Owning a middle-market business means reviewing the bank statements yourselfwalking the floor on Saturday morningcatching the problem the dashboard didn’tsitting with the customer when something breaksexplaining the bonus pool to someone who didn’t get one
In this part of the market, hands-on is the only way returns get made.
The Firm
Carter Road Capital is an operator-led sponsor.
We acquire founder-owned businesses where operational complexity is where value is won or lost, and we step in to lead them. Our work draws on fifteen years of running businesses with the same shape: physical operations, supply chain, systems, technology, and customer experience all expected to hold together at once.
Partners, not overseers. That’s the bar.
Independent Sponsor
We acquire founder-owned businesses with the durability of B2B and the fragmentation of Consumer, and we operate them through the next phase of growth. I typically expect to serve as CEO through the period the business needs it.
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