Echelon Capital

Echelon Capital is an industrial group based in Chicago. It supplies both funding and executive management to manufacturing companies in the middle market. Its partners put in a significant share of their own money on every deal.

What Echelon Capital offers

• Capital — investment in middle market manufacturers, structured around each situation.
• Executive management — experienced operators who take part in running the companies it backs.
• Operating expertise — turnarounds, growing sales, sourcing and making goods worldwide, developing products, and lean production and distribution.
• Co-investment — outside partners can invest alongside the team's own operators.

Who it works with

Middle market manufacturing companies, and outside investors who want to co-invest next to hands-on operators. Because the partners commit their own capital, the firm says its interests line up with those of its partners.

Key facts

• Based in: Chicago
• Focus: middle market manufacturing
• Team skills: financial structuring of complex investments and operating experience