Name

Fulham & Co

Legal name

Fulham & Co

Website

https://www.fulhamco.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fulham & Co. is a private equity firm founded in 1984, specializing exclusively in advanced manufacturing buyouts. It acquires, operates, and exits manufacturing businesses across diverse sub-sectors, led by founder and managing partner John N. Fulham III.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Equity - Manufacturing Buyouts

NAICS

Management of Companies and Enterprises (551), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Industry-Specialist Buyout (Sector-Focused) (FSANABAE)

Keywords

• Private equity
• Manufacturing buyouts
• Acquisition services
• Portfolio management
• Investment management

Headquarters

HQ city

Wellesley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Private Equity Returns: Fulham & Co. generates returns through acquisition and operational improvement of advanced manufacturing companies, realizing gains through portfolio company exits (sales to strategic buyers, PE sponsors, or public offerings). This is a traditional private equity model with a focus on manufacturing sector buyouts since 1984.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Fulham & Co is a private equity firm that acquires and owns advanced manufacturing businesses, performing buyouts and operational improvements with the goal of realizing value through eventual exits. The firm sources deals through intermediary networks and serves as an operating and capital partner to manufacturing companies through the full ownership lifecycle, with disclosed portfolio companies including Power Tech Generators, Alkota, Delphon, DiaCom, Trombetta, Gammill, and New Hampshire Industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advanced Manufacturing Buyouts Private equity buyout services for advanced manufacturing companies, including sourcing of acquisition targets, capital provision, operational improvement, strategic guidance, and exit execution. Targeted at owners, founders, and management teams of manufacturing businesses seeking ownership transition, growth capital, or a liquidity event.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Scale indicators1 record

Direct peers

• Genstar Capital: Middle-market PE firm with a strong industrials and manufacturing vertical. Comparable for its sector-focused industrial deal flow and lower-middle-market buyout activity, though it operates multiple sector verticals beyond manufacturing.
• KPS Capital Partners: Specialist private equity firm exclusively focused on manufacturing and industrial companies. Comparable as a sector-pure manufacturing buyout sponsor with operational turnaround capabilities, though at a meaningfully larger fund scale.
• Wynnchurch Capital: Middle-market private equity firm focused on industrial and manufacturing buyouts. Highly comparable to Fulham & Co due to its sector-specialist mandate, lower-middle-market ticket sizes, and operational improvement orientation in similar subsectors.
• Aterian Investment Partners: Lower-middle-market PE firm focused on industrial, manufacturing, and distribution businesses. Closely comparable to Fulham & Co by size, ticket size, and sector focus on niche industrial platforms.
• Wind Point Partners: Middle-market PE firm with a dedicated industrial and manufacturing investment focus. Comparable for its sector-specialist approach to industrial buyouts and operating partnership model.

Emerging players

• Stone Point Capital: PE firm with selective industrial and business services exposure. Comparable as a competitor for certain manufacturing deals, though its primary focus is financial services.

Others

• Middleby Corporation: Strategic acquirer of niche industrial and commercial equipment manufacturers. Comparable as a buyer of small/mid-market manufacturing assets like Fulham & Co's portfolio targets, representing a potential exit counterparty.

Broad incumbents

• Bain Capital Private Equity: Global PE firm with a significant industrials and manufacturing practice. Comparable as an active acquirer of manufacturing platforms, but operates at vastly greater scale and across many sectors.
• Platinum Equity: Large operationally-focused PE firm that has historically transacted across industrial and manufacturing assets. Comparable on the industrial buyout thesis and operational value-creation approach, but at materially greater scale and breadth.
• Cerberus Capital Management: Large alternative investment firm with a notable industrial and manufacturing portfolio. Comparable for industrial buyout activity, though diversified broadly across asset classes and sectors.

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A7 records

Investments

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