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). 

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Founding Partners

John Stewart

Lauren Mulholland

Scot Duncan

Alicia Motomura

Jennifer Cohagen

Caitlin Bailey

Mike Bridge

Ryan McComb

Shelby Hundley

Madelyn Tutewiler

Rick Brawn

Jeff Auerbach

Dyana Baurley

Marty Sjoquist

Jason Jacob

Monica Mcclinton

Justin Steil

Joe Fields-Elswick

The leadership team at MiddleGround Capital has a wide range of experience in different industries. A few examples include working in a paint shop and as a skilled manufacturing manager at Toyota, being a regional marketing lead at DoorDash, and working as an interim controller at AP Exhaust. The team also has a variety of educational backgrounds, such as a degree in civil engineering from the University of Kentucky and a degree in marketing strategy from Cornell University.

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