SPEYSIDE EQUITY ADVISERS LLC
SPEYSIDE EQUITY ADVISERS LLC is a Series C+ and buyout fund in the US investing in manufacturing and distribution.
- Stages
- Series C+, buyout
- Sectors
- manufacturing, distribution
- Invests in
- US-wide
- Round role
- Leads rounds
- Actively investing
- Yes
- Founded
- 2004
- Assets under management
- $811.4M
- Website
- speysideequity.com
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Thesis
Speyside Equity Advisers LLC is a private equity firm that focuses on control investments in lower middle-market manufacturing and value-added distribution businesses. Their core strategy, termed 'Fix and Build,' involves acquiring companies that may be underperforming due to complex operational or financial issues, such as balance sheet problems, legal entanglements, environmental concerns, labor disputes, or transactional challenges. Speyside utilizes a proprietary Portfolio Value Creation System (PVCS), a phased, process-driven framework developed over two decades, to enhance EBITDA margins, drive operational transformation, and scale growth through organic initiatives and strategic add-on acquisitions. While primarily focusing on North America for platform investments, they consider bolt-on acquisitions globally. Speyside Equity Fund II LP, their third institutional fund, closed at $300 million, following a $130 million fund raised in 2016. As of March 2026, the firm reported approximately $811.4 million in AUM. The firm was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Common questions
Does SPEYSIDE EQUITY ADVISERS LLC invest at the Series C+ stage?
Yes. SPEYSIDE EQUITY ADVISERS LLC lists Series C+ and buyout among the stages it invests in.
Where does SPEYSIDE EQUITY ADVISERS LLC invest?
SPEYSIDE EQUITY ADVISERS LLC invests in the US.