HARGETT HUNTER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Thesis

Hargett Hunter Capital Management, LLC is a private equity firm founded in 2015, specializing in the hospitality sector, particularly emerging and established restaurant concepts across the United States. Their investment strategy focuses on identifying and cultivating growth within the industry through a people-centric approach, targeting restaurant companies with annual revenues between $5 million and $100 million. They aim to deploy $10 million to $30 million of capital over time, providing control and minority equity, as well as operational expertise, to support growth, acquisitions, and recapitalizations of emerging restaurant concepts with fewer than one hundred units. The firm's geographic scope is national, covering all regions of the United States. Their transaction types include buyouts (LBO, MBO, MBI) and growth capital investments. While specific AUM details are not consistently disclosed, they have managed multiple funds, with a debut fund targeting $100 million in 2017.