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Author Capital Partners

Author Capital Partners acquires controlling stakes in established, profitable businesses, from Chicago, USA. It states a focus on business & professional services.

Disclosed holdings
Earliest stated investment
HeadquartersChicago, USA
Largest single fundNot stated

Stated investment criteria

What Author Capital Partners says it buys

Read from Author Capital Partners’s own website in August 2026. This is what the firm says it buys, not what anyone has recorded it buying, and figures are shown in the currency the firm itself used - nothing here is converted. Every line links to the page it was read from.

EBITDA it states$2m to $20m1
People listed on its team page162

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Valuation context

Transaction values in Business & Professional Services

What companies have actually sold for in business & professional services, across 668 recorded transactions.

Median consideration$55m
Middle 50%$11m-$200m
Revenue multiple1.2×
EBITDA multiple8.5×

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