Craftsman Capital Partners

Craftsman Capital Partners is a private equity firm based in Dallas that puts operational improvement at the centre of its approach. It invests in privately held companies in the lower-middle market that show strong potential to grow.

The firm argues that an investor should contribute more than money, and it pairs its funding with hands-on work inside the businesses it owns.

What Craftsman Capital Partners does

• Buyout capital: equity funding to help owners and managers complete buyouts.
• Recapitalisations: equity used to restructure a company's ownership or balance sheet.
• Growth investment: capital for companies that are ready to expand.
• Operational improvement: established processes, procedures and controls intended to raise a company's performance against its peers.

Who it serves

Privately held lower-middle market businesses. The firm says its long-term capital lets management concentrate on building value without pressure from an approaching fund end date.

Key facts

• Based in: Dallas, USA
• Type: operationally focused private equity