Founded in 1981, Trivest Partners is the oldest private equity firm in the Southeastern United States. The firm focuses on making control investments in family/founder-owned, lower middle-market businesses with a preference for companies located in the Southeast. Trivest has sponsored more than 140 acquisitions and recapitalizations, totaling more than $3.5 billion in value. The Firm prefers to invest in companies valued up to $250 million which possess strong and defensible market positions in growing or fragmented industries. Trivest focuses its investments in the consumer products, business services, franchisor and niche manufacturing sectors. The Firm has particular interest in acquiring companies in fragmented industries that can provide the basis for consolidation within the industry. Trivest is currently investing out of Trivest Fund IV, its newly raised investment vehicle.
Keywords: Private Equity, Buyouts, Founder-owned