Gallant Capital Partners

Name

Gallant Capital Partners

Legal name

Gallant Capital Partners, LLC

Website

https://www.gallantcapital.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Management Fees & Carried Interest (Private Equity Fund): Gallant is a private equity firm that earns revenue through traditional PE fund economics: management fees on committed/invested capital across its funds (Fund I closed at $378M in 2020; Fund II closed at $406M), plus carried interest (typically 20%) on realized investment gains from portfolio company exits.
2. Investment Returns (Capital Gains from Exits): Returns generated from sale of portfolio companies: e.g., Aero Turbine sold to StandardAero (2024), Reveal sold to K1 Investment Management (2021), Lightning Step divested AVA to Medusind (2023). These exits generate the realized investment performance that drives LP returns and carried interest.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Gallant Capital Partners is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm that makes control investments in lower middle market technology, industrial, and business services companies. It deploys capital through its private equity funds (Fund I at $378M and Fund II at $406M) and applies a proprietary OTX™ (Onboard-Transform-Exit) value creation playbook to drive operational improvement, growth, and exits at portfolio companies.

Product overview

Gallant Capital Partners is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm founded in 2018 by Jon Gimbel and Anthony Guagliano that invests in lower-middle-market companies across three core sectors: Technology, Industrials, and Business Services. The firm offers two flagship investment products — Gallant Capital Partners I, LP ($378M, closed July 2020) and Gallant Capital Partners II, LP ($406M, closed February 2026) — through which it deploys its proprietary OTX™ (Onboard-Transform-Exit) value creation methodology to control investments. The platform combines a single integrated investment strategy across two successive funds; OTX™ is applied uniformly across portfolio companies and comprises Onboard (strategic planning), Transform (people, operating system, data and analytics), and Exit (positioning and sell-side support). The named portfolio includes NCCO (foodservice solutions with DateCodeGenie smart labeling and Task Manager), Altify (Salesforce-native sales enablement AI cloud), Fime (payments, smart mobility, and digital ID testing across 25+ countries), Arctiq (combined with Verinext and Shadow-Soft as an intelligence-driven managed IT services platform), Lightning Step (behavioral health EMR/RCM/CRM), Pro-Vac (subsurface infrastructure services), InformData (background screening people-data via APIs), Valor Global (outsourced customer care BPO), SupplyLogic (tech-enabled marketing services), Duncan Solutions (tolling and parking government services), Quality Built (construction testing and inspection), and CMI Group (aerospace and defense precision components). Former portfolio companies include Reveal (AI-powered eDiscovery, sold to K1 in 2021) and Aero Turbine (military MRO, sold to StandardAero in 2024).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gallant Capital Partners I, LP (Fund I) Inaugural private equity fund closed in July 2020 with $378 million in total commitments, exceeding the $300M target; deploys Gallant's operationally focused OTX™ value creation strategy across technology, business services, and industrials sectors for institutional LPs.
• Gallant Capital Partners II, LP (Fund II) Second private equity fund closed in February 2026 with $406 million in total commitments; continues Gallant's lower middle market control investment strategy in technology, business services, and industrial companies.
• OTX™ Value Creation Process Proprietary three-phase value creation playbook (Onboard-Transform-Exit) applied across portfolio companies; covers strategic planning, people/culture top-grading, business operating system based on Lean methodologies, data and analytics, and sell-side exit support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10x increase in Reveal's subscription software revenue under Gallant ownership; transformed Reveal into a market-leading, AI-powered end-to-end eDiscovery platform sold to K1 Investment Management.
• +4 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability4 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor, flagship and major.

