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AAVIN Equity Advisors

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Investment thesis

AAVIN Equity Advisors embodies a 'Main Street' approach to private equity investing, managing committed funds to deploy capital into established, profitable businesses situated in underserved domestic geographies within the lower segment of the middle market. The firm specializes in leading buyout and recapitalization transactions of founder- or family-owned businesses, targeting companies with $5–$50 million in revenue, $1.5–$5 million in EBITDA, and 10%+ EBITDA margins. AAVIN is an industry generalist but a specialist in navigating succession planning transactions, with a particular geographic focus on Middle America. It creatively structures deals using a combination of debt and equity, and relies on over 50 years of institutional heritage — tracing back to MorAmerica Capital (1959) and Allsop Venture Partners (1981) — to generate substantial value throughout each investment's lifespan.

Notable quotes

AAVIN III continues the strategy of the previous two AAVIN funds and the firm's predecessor organization, Allsop Venture Partners. AAVIN's investment professionals have been investing in the lower middle-market for over 40 years and have invested in over 300 small businesses.

James Thorp · BusinessWire — AAVIN Closes Next Fund With $63 Million of Capital Commitments · 2022-10-19

Team

James Thorp

Managing Partner

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Thies Kolln

Partner

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Dan Gross

Partner

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Kevin Mullane

Partner

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Paul Rhines

Senior Partner

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Jon Coppens

Vice President

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Recent investments

CompanyRoundSizeDate
Consolidated Resource NortheastBuyout2024
Universal Tank FabricationBuyout2024
Custom Chemical SolutionsBuyout2025
Formulation TechnologyBuyout2025
Grignard CompanyBuyout2024
Green Diamond Performance MaterialsPE2017-09-08
VerrexBuyout2016-07-21
Roanwell CorporationBuyout2019
AJ ManufacturingBuyout2023-08-10
Asteria LearningBuyout2017

Frequent co-investors

VC firmDeals together
Heron Capital2
Five Crowns Capital1
Diamond State Ventures1
MidStates Capital1
Enterprise Bank1

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