Perry Capital

Name

Perry Capital

Legal name

Perry Capital LLC

Website

https://perrycapitalllc.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Equity / Venture Capital

NAICS

Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259), Other Financial Investment Activities (5239), All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399)

SIC

Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Micro-PE / Lower Middle Market ETA Funds (FSANALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Equity Capital Advisory (Private Equity Placements, Growth Capital) (BPAHAOAE), Multi-Sector / Generalist Growth Equity (FSANACAO)

Keywords

• Private equity investments
• Venture capital partnerships
• Growth capital financing
• Equity and debt investing
• Portfolio company management

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

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, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Equity Investments: Perry Capital generates returns through ownership positions in operating businesses and platforms, focusing on control or significant minority positions, platform-building and roll-up strategies, expansion into adjacent markets, and long-term capital appreciation through exit or recapitalization.
2. Fixed Income Investments: The firm invests in structured debt instruments including senior secured and subordinated debt, mezzanine financing structures, and contractual interest payments to provide predictable cash flow and capital preservation.
3. Cash and Cash Equivalents: The firm maintains treasury bills, short-term government securities, money market funds, and highly liquid low-risk instruments for liquidity and opportunistic capital deployment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Perry Capital is a hybrid investment firm that deploys strategic capital and hands-on operational guidance to founder-led and family-owned businesses at critical growth inflection points. The firm invests $500K–$5M per transaction in companies with $2M–$15M revenue and $1M–$10M EBITDA via equity, fixed income, and flexible debt/equity structures over a 3–5 year horizon. Beyond capital, the firm leverages a network of operators and industry relationships to unlock cross-selling, vertical integration, and supply chain optimization across its portfolio of asset-light and asset-heavy businesses.

Product overview

Perry Capital operates as a hybrid investor combining strategic capital with hands-on operational guidance. The firm offers a platform of investment services rather than a unified product, with its portfolio comprising multiple distinct companies across complementary industries. The core investment offering focuses on partnering with entrepreneurs at critical growth inflection points through equity, fixed income, and flexible debt and equity structures. Perry Capital's portfolio is organized into two investment categories—asset-heavy businesses (manufacturing, metal fabrication, surface finishing) and asset-light service businesses—creating an integrated ecosystem designed to capitalize on fragmentation and drive margin expansion through vertical integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Equity Investments

Quantifiable outcome

• Jeff Perry built Avascend Healthcare Hospitality into a market leader before its successful sale to a strategic buyer.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pacific Lake Partners: Pacific Lake Partners is a search fund accelerator and ETA-focused investor that supports entrepreneurs acquiring and operating small businesses. Perry Capital's micro-PE approach to founder-led businesses with $2M–$15M revenue is a comparable strategy in the same lower-middle-market search-fund ecosystem.
• Tiny Capital: Tiny Capital is a holding company that acquires and operates small operating businesses across diverse industries with an operator-led approach. The model closely mirrors Perry Capital's strategy of buying founder-led, sub-$15M EBITDA businesses and applying hands-on operational involvement rather than acting as a passive financial sponsor.

Broad incumbents

• Main Street Capital: Main Street Capital is a publicly traded lower-middle-market investment firm providing debt and equity capital to small and mid-sized businesses. While much larger and fund-structured, it serves the same $2M–$15M revenue founder-led segment that Perry Capital targets, making it a benchmark for deal sourcing and valuation comps.
• Berkshire Hathaway: Berkshire Hathaway is the canonical example of a holding company that acquires controlling interests in operating businesses and exercises long-duration, hands-on capital allocation. While vastly larger than Perry Capital, the underlying philosophy of permanent capital, decentralized operations, and operator-led ownership of industrial and consumer businesses is structurally similar.
• Centre Partners: Centre Partners is a lower-middle-market private equity firm focused on family- and founder-owned consumer, industrial, and business services businesses. It pursues control and significant minority investments with operating partnership models comparable to Perry Capital's hybrid investor positioning.
• FFL Partners: FFL Partners is a private equity firm focused on family- and founder-led businesses in the lower middle market, often partnering with management on recapitalizations and growth investments. Its thesis around preserving founder vision while providing capital and operating resources is directly comparable to Perry Capital's stated approach.
• Quad-C Management: Quad-C Management is a lower-middle-market private equity firm investing in founder- and family-owned businesses with $10M–$150M revenue. Its check size, sector breadth, and partnership-oriented approach to founder-led operators overlap with Perry Capital's positioning, although at a larger scale.

Emerging players

• Search Fund Partners: Search Fund Partners provides capital and support to search fund entrepreneurs acquiring small operating businesses, an ETA-style strategy that closely resembles Perry Capital's lower-middle-market, founder-led acquisition focus. Both target businesses with $2M–$15M revenue and emphasize operator-investor alignment.
• Halyard Capital: Halyard Capital is a lower-middle-market private equity firm focused on mid-sized operating businesses, often partnering with founders and management teams on growth and recapitalization transactions. Its founder-friendly orientation and flexible capital structures are comparable to Perry Capital's stated investment criteria.

Regional players

• Gladstone Commercial: Gladstone Commercial is a small-cap REIT focused on acquiring and leasing industrial, office, and retail properties to a diversified tenant base. FDS Holdings' multi-tenant office building in Overland Park operates with a similar tenant-diversified, cash-flowing real estate model, though Gladstone is a public, scaled vehicle.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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Frequently asked questions about Perry Capital