Lincoln Road Global Management

What Lincoln Road Global Management does

Lincoln Road Global Management is a Miami-based private equity firm founded in 2015 by Jeff Magny that invests in founder- and family-owned businesses in the lower middle market of North America. The firm targets companies with a minimum of $3 million in EBITDA across three verticals: Business Services, Specialty Manufacturing, and Value-Added Distribution. It has completed 26 investments over the past seven years, deploying capital through control buyouts and add-on acquisition strategies designed to consolidate fragmented industries. The investment model combines acquisition execution with operational improvement, supported by a small senior team of operating partners and investment professionals with backgrounds at Sun Capital Partners, Partners Group, JP Morgan, and multiple portfolio CFO/CEO roles at large industrials and services companies.

The firm's active and recently realized portfolio includes Silversand Services (commercial landscaping, Texas, serving over 1,500 customers), SLI Landscape and Zodega (Texas landscaping add-ons), Brothers Paving & Concrete (pavement services, Virginia), Republic Fire Protection (Southeast fire protection, realized), and a minority equity stake in Pave America, a national pavement services platform co-controlled with Shoreline Equity Partners and Trivest Partners. Lincoln Road generates revenue through private equity fund economics — management fees on committed or invested capital and carried interest on realized exits — rather than through any product, software, or technology offering. The firm has been named to Inc. magazine's Founder-Friendly Investors list for four consecutive years (2022–2025), reflecting its positioning as a collaborative, founder-respecting buyer.

Lincoln Road distributes its investment services through direct outreach to founders, partnerships with independent sponsors, and referrals from intermediaries and business advisors, with offices in Miami (headquarters), Atlanta, and Bluffton, South Carolina. The firm has no app, API, or software product; its core value creation is operational — strengthening financial controls, executing add-on acquisitions, integrating targets, and recruiting senior talent into portfolio companies.

Name

Lincoln Road Global Management

Legal name

Lincoln Road Global Management, LLC

Website

https://lincolnroadmgmt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lincoln Road Global Management is a Miami-based private equity firm founded in 2015 that invests in founder-owned lower middle market companies (minimum $3M EBITDA) in Business Services, Specialty Manufacturing, and Value-Added Distribution across North America, with 26 investments completed in seven years.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

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

Revenue model

1. Private Equity Returns: Lincoln Road generates returns through equity investments in lower middle market companies, utilizing acquisition strategies and operational improvements to create value. The firm completes 25-26 investments over 6-7 years, with exits including Brothers Paving & Concrete realized in February 2023.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lincoln Road Global Management is a private equity firm that invests capital in leading lower middle market industrial and consumer retail companies, working closely with founders to drive growth through acquisition strategy and operational excellence. The firm targets founder-owned businesses in fragmented industries across Business Services, Specialty Manufacturing, and Value-Added Distribution, with a North American focus and a minimum EBITDA threshold of $3 million. Its offering combines equity investment with hands-on operational support including financial systems strengthening, add-on M&A execution and integration, organic growth acceleration, scalable infrastructure development, and executive recruitment.

Product overview

Lincoln Road Global Management is a private equity firm offering investment management and operational support services to founder-owned businesses. The firm does not offer a unified technology product or platform; instead, its portfolio consists of acquired operating companies in the landscaping (Silversand Services), pavement services (Brothers Paving), and fire protection (Republic Fire Protection) sectors. The firm's services include financial systems strengthening, M&A execution for add-on acquisitions, integration support, sales & marketing acceleration, technology infrastructure development, and executive recruitment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lower Middle Market Private Equity Investment

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Monarch MediaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduction company co-producing Netflix romantic comedy with Lincoln Road Films. Nick Jonas signed to star in the film directed by Ari Sandel.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Gridiron Capital: Lower middle market growth-focused PE firm investing in founder/family-owned business services, specialty consumer, and value-added distribution companies. Comparable on sector overlap, founder-friendly positioning, and emphasis on organic and acquisition-driven growth.
• Garnett Station Partners: Lower middle market PE firm focused on founder-owned consumer, services, and industrial businesses with an operationally intensive value creation model. Highly comparable on team size, deal size profile, and add-on acquisition focus.
• Trivest Partners: Florida-based lower middle market PE firm focused on founder/family-owned businesses in business services, specialty distribution, and consumer services. Direct peer given co-investment alongside Lincoln Road in Pave America and overlapping sector focus and check size ($3-25M EBITDA range).
• Shoreline Equity Partners: Lower middle market private equity firm investing in founder-owned distribution, business services, and consumer products companies. Directly comparable as a named co-investor with Lincoln Road in Pave America and pursues a virtually identical lower middle market, founder-friendly thesis.
• Trinity Hunt Partners: Lower middle market PE firm partnering with founder-led businesses in fragmented services, distribution, and industrial niches. Closely comparable on founder-friendly positioning, check size, and add-on acquisition strategy pursued by Lincoln Road.
• Wynnchurch Capital: Middle market private equity firm focused on operational value creation in business services, industrial, and distribution companies. Comparable on thesis and operating-team emphasis, though typically writing larger checks than Lincoln Road's stated $3M+ EBITDA floor.
• Frontenac Company: Chicago-based lower middle market PE firm investing in founder/family-owned businesses in business services, industrial products, and value-added distribution. Comparable on founder-friendly orientation, lower middle market check size, and operational improvement playbook.
• HKW (Halstatt Keidan Wagner): Lower middle market PE firm focused on founder-owned businesses across diversified services, distribution, and light manufacturing. Comparable check size, founder-friendly positioning, and operating-team-led value creation model.

Broad incumbents

• Sun Capital Partners: Middle market PE firm where Founder Jeff Magny was a Vice President; invests in operational improvement situations across consumer products, retail, and industrial services. Comparable investment philosophy and overlapping sectors, though Sun Capital operates at materially greater scale.
• Pritzker Private Capital: Middle market investment firm partnering with entrepreneur/family-led industrial and consumer businesses. Comparable thesis around founder partnerships and long-term holds, though generally operating at a larger check size than Lincoln Road.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A3 records

Investments4 records

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