Private Equity Firms in Texas
20 mid-market firms headquartered in Texas. Sector focus, check size, and investment criteria for each, drawn from the firms' own published materials.
- Allied Industrial Partners
A Houston firm built around heavy industrial themes: environmental services, waste, critical infrastructure, niche manufacturing.
- Blue Sage Capital
An Austin firm with over $1B under management and a $618M flagship fund, investing $25M to $60M in environmental solutions, specialty services, and niche manufacturing.
- Braemont Capital
A relationship-driven growth investor in Dallas with a ~$525M debut fund spanning business services, technology, and financial services.
- CenterOak Partners
A Dallas firm investing $20M to $100M in industrial growth, specialty distribution, and outsourced industrial services companies with $5M to $35M of EBITDA.
- Elsewhere Partners
An Austin firm taking majority positions in B2B software companies with $3M to $15M of ARR, investing $20M to $50M.
- Gauge Capital
A Dallas-area firm that showed up in four of the five sectors this directory covers, which tells you what a true generalist looks like at this size.
- Havencrest Capital Management
A Dallas healthcare firm with $600M+ AUM buying lower-middle-market healthcare delivery businesses.
- Inflight Capital Partners
An Austin-based, veteran-owned independent sponsor backed by large family offices rather than a committed fund, pursuing industrial manufacturing, technology, and distribution businesses with $5M to $25M of EBITDA.
- Kainos Capital
A Dallas firm managing ~$2B exclusively in food and consumer products.
- Latticework Capital Management
A Dallas healthcare firm with $550M AUM taking growth-oriented control positions.
- Mainsail Partners
An Austin and San Francisco growth firm with a $1.535B seventh fund, investing $10M to $75M exclusively in bootstrapped B2B software companies.
- Peak Rock Capital
An Austin firm with $7B+ AUM writing equity checks from $50M up to $1.5B across consumer, technology, industrial, and healthcare deals, including complex carve-outs and family transitions.
- Pharos Capital Group
A Dallas and Nashville healthcare firm investing $25M to $50M in providers, behavioral health, and healthcare analytics companies from $2M of EBITDA, with a stated focus on underserved markets.
- Riata Capital Group
A Dallas firm with $1B+ AUM investing $25M to $150M in consumer, business, and healthcare services companies with $5M to $30M of EBITDA.
- Sequel Holdings
A Dallas firm making control investments in profitable lower-middle-market food and beverage businesses above $5M of EBITDA.
- Serent Capital
An Austin firm with ~$7B AUM investing $20M to $100M in founder-led B2B software companies with $10M to $50M of ARR.
- Sky Island Capital
A Dallas manufacturing specialist with a $300M second fund, investing $10M to $60M in aerospace, building products, and packaging manufacturers with $4M to $20M of EBITDA.
- Sole Source Capital
A Dallas firm founded by an ex-TPG industrial partner, targeting recession-resistant industrial subsectors.
- The Capstreet Group
A Houston firm buying outsourced business services and industrial services companies with $3M to $15M of EBITDA.
- Trinity Hunt Partners
A Dallas growth firm with a $700M seventh fund investing $15M to $70M in services businesses with $2M+ EBITDA across healthcare, business, and consumer services.