MiddleGround Capital
Ryan is a Director of the Investment Team. Ryan joins the company from New Water Capital, where he was an Associate that worked on multiple transactions and portfolio companies across the industrial, automotive and consumer sectors. Prior to joining New Water, Ryan was an investment banker in the Aerospace & Defense group at BB&T Capital Markets in Washington DC. Ryan has a degree in Business Administration with a Concentration in Finance from Southern Methodist University.
Born and raised in Tampa, Ryan is the last true Buccaneers fan. Ryan likes to play golf and spend time on the water with friends. Ryan doubles as a professional Bocce ball player. During the Pandemic quarantine, Ryan took the opportunity to bulk up. His biceps are quite the distraction on a Zoom call and it is not just the camera angle. They are lucky to have Ryan on their team as he was heavily recruited to be on the MTV reality series Siesta Key.
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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).