EVE Partners

What EVE Partners does

EVE Partners, LLC is a privately held investment firm founded in 2001 and headquartered at 208 Ponte Vedra Park Drive, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The firm operates as a pure-play sector specialist, investing exclusively in the transportation and logistics (T&L) industry. Co-founded by J.J. Schickel and Trey Mamo, EVE targets platform investments in companies with EBITDA between $20 and $40 million across North America (United States, Canada, and Mexico), partnering with existing management teams to pursue both organic and inorganic growth.

The firm's business model is a traditional private equity approach applied to a narrowly defined vertical. EVE raises capital from family offices, business owners, and institutional investors, deploys that capital into T&L platforms (spanning freight brokerage, freight forwarding, drayage, truckload, LTL, auto hauling, maritime, rail, and specialty logistics), and supports portfolio companies through board-level engagement and tuck-in M&A. Since founding, EVE has participated in or advised on 157-159 transactions representing $10.9-11.2 billion in cumulative transaction value, including 11 Omni Logistics tuck-ins of approximately $1 billion in deal value and a multi-billion-dollar exit to Forward Air. The go-to-motion is enterprise field sales via direct relationships; there is no product platform, no software offering, and no public pricing or revenue disclosure.

The organization is small (11-50 employees) and recently professionalized its operating layer by adding a COO/General Counsel (Claudia Amlie, 2025) and multiple investment professionals in 2025-2026 (from Warren Equity Partners, Leeds Equity Partners, Dubin Clark, MLC Asset Management, and D.E. Shaw/Citadel Securities). The investment team sits on the boards of Velociti, Energy Transport Logistics, SPATCO, Zelh, Riverstone Logistics, and Integrity Express Logistics, reinforcing the firm's network-driven, sector-specialist model.

Name

EVE Partners

Legal name

EVE Partners, LLC

Website

https://evepartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EVE Partners is a privately held, transportation-and-logistics-focused private equity firm founded in 2001 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, making lower-middle-market platform investments across North America alongside operating management teams.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transportation & Logistics Private Equity

NAICS

Miscellaneous Intermediation (52391), Other Financial Investment Activities (5239)

SIC

Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Sponsor / Fundless Sponsor ETA (FSANALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family Office Investment Platforms & Direct Investing (PE/VC/Co-Invest) (FSAAADAH)

Keywords

• Transportation logistics private equity
• Equity investment partnerships
• Transportation sector acquisitions
• Logistics buyout investments
• Transportation advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Jacksonville Beach

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Private Equity Investment Returns: EVE Partners generates returns through equity investments in transportation and logistics companies, likely utilizing a traditional private equity model with management fees and carried interest from fund returns.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

EVE Partners is a private investment firm that makes equity investments in transportation and logistics companies, typically targeting platform investments with EBITDA between $20 and $40 million across North America. The firm partners with proven management teams to drive organic and inorganic growth through strategic acquisitions, providing capital alongside operating- and board-level expertise cultivated over nearly two decades.

Product overview

EVE Partners is an investment firm focused exclusively on the transportation and logistics industry, offering equity investment and advisory services rather than a product platform. The firm does not offer a unified software product or modular platform; its offering consists of financial investment partnerships, M&A advisory, and portfolio company management services. The firm maintains investments across various logistics sub-sectors including freight brokerage, freight forwarding, drayage, truckload, less-than-truckload, auto hauling, maritime, rail, and specialty logistics services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wynnchurch Capital: Lower middle-market PE firm with a dedicated industrial and transportation/logistics practice making control investments in the $20-100M EBITDA range. Direct comparable to EVE on sector focus, target company size, and deal approach.
• Wind Point Partners: Chicago-based lower middle-market PE firm with active investments in transportation, logistics, and business services. Overlaps directly with EVE's sector focus, deal size, and approach of partnering with management teams for organic and inorganic growth.
• Aterian Investment Partners: Sector-focused lower middle-market PE firm with material industrial, transportation, and logistics exposure. Similar to EVE in pursuing platform builds with tuck-in acquisitions and partnering with strong management teams.
• Revelstoke Capital Partners: Lower middle-market PE firm focused on industrial, transportation, and business services. Comparable to EVE in size, sector orientation, and EBITDA target band, with similar buy-and-build investment philosophy.

Regional players

• Stellex Capital Management: Middle-market PE firm with industrial, transportation, and aerospace/logistics exposure across North America and Europe. Less T&L-concentrated than EVE but overlaps in industrial transportation subsectors and competes for similar platform deals in North America.

Broad incumbents

• American Industrial Partners: Large industrial-focused PE firm with significant transportation and logistics holdings. Operates at a larger scale than EVE but competes for similar T&L platform and tuck-in opportunities, particularly in asset-heavy transport subsectors.
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice: Large-cap PE firm with notable transportation/logistics investments (e.g., Brake Pads, Hertz logistics operations, prior exposure through Omni Logistics' exit to Forward Air). Competes for transformational T&L deals and serves as a benchmark exit sponsor for the sector.
• Trilantic North America: Mid-market PE firm with a long-standing transportation and logistics portfolio across freight, logistics services, and specialty transport. Larger and broader than EVE, but competes in the same sector and sub-segments for T&L platform deals.

Others

• Hilliard Street Capital: Smaller PE firm previously founded by Mike Hodge (now a board member of EVE Partners). Overlaps with EVE in T&L investing approach and senior talent flow; serves as a related sector-specialist peer rather than a direct competitor.
• MLC Asset Management: Multi-manager investment firm focused on direct investments. Connected to EVE through talent flow (recent EVE hire came from MLC), but operates a broader sector mandate and serves as an LP-type adjacent player rather than direct T&L sponsor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments2 records

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