FCL Capital Partners

Overview

FCL Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in partnering with founder-led and family-owned businesses in the lower middle market. The firm focuses on providing operational support and M&A expertise to help these businesses scale, transition, or recapitalize. Their investment strategy includes both majority buyouts and minority growth investments, targeting companies with EBITDA between $2 million and $20 million. FCL Capital Partners operates primarily in the United States and Canada, with a focus on sectors such as business services, consumer products, manufacturing, and transportation & logistics. The firm's approach emphasizes founder-friendly deal structures, offering both majority and minority recapitalizations with meaningful rollover equity to align interests. They provide hands-on operational support through their Value Creation Platform, which includes a CEO-in-Residence network and a buy-and-build strategy to accelerate growth through add-on acquisitions. FCL Capital Partners was founded in 2020. The team comprises professionals with extensive experience in investment banking and restructuring, having advised on over $55 billion in global M&A, debt and equity capital markets, leveraged finance, and project finance transactions.

Investment Focus

• Founder-led or family-owned businesses
• EBITDA between $2 million and $20 million
• Strong margins (15%+ preferred)
• Consistent cash flow
• Reasonable growth prospects
• Located in the United States or Canada
• Operating in fragmented markets
• Possessing a sustainable competitive advantage
• Attractive cash flow characteristics
• Strong management team