Westbourne Capital Partners

What Westbourne Capital Partners does

Westbourne Capital Partners LLC is a Chicago-based private investment firm co-founded by Rob Crisp to provide outsourced direct investing services to family offices and institutional investors. The firm deploys capital as direct equity into private companies, with a stated focus on family and founder-owned businesses in the manufacturing and food sectors. Target investments generally have revenues between $10M and $250M and EBITDA between $10M and $50M, with equity check sizes from $3M to $50M.

The firm builds long-term shareholder value without reliance on financial engineering or excessive leverage, working directly with management teams, business owners, and investor partners. Its portfolio spans metal fabrication, precision machining, injection molding, aluminum impact extrusion, laboratory casework, weather monitoring systems, and precision gears — predominantly serving aerospace and defense, medical, trucking, and industrial end markets. Notable holdings include Thunderbird Metals (2010), F&B Manufacturing (2011), Thunderbird Molding (2017), Modineer (2018), BMC (2021), Delta (2021), Mesotech International (2022), and Harvey Vogel Manufacturing Co. (2025). Westbourne co-invests alongside partners such as Monroe Capital LLC and Hall Capital on individual transactions rather than operating from a traditional LP/GP fund structure.

Revenue mechanics are typical of a private investment manager — management fees and carried interest on deployed capital — but specific financials, AUM, and revenue figures are not publicly disclosed. The team is small (1-10 employees), and operational geography is concentrated in the United States.

Name

Westbourne Capital Partners

Legal name

Westbourne Capital Partners LLC

Website

https://westbournecp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Westbourne Capital Partners is a Chicago-based private investment firm that partners with institutional investors and family offices to make direct equity investments in family and founder-owned manufacturing companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Equity

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), Other Financial Investment Activities (5239)

SIC

Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrials & Manufacturing Growth Equity (FSANACAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Business Services (B2B) Growth Equity (FSANACAD)

Keywords

• Private equity investments
• Direct investment firm
• Middle market investing
• Manufacturing sector investing
• Family office capital

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

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. Investment Management: Generates returns through direct equity investments in private manufacturing companies, likely earning management fees and carried interest from institutional investors and family office partners

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Westbourne Capital Partners is a private investment firm that partners with institutional investors and family offices to deploy capital into direct equity investments in private companies. The firm focuses on family and founder-owned businesses in the manufacturing and food sectors, targeting companies with revenues between $10M and $250M and EBITDA between $10M and $50M. It executes platform acquisitions and add-on investments across metal fabrication, precision machining, and industrial services companies serving aerospace & defense, medical, trucking, and industrial end markets.

Product overview

Westbourne Capital Partners is a private investment firm that operates as a single unified investment platform rather than a product-plus-modules architecture. The firm partners with institutional investors and family offices to make direct equity investments in private companies, with a particular focus on family and founder-owned businesses in the manufacturing sector. The company's investment strategy encompasses platform acquisitions and add-on investments across metal fabrication, precision machining, and industrial services companies serving aerospace & defense, medical, critical power & data centers, and industrial end markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Private Investment Services Outsourced direct equity investment services that deploy capital from institutional investors and family offices into private companies, particularly family and founder-owned businesses in the manufacturing and food sectors with revenues between $10M and $250M and EBITDA of $10M to $50M.

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• High Road Capital Partners: Lower-middle-market PE firm that acquires family/founder-owned industrial and business services companies, frequently partnering with management. Closely comparable to Westbourne in check size, sector focus, and reliance on founder relationships.
• Aterian Investment Partners: Middle-market PE firm focused on acquiring and building industrial and consumer businesses through add-on acquisitions. Comparable to Westbourne in its roll-up orientation and industrial manufacturing emphasis.
• Mason Wells: Mid-market PE firm based in the U.S. Midwest focused exclusively on industrial manufacturing, distribution, and related services. Highly comparable to Westbourne in sector specialization, founder-owned deal focus, and regional concentration.
• Tonka Bay Equity Partners: Lower-middle-market PE firm investing in founder/family-owned businesses, with a heavy concentration in industrial manufacturing. Comparable in deal size, family-owned seller focus, and add-on acquisition strategy.
• Osceola Capital: Lower-middle-market PE firm that partners with management teams of industrial, business services, and consumer companies. Comparable to Westbourne in check size and lower-middle-market industrial focus.
• Bayshore Capital Partners: Lower-middle-market PE firm that invests in family/founder-owned industrial and business services companies. Comparable in target profile, deal size, and culture-preservation positioning.
• Centre Partners: Middle-market PE firm focused on family/founder-owned businesses in industrial and consumer sectors. Comparable in target profile and lower-middle-market focus, though typically with larger equity checks than Westbourne.
• Heartland Capital Partners: Lower-middle-market PE firm investing in industrial manufacturing and family-owned businesses in the U.S. Midwest. Comparable in sector specialization and family-owned target orientation.

Regional players

• Merit Capital Partners: Chicago-based lower-middle-market PE firm focused on industrial and consumer companies, often partnering with family-owned businesses. Comparable to Westbourne in geography (Chicago), sector focus, and family-owned target profile.

Others

• Avondale Strategic Partners: Strategic advisory and principal investing firm where Westbourne's Managing Partner Rob Crisp previously served as Managing Director and Head of Principal Investing. Relevant as a prior employer and source of similar direct-investing expertise, though its primary business is advisory rather than control investing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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