Atlanta Private Equity Firms

Private equity firms in Atlanta

The Cobble Hill Group has compiled a list of the top 27 private equity firms, growth equity funds, and mezzanine lenders with offices in Atlanta. We did not include venture capital firms because their investment criteria and strategies are very different than private equity. Click on each firm's name to go to their website.

Below the list, we provide descriptions of the 4 largest firms in Atlanta.

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The largest private equity firms in Atlanta

Private equity in Atlanta encompasses more than 30 firms that vary widely based on investment strategy, industry focus, geographic focus, and size. Below are the four largest firms in Atlanta based on the amount of capital each raised during 2015 through 2019 as well as the number of portfolio companies and investment professionals at each firm; they are shown in alphabetical order.

MSouth Equity Partners

MSouth Equity Partners is a private equity investment firm that provides equity capital and expertise to support management teams in acquisitions and recapitalizations of lower middle market companies typically valued between $25 and $200 million. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, MSouth invests primarily in the South with a consistent focus on management buyouts of business services, specialty distribution, niche manufacturing, healthcare services, and telecommunications/media companies. With more than $2.2 billion under management across four funds, MSouth is a successor to Cravey, Green & Wahlen, Inc., which was founded in 1984.

Noro-Moseley Partners

Noro-Moseley Partners (NMP), founded in 1983, is an early growth equity firm backing high-growth businesses and leading entrepreneurs, investing nationally across healthcare IT, healthcare services, tech-enabled services, technology and financial services sectors. In addition to capital, the firm’s goal is to help strong leaders succeed through team building, growth acceleration and domain expertise at key junctures during company growth stages. NMP has invested approximately $800 million in 200 companies. NMP closed its eighth fund in May 2019 with $180 million in capital commitments.

Roark Capital Group

Roark Capital Group is an Atlanta‐based private equity firm with over $13 billion in equity capital raised since inception and $18 billion in assets under management at year-end 2019. Roark focuses on majority investments and significant influence minority investments in consumer and business service companies, with a specialization in franchised and multi‐unit business models in the restaurant, specialty retail, consumer and business services, and health, wellness and beauty sectors. Since inception, affiliates of Roark have acquired 77 franchise/multi‐unit brands which generate approximately $41 billion in system revenues from 39,000 locations located in 50 states and 81 countries.

Source Capital

Source Capital is a private investment firm, based in Atlanta, that invests in mature, lower middle-market companies across a range of industries. Since its founding in 2002, Source Capital has made 20+ control equity investments, 30+ add-on acquisitions and 25+ debt investments. Source Capital has completed investments across a broad selection of industries including: business services, niche manufacturing, technology services, transportation and logistics, consumer products & services, healthcare, and value-added distribution.

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