What Holleway Capital Partners does

Holleway Capital Partners is a private equity firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm operates with a small team of 1-10 employees under Managing Director Gian Cavallini, indicating a boutique capital deployment model rather than a large institutional platform. Its website (holleway.com) was not substantively accessible at the time of data capture, returning only a verification/loading page, so fund size, vintage, sector mandate, LP base, and deal pipeline are not disclosed.

The firm's only verifiable strategic action in the available dataset is the acquisition of Lift-A-Loft on July 17, 2025, for an undisclosed amount. Lift-A-Loft's business description, geography, financials, and rationale for acquisition are not provided. No additional portfolio companies, partnerships, subsidiaries, regulatory registrations, certifications, or operating geographies are disclosed in the input. The firm has no public ticker, no disclosed parent company, and no reported revenue.

Given the absence of disclosed financials, fund size, deal pipeline beyond one acquisition, and a team roster limited to a single named managing director, Holleway Capital Partners appears to be a sub-scale private capital operator with limited public footprint. The Lift-A-Loft acquisition is the only direct evidence of capital deployment activity captured for the firm, and any deeper diligence would require primary outreach to obtain fund vintage, AUM, sector focus, and portfolio composition.

Name

Holleway Capital Partners

Website

https://holleway.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Holleway Capital Partners is a St. Louis-based private equity firm founded in 2017 that acquires operating businesses; its most recent disclosed transaction is the July 2025 acquisition of Lift-A-Loft.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Equity

NAICS

Other Financial Vehicles (52599), Management of Companies and Enterprises (551)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

HoldCo / Permanent Capital ETA (FSANALAE)

Keywords

• Private equity investing
• Middle market acquisitions
• Lower middle market
• Business acquisitions
• Private capital firm

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Holleway Capital Partners is a private equity firm that invests in and acquires operating businesses. The firm sources, evaluates, and completes acquisitions such as the Lift-A-Loft acquisition on 2025-07-17. It is a for-profit private company headquartered in St Louis, United States, operating with a small team of 1-10 employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Private Equity Acquisitions and Investments Private equity investment and acquisition services, in which the firm sources, evaluates, and acquires control or significant stakes in operating companies on behalf of its investors. Evidenced acquisition: Lift-A-Loft (closed 2025-07-17, undisclosed amount).

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Bridgepoint Group: London-listed European private equity firm operating a global mid- and lower-mid-market buyout platform. Comparable to Holleway as a private equity operator, though substantially larger and broader in scope.
• Apax Partners: Global private equity firm with a long-established middle- and lower-middle-market buyout franchise. Comparable to Holleway as a PE investor in operating companies, though materially larger in AUM and team.

Direct peers

• Kinderhook Partners: New York-based private investment firm focused on control and structured equity investments in lower-middle-market companies. Comparable to Holleway in firm size and lower-middle-market investment style.
• Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company: Indianapolis-based small-cap private equity firm focused on control investments in lower-middle-market operating companies. Comparable to Holleway in firm size, Midwest regional focus, and lower-middle-market orientation.
• McCarthy Capital: Omaha-based small/middle-market private equity firm investing across the lower-middle market. Comparable to Holleway in size, Midwest geography, and focus on founder- and family-owned operating businesses.
• Gryphon Investors: San Francisco-based middle-market private equity firm partnering with management teams in lower-middle-market companies. Comparable to Holleway in middle-market buyout orientation and operator-focused deal model.
• Wayzata Investment Partners: Minnesota-based middle-market PE firm making control investments in operating businesses. Comparable to Holleway in geography (Upper Midwest), firm scale, and lower-middle-market buyout focus.
• Pacific Lake Partners: Search fund / ETA-focused private equity firm providing capital to search fund entrepreneurs acquiring small operating companies. Highly comparable to Holleway given the likely search-fund/ETA structure and SMB acquisition focus (e.g., Lift-A-Loft).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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