Middleton Private Equity

Middleton Partners invests in both Branded and non-Branded Manufacturing and Distribution businesses across various sectors, including, but not limited to, Consumer, Retail, Foodservice, Food, Hospitality, Fitness, and more.

Middleton Partners focuses on leveraging our operational and industry experience in conjunction with a hands-on approach, leading to long-term and sustainable value creation.

Middleton’s team has extensive experience across industries and asset classes, resulting in a strong universe of internal and external operating partners for each investment.

We unlock value through our unique team comprised of enterpreneurs, executives, and investment professionals.

  • Industry Expertise

  • Extensive Network

  • Operational Improvements

  • Dedicated Investor Base

Current Areas of Focus

  • New platforms in Consumer Products and Commercial Foodservice

  • Add-on acquisitions in Consumer Products (O2C Brands) or Commercial Fitness (TAG Fitness)

Investment Criteria

Size

New Platforms: We focus on opportunities between $2,000,000-$20,000,000 of EBITDA.

Add-on Businesses: Typically looking for greater than $5mm of revenue

Sector

New Platforms: Broad interest across Manufacturing and Distribution businesses based in the USA

Add-on Businesses: Orphaned brands or businesses in the retail (outdoor, housewares, fitness, beach, cooling, seasonal, baby, pet) and commercial fitness space.

Investment Approach

We invest in industries where our experience and expertise unlock unique opportunities. We can leverage these opportunities through businesses at an inflection point where our industry experience and flexible capital lead to strong outcomes.

Current Investments

  • O2C Brands

    Sector: Consumer

    O2C Brands is a consumer platform business comprised of six leading brands operating at the intersection of outdoor, juvenile, and family fun. O2C bring innovation to a diverse channel of customers.

    Our brands include: O2COOL, Treva, Green Sprouts, Lunchbots, Ecovessel, and Ukonserve.

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  • TAG Fitness

    Sector: Commercial Fitness

    TAG Fitness is a commercial fitness platform, focusing on bringing quality strength equipment to the vertical fitness segment. Our end customers include, Fitness, Education, Multi-family, Corporate, Hospitality, Municipal, and more.

    Our Strategy

  • Sector: Commercial Foodservice

    Middleton capitalized this Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) and structured its merger with Pinstripes Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PNST), an innovative operator of a unique destination dining and entertainment concept growing quickly across the US.

  • Sector: Commercial Foodservice

    Middleton incubated this unique online foodservice equipment marketplace and successfully exited via sale to a national foodservice equipment distributor

  • Sector: Commercial Foodservice

    Middleton acquired and grew this nationally known manufacturer of custom table coverings and successfully exited via sale to a well-known foodservice industry strategic buyer

  • Sectors: Consumer, Commercial Foodservice, Hospitality

    Formed through the purchase of select businesses of the Storage Products Group division from Leggett & Platt, Focus Products Group was a collection of brands and businesses in the housewares, foodservice, and hospitality industry. Through organic growth and 16 accretive acquisitions, Focus Products Group grew into a business with hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue. Focus Products Group was sold in 2006 to a Chicago-based private equity group.

    *Represents investments made by Team’s prior investing entities

  • Sector: Commercial Foodservice

    Chicago-based manufacturer with a primary focus on commercial storage products. Ownership successfully exited this investment to Leggett & Platt, a publicly-traded company.

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