Tide Rock

What Tide Rock does

Tide Rock is an unlevered buyout firm founded in 2013 by Ryan Peddycord and headquartered in Solana Beach, California, with an additional office in New York. The firm acquires and operates founder- and family-owned B2B companies in manufacturing, distribution, and services, primarily targeting businesses generating up to $20M EBITDA. Tide Rock distinguishes itself from traditional private equity by deploying all-cash capital without debt, eliminating financing contingencies, lender covenants, and forced-exit pressure. Its portfolio spans electronics manufacturing services (Pro-Active Engineering, Analog Technologies, SpecCoat), precision machining and metal fabrication (Precision Advanced Machining, Made in America Manufacturing, Fabcon, Accu-Fab prior to exit), plastics and molding (Plastic Molding Technology), electronics recycling and ITAD (Full Circle Electronics, Global Electronics Recycling, Premier LogiTech), commercial bakery (Glenn Wayne), contract packaging (Premier Packaging), specialty vehicles (FR Conversions), facilities maintenance (Triad Service Solutions), seed coatings (Summit Seed Coatings), wire and cable distribution (CableMaster), and other niche B2B operators. The firm has completed 50+ acquisitions and surpassed $1 billion in cumulative acquisition capital deployed as of October 2025.

The business model centers on operating and growing portfolio companies rather than relying on financial engineering, supported by a 40-person holding-company team with dedicated functional leadership in revenue, marketing, operations, and investment strategy. Tide Rock operates as an evergreen holding company, periodically raising capital from approximately 100 investors — predominantly family offices and high-net-worth individuals — and distributing quarterly yield rather than charging traditional fund management fees on committed capital. The Tide Rock YieldCo sub-structure, approved for custody at Fidelity and Goldman Sachs in 2026, allows business sellers to roll equity into a diversified portfolio and provides RIAs and private wealth clients access to the vehicle. The firm reports 24% average annual organic growth across portfolio companies, $250M+ in profit in 2025, and PitchBook-benchmarked returns that place it in the top 1% of PE firms. AI tooling is applied internally to acquisition sourcing and growth identification rather than to cost reduction, and the firm has begun using text-based AI to surface new business prospects for portfolio companies.

Name

Tide Rock

Legal name

Tide Rock

Website

https://tiderock.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Tide Rock is an unlevered buyout firm that acquires and operates founder-owned B2B companies in manufacturing, distribution, and services using all-cash capital, deploying over $1B across 50+ acquisitions since 2013.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Portfolio Company Operations: Tide Rock generates returns through operating and growing portfolio companies, making quarterly distributions to investors from profits. The firm made over $250 million in profit in 2025.
2. Capital Deployment Returns: Returns generated through unlevered buyouts of B2B companies, growing them organically, and distributing yield to investors. Dividend payments ranged from 13% to nearly double of investments during the year-period through last June.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tide Rock is an unlevered buyout firm that acquires and grows founder-owned B2B companies in manufacturing, distribution, and services through all-cash transactions without traditional acquisition debt, supplying permanent capital structure and operational support via a dedicated in-house growth team. Tide Rock YieldCo is a parallel financial offering that provides investors with monthly distributions backed by a diversified portfolio of Tide Rock's wholly-owned operating businesses.

Product overview

Tide Rock is an unlevered buyout firm that operates as a growth platform for B2B companies rather than a traditional product company. The firm acquires and grows portfolio companies across three main sectors: Manufacturing (precision machining, metal fabrication, electronics manufacturing, plastic injection molding, specialty coatings, seed coatings), B2B Services (facilities maintenance, commercial cleaning, contract packaging, IT asset disposition), and Value-Added Distribution (electronics recycling, mattress recycling, commercial recycling, cable/wire distribution). The portfolio includes Full Circle Electronics (ITAD), SpecCoat (PCB coatings), FR Conversions (specialty vehicles), Precision Advanced Machining (precision waterjet/laser machining), AirSupply Tools (aerospace tool kits), Glenn Wayne (commercial bakery), Pro-Active Engineering (PCBA manufacturing), Premier LogiTech (IT lifecycle management), Seawind Foods (dehydrated ingredients), Plastic Molding Technology (injection molding), Summit Seed Coatings (seed coatings), and other specialized B2B companies. Tide Rock also offers Tide Rock YieldCo, a financial product providing quarterly distributions to investors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tide Rock YieldCo: Investment structure allowing sellers to roll equity into diversified portfolio and earn quarterly yield

Products and services

• Tide Rock Unlevered Buyout Acquisitions
• Tide Rock YieldCo

Quantifiable outcome

• 24% average annual organic growth achieved by portfolio companies
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Audax Group: Lower middle market PE firm focused on acquiring founder and family-owned North American B2B businesses in manufacturing, distribution, and services. Highly comparable to Tide Rock's target company profile and sub-$20M EBITDA focus.
• Garnett Station Partners: Lower middle market PE firm investing in B2B services, distribution, and industrial businesses often with founder-led ownership. Closely comparable to Tide Rock's deal sourcing and growth-oriented hold strategy.
• Sentinel Capital Partners: Lower middle market PE investor specializing in management buyouts of B2B businesses in manufacturing, distribution, and services. Directly comparable in target company size, sector mix, and operating focus.
• Pfingsten Partners: Lower middle market PE firm acquiring control stakes in B2B manufacturing, distribution, and business services. Comparable to Tide Rock in deal size, sector focus, and operational support model.
• Corinthian Capital Group: Lower middle market PE firm focused on B2B services, distribution, and industrial businesses. Tide Rock's YieldCo East Coast President came from Corinthian, and the firm pursues a comparable lower middle market platform-build strategy.
• NewSpring Capital: Lower middle market PE firm with franchises in growth equity, buyout, and special situations. Comparable to Tide Rock's middle-market B2B focus and family-office-aligned investor base.
• Allegro Capital Partners: Permanent-capital and lower middle market PE firm with a long-hold, no-debt-style approach to B2B companies. Comparable to Tide Rock's unlevered buyout model and yield-oriented investor structure.
• Olympus Partners: Lower middle market PE firm investing in B2B businesses in manufacturing, distribution, and services with a multi-decade hold approach. Comparable to Tide Rock in target profile and long-duration ownership orientation.

Broad incumbents

• Berkshire Hathaway: Permanent-capital conglomerate that uses all-cash acquisitions of operating businesses with no forced exit timeline—the closest large-scale analog to Tide Rock's unlevered buyout and hold-to-grow philosophy.
• Vista Equity Partners: Large-cap PE firm with a dedicated operating/value-creation playbook for B2B software and technology businesses. Tide Rock's YieldCo Presidents previously led Vista-style value creation, making this a strategic reference point for talent and operating model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tiderockholdings
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Compliance29 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries26 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A15 records

Investments

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