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