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Sentinel Capital Partners
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Sentinel Capital Partners is a leading midmarket private equity firm that specializes in buying and building businesses in the United States and Canada in partnership with management. The firm pursues friendly, majority-owned transactions — including management buyouts, corporate carveouts and divestitures, acquisitions of family businesses, going-private transactions, and special situations — across four core sectors: Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare Services, and Industrials. Sentinel targets companies with EBITDA of $15–125M and invests $100–500M per transaction, seeking majority ownership. Over three decades and more than $11 billion raised across ten funds, Sentinel has built a reputation for collaborative, long-term stewardship, bringing operational resources and a deep cross-disciplinary team to help portfolio companies scale and accelerate growth.
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“We are delighted to finalize another successful fundraise with strong endorsements of our strategy from existing investors and select new global LPs. Strong investor demand resulted in Sentinel VII securing commitments above its hard cap.”
“Having spent nearly three decades working alongside David, John, and our talented team, I am excited to continue building on our success. Sentinel's culture of collaboration and excellence has always been at the core of our approach, and I look forward to leading the firm while staying true to those values.”
“This transition marks a strategic step in Sentinel's long-term leadership evolution, ensuring continuity and stability while maintaining the firm's collaborative investment approach. One of the things that sets Sentinel apart is the depth of our leadership team.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| NSI Industries | Buyout | — | 2024-11-18 |
| Spectrum Safety Solutions (Carrier Industrial Fire Carveout) | Corporate Carveout | — | 2024-07-02 |
| Market Performance Group | Buyout | — | 2024-01-16 |
| Online Labels Group | Recapitalization | — | 2023-12-19 |
| Pet Supplies Plus | Buyout | — | — |
| Captain D's | Buyout | — | — |
| Holley Performance Products | Buyout / Going Public | — | — |
| GSM Outdoors | Management Buyout | — | — |
| Corporate Visions | Buyout | — | — |
| Checkers Drive-In Restaurants | Buyout | — | — |
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