MiddleGround Capital
Justin is a Managing Director at MiddleGround where he is responsible for originating, evaluating and executing private equity investments. Justin brings 18 years of private equity investing experience to the firm, gained through his time serving as a Managing Director in the private equity business of Evercore and, more recently, as a Managing Director on the Private Capital team of PineBridge Investments. Prior to focusing on private equity, Justin formally began his career in investment banking as part of the Global Industries & Communications group at Merrill Lynch; informally, when Justin started Summer work at a local Tool & Die shop during his highschool years in the Detroit area, he became at least the third generation in his family to work in the automotive industry.
Justin earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with High Distinction from the Stephen M Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a Master of Arts in Economics from New York University. He also studied public policy at New York University’s Wagner School.
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MiddleGround Capital
MiddleGround Capital is an investment management firm that invests in B2B Industrial businesses in the North American middle market. MiddleGround makes control equity investments in fundamentally good businesses that align with our operational expertise, partnering with management teams, families and owner-operators as a preferred buyer due to our ability to add value after the transaction leveraging our extensive operating experience to improve all aspects of the business. MiddleGround is comfortable investing with businesses regardless of the previous ownership structure (including other private equity firms).