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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.”
Team
Paul Rhines
Senior Partner
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Resource Northeast | Buyout | — | 2024 |
| Universal Tank Fabrication | Buyout | — | 2024 |
| Custom Chemical Solutions | Buyout | — | 2025 |
| Formulation Technology | Buyout | — | 2025 |
| Grignard Company | Buyout | — | 2024 |
| Green Diamond Performance Materials | PE | — | 2017-09-08 |
| Verrex | Buyout | — | 2016-07-21 |
| Roanwell Corporation | Buyout | — | 2019 |
| AJ Manufacturing | Buyout | — | 2023-08-10 |
| Asteria Learning | Buyout | — | 2017 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Heron Capital | 2 |
| Five Crowns Capital | 1 |
| Diamond State Ventures | 1 |
| MidStates Capital | 1 |
| Enterprise Bank | 1 |
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