Sidereal Capital Group

Name

Sidereal Capital Group

Legal name

Sidereal Capital Group, LLC

Website

https://siderealcapital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Equity — Lower Middle-Market Investing

NAICS

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

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Business Services (B2B) Growth Equity (FSANACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Private equity investing
• Lower middle market
• Growth equity capital
• Family-owned business investments
• Manufacturing business services

Headquarters

HQ city

Chatham

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

Revenue model

1. Private Equity Investment Returns: Generates returns through equity investments in lower middle-market companies, providing growth capital and operational support to family and founder-owned businesses. Revenue realized through successful exits of portfolio companies via strategic sales, acquisitions, or other liquidity events.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sidereal Capital Group is a boutique private equity firm that provides growth equity and acquisition capital of $8-25 million to lower middle-market companies (enterprise value $15-60 million, EBITDA $3-10 million). The firm specializes in being the first institutional investor in smaller, family-owned or founder-owned manufacturing and business services businesses in the US and Canada, offering strategic guidance, leadership development, and process improvements alongside capital deployment.

Product overview

Sidereal Capital Group is a private equity firm that provides liquidity solutions and capital to closely-held, family and founder-owned businesses in the lower middle-market. Rather than a unified product platform, the firm offers investment capital ($8-25 million equity) combined with strategic guidance, leadership development, and process improvements. The portfolio consists of nine portfolio companies spanning manufacturing (MALCO, Peachey Hardwood Flooring, Palmetto Adhesives, Flexo Transparent, UC Coatings, VanDeMark Chemical) and business services (EWASTE+, Lenders Valuation Services, CashTech Currency Products), acquired through a collaborative approach with management teams.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Growth Equity and Acquisition Capital

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $500 million in equity capital invested across 20 platform companies

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• First Manhattan Consulting GroupminorOthersPrior employer of Managing Partner A. Jabbar Abdi. Consulting firm where Abdi focused on strategy development and implementation in the financial services sector.
• Wasserstein Perella & Co.minorOthersPrior employer of Principal E.J. Sloboda. Investment bank where Sloboda executed private equity, M&A, and restructuring transactions.
• MEND NJminorOthersNonprofit organization strengthening an interfaith network of 20 member food pantries in Essex County, NJ. Managing Partner Jabbar Abdi serves on the Board of Trustees.
• Graham WindhamminorOthersOldest non-sectarian child welfare agency in the United States. Managing Director Ken Bryant serves as Board member and Treasurer.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cordova, Smart & Williams: Middle-market private equity firm investing in industrial and business services companies. Direct comparable as prior employer of Sidereal's Managing Partner Jabbar Abdi and operating in the same lower middle-market deal size.
• Spell Capital Partners: Lower middle-market private equity firm focused on industrial, manufacturing, and business services companies. Comparable check size, sector focus, and operational improvement approach.
• Argonaut Private Equity: Lower middle-market private equity firm focused on manufacturing, industrial, and business services companies. Comparable investment size, sector focus, and first-institutional-capital positioning.
• RLJ Equity Partners: Middle-market private equity firm investing in lower middle-market companies. Direct comparable as prior employer of Sidereal's Managing Director R. Kenneth Bryant and operates with similar size, sector focus, and control-investor approach.
• Bertram Capital: Private equity firm focused on lower middle-market companies with check sizes and operator-led value creation approach comparable to Sidereal's model in manufacturing and business services.
• The Wicks Group of Companies: Middle-market private equity firm focused on information, education, and media sectors. Direct comparable as prior employer of Sidereal's two senior leaders and operates with a similar lower middle-market, control-investor model.
• Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company: Private equity firm investing in lower middle-market, industrials and business services companies. Comparable niche focus, control-investor approach, and family/owner-operated business orientation.
• Quad-C Management: Lower middle-market PE firm investing in business services, consumer products, and light industrial companies. Comparable size, sector focus, and growth-oriented investment thesis.
• Trinity Hunt Capital Partners: Lower middle-market private equity firm investing in business services and consumer-facing companies. Comparable investment size, niche focus, and founder/family-owned business orientation.
• Northstar Capital: Lower middle-market private equity firm focused on niche manufacturers and business services. Comparable investment size, value-creation playbook, and family/founder-owned business target market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sidereal-capital-group-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments1 record

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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