Private equity describes investment partnerships that buy and manage companies typically before selling them again (although some of the funds below do not intend to sell companies after acquiring them). Private equity funds may acquire private companies or public ones in their entirety, but they typically do not hold stakes in companies that remain listed on a stock exchange hence the “private” not “public” portion of the industry’s name. There are an increasing number of Christ-following private equity fund managers seeking to bring their faith to bear in their stewardship of companies they acquire. Some best practices look like deploying things like chaplaincy or faith based employee resource groups into a company. Handing over more of the company’s ownership to employees, or winsomely seeking to preserve the faith and family values a mature business was started with as the next owner of the company. Private equity presents a unique opportunity for fund managers to influence culture through redemptive investing in what has traditionally been known as a purely-profit motivated and often exploitative means to drive investment returns.
Sovereign’s Capital
Founded in 2012 - Headquarters in Silicon Valley, CA and Jakarta, Indonesia
Sovereign’s Capital provides capital and strategic partnership to values-driven, market-leading companies and funds with potential for outsized returns for all stakeholders. Sovereign’s Private Equity business invests directly in profitable, lower middle market companies with $10 million to $100 million in revenue, and $2.5 million to $10 million in owner’s earnings.
Saturn Five
Founded in 2017 - Headquarters in Austin, TX
Saturn Five is an investment fund that launches, builds, and grows great companies. With a long-term mindset, they pursue lasting impact. Saturn Five believes business is an adventure—and they love helping ideas, companies, and people get to bold new places. They do this through founding breakthrough startup ventures, finding opportunity for innovation and value-creation where some might just see an intractable problem. And by owning and operating Main Street service companies that elevate people’s lives and enhance communities. Their daily commitment is to lead enduringly profitable businesses and hold them for the long-term. Saturn Five is propelled by five engines: Adventure, Joy, Trust, Excellence, Love.
Mergon
Founded in 1980 - Headquarters in Stellenbosch, South Africa
Mergon is an investment group that exists to create Kingdom impact and equip others to do the same. This approach, together with unmerited favor, has resulted in Mergon achieving sustained, above-market returns for nearly 40 years.
Garden City
Founded in 2020 - Headquarters in Atlanta, GA
Garden City invests in family-owned service companies in the Southeast portion of the United States. Their mission is to build the most caring & innovative service companies. Garden City invests long-term, permanent capital with no intention of selling. The name comes from the biblical story of the Garden of Eden where everyone is created in God’s image to thrive & prosper. Garden City desires to bring that Garden back into our City to ensure workers can actualize their God-given potential and have a purpose.
Permanent Equity
Headquarters in Columbia, MO
Permanent Equity invests in companies that care what happens next, because Permanent Equity cares what happens next. They care about people – employees, customers, suppliers, and communities – and want to promote personal and professional flourishing. Permanent Equity invests in private companies deliberately built for long-term success. They commit for the long-haul with 30-year funds, no intention of selling, and rarely use debt…a refreshing approach to private equity.
The Halifax Group
The Halifax Group creates value by a commitment to partnership. They invest patient, long term capital in the lower middle-market as an established private equity firm that invests alongside owners and managers of industry-leading growing and profitable companies.
Creation Investments
Creation Investments is a Global Impact Investor in Emerging Markets. Creation is focused on financial services firms and financial inclusion for the unbanked and underbanked. Through private equity and private credit, Creation strives to build diversified portfolios, investing in next-generation financial services to maximize financial and social returns.
Highmount Capital
Highmount Capital® is a private investment firm focused on growth-stage and middle market investments in transformative technology and other growth-oriented platforms. Highmount builds long-term partnerships with bold, high-potential, principled entrepreneurs to create enduring companies.
Ascend Partners
Ascend Partners is a growth-oriented, healthcare focused private equity partnership. Partnering with entrepreneurs and companies dedicated to clinical success and community development, Ascend is committed to improving the access, affordability, and quality of care for patients.
Cojourn
Cojourn is building a family of great businesses through acquisition and excellent operations. Cojourn is a group of operators and long term stewards who buy and grow companies with purpose. Cojourn ensures that great businesses endure beyond the leadership life of their current owner.
Palingen
Palingen is an evergreen holding company that acquires lower middle market businesses from legacy-minded minded owners, invests deeply in the people, strengthens the operations, and stewards the companies for the long term. Palingen’s mission is to deliver superior long term economic results through investments in companies that are financially compelling, ethically sound, and socially uplifting. Palingen aims to become the most sought after capital partner for legacy-minded owners of quality businesses looking to monetize their life’s work.
Osceola Capital Management
Osceola Capital Management is a private equity firm based in Tampa, Florida. Osceola believes in the importance of investing ethically, communicating honestly and always conducting themselves with integrity and faithfulness. Having these values shape and direct their personal and professional actions will best enable them to be faithful stewards of the resources and responsibilities entrusted to them.
Azalea Capital
The Azalea team has great admiration for entrepreneurs and business owners. Azalea provides patient capital and industry expertise to extend the legacy of a company and foundation an entrepreneur created. Azalea’s collaborative approach and shared values enable partner companies and their communities to thrive.
Concentric Investment Partners
Concentric Investment Partners is a private investment firm that provides debt and equity capital to U.S. businesses. Concentric aspires to put the needs of others before their own; they seek to be givers, not takers. They seek to learn from others and to accept feedback. Concentric believes that to be entrusted with others’ capital is a serious charge and high calling. Its success is measured by adherence to core values and the financial returns delivered to investors.
Redemptive Capital
Redemptive Capital is a faith-driven investment firm that deploys capital to enable individuals, families, and society to flourish by creating economic, social and spiritual impact.
The Copia Group
The Copia Group offers a distinct approach to investing that marries the strategic investment of financial and relational capital with the holistic development of scalable business models. The Copia Group believes that opportunity abounds, and that full inclusion generates the greatest long-term value – for both clients and communities.
Sahel Capital
Founded in 2010 - Headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria
Sahel Capital is a private investment firm focused on the food and agriculture sector in sub-Saharan Africa. Sahel Capital has depth of experience across a broad range of crop and livestock value chains; integrated processing operations; branded packaged foods; and related services. Their vision is to be recognized as the foremost food and agriculture private investment firm in Africa.
Ambassador Development Group
Founded in 2019 - Headquarters in Houston, TX
Ambassador Development Group (ADG) is a faith-based private equity firm. The firm operates profitable, operationally efficient, Kingdom Class companies that radically impact the lives of those they serve. ADG is focused on helping Christian business owners transition out of their business without losing their kingdom impact. The Kingdom Impact fund buys controlling interest in Christian run businesses with EBIDTA between $1- 5M. Typically they help transition senior leadership or solve the plateauing growth issues. They focus on what they call P3: people, performance and purpose.
Vineyard Infrastructure
Founded in 2019 - Headquarters in New York City, NY
Vineyard Infrastructure (Vineyard) was founded to pioneer NextGen Infrastructure by serving as a strategic partner to developers and operators of NextGen Infrastructure assets, designing scalable business plans, structuring efficient capital solutions and positioning partners for long-term growth. Vineyard believes that effective infrastructure development begins with people and that by leading with purpose through the responsible stewardship of employees, businesses and capital, Vineyard can drive meaningful financial and social value for all stakeholders.
Cephas Partners
Founded in 2012 - Headquarters in Dallas, TX and Seattle, WA
Cephas was originally formed to assist affiliates of the Blackstone Group in managing complex assets in three different continents. The current Cephas team is growing Cephas Partners into a multifaceted investment platform with an eternal worldview. The firm strives to leave a legacy of generosity.