• McDermott Will & SchulteminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 February 2026McDermott Will & Schulte served as legal advisor to Verinext on the February 2026 combination with Arctiq (Gallant portfolio company).
• Altify (portfolio company)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Gallant Capital Partners acquired Altify (sales enablement/account planning software platform) in March 2025, partnering with returning CEO Patrick Morrissey and Executive Board Member Anthony Reynolds. The transaction was Gallant's third corporate carveout in the past year.
• Navient Corporation (Nasdaq: NAVI)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2025Gallant Capital Partners completed the acquisition of Navient Corporation's Government Services business (NGS) in February 2025, including Navient Business Processing Group, Duncan Solutions, Gila (Municipal Services Bureau), Pioneer Credit Recovery, and Navient BPO. The transaction represented the third platform investment from Fund II.
• Aero Turbine, Inc. (portfolio company)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Aero Turbine is a Gallant Capital Partners portfolio company (invested 2019, exited 2024 to StandardAero). As portfolio company, it jointly settled with Gallant for $1.75M with the DOJ for cybersecurity failures on an Air Force contract under the False Claims Act Cyber-Fraud Initiative. Gallant as investor/owner received successor liability treatment.
• StandardAero (Carlyle portfolio company)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024StandardAero (a Carlyle portfolio company) acquired Aero Turbine from Gallant Capital Partners in September 2024. StandardAero is a leading independent pure-play provider of aerospace engine aftermarket services. The transaction was a major exit for Gallant.
• Fime (portfolio company)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024Fime is a Gallant Capital Partners portfolio company (Paris, France). In September 2024, Fime acquired Consult Hyperion, a UK-based consultancy firm with expertise across payments, smart mobility, and digital identity. Gallant's backing enabled Fime to pursue this combination.
• Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth LLPmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 May 2024Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth LLP served as legal counsel to Gallant on multiple transactions, including the 2024 Fime acquisition, the 2024 Aero Turbine sale to StandardAero, the 2021 Reveal sale, and the 2023 Arctiq/Verinext combination.
• UL SolutionsflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2024UL Solutions divested its payments testing business to Gallant Capital Partners in May 2024 (closed May 1, 2024); the combined entity with Fime operates under the Fime brand. Baker McKenzie LLP served as UL's legal counsel and Houlihan Lokey as financial advisor.
• K1 Investment ManagementflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021K1 Investment Management acquired Reveal Data Corporation from Gallant Capital Partners in January 2021, marking Gallant's first exit from its inaugural fund. Reveal merged with Brainspace Corporation under K1's ownership.
• Kirkland & Ellis LLPflagshipImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 July 2020Kirkland & Ellis LLP provided legal counsel to Gallant Capital Partners on the formation and closing of its inaugural fund (Gallant Capital Partners I, LP). Kirkland & Ellis also served as legal counsel to Gallant on its May 2024 acquisition of Fime and UL Solutions' payments testing business.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• LLR Partners: Lower middle market private equity firm investing in technology, business services, and industrials with an operationally engaged value-creation model; comparable to Gallant by fund size, sector focus, and hands-on operating approach.
• Trinity Hunt Partners: Lower middle market growth-oriented PE firm with a sector-focused playbook across business services and industrial tech; directly comparable to Gallant in fund size, sector verticals, and founder/family-owned deal focus.
• The Gores Group: LA-based lower middle market PE firm and the direct predecessor firm of Gallant's founders (Gimbel, Guagliano, Nugent); same sector verticals (technology, business services, industrials), comparable fund sizes, and similar operating-partner model.
• OpenGate Capital: Lower middle market PE firm specializing in corporate carveouts and complex situations globally; directly comparable as Desmond Nugent (Gallant Partner) and Kristian Kemppainen came from OpenGate, and the firms share a carveout-heavy investment approach.
• Aterian Investment Partners: Operationally focused lower middle market PE firm partnering with founder- and family-led businesses in business services and industrial technology; highly comparable strategy and fund size to Gallant.
• CIVC Partners: Chicago-based middle market PE firm investing in business services and industrial sectors with operating partner involvement; comparable sector focus and partnership style to Gallant.
• Wynnchurch Capital: Lower middle market PE firm focused on operational value creation in business services and industrial companies; directly comparable in strategy, fund size range, and operations-led approach.
• Kainos Capital: Operationally focused lower middle market PE firm with sector concentration in business services and consumer; similar playbook-driven, operations-led model with comparable fund size to Gallant.
• Stellex Capital Management: Lower middle market PE firm focused on industrial technology and business services with an operationally intensive approach; comparable to Gallant in fund size and the founder/family-owned business focus.
• Palladium Equity Partners: Middle market PE firm with operations-focused value creation across business services and industrials; comparable sector verticals and operationally driven model to Gallant, though with a longer operating history.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A7 records

Investments8 records

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