Buyout PE
Blackford Capital
Blackford Capital acquires controlling stakes in established, profitable businesses, from Grand Rapids, MI, USA. It states a focus on software & internet, industrials & manufacturing and transportation & logistics.
Stated investment criteria
What Blackford Capital says it buys
Read from Blackford Capital’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.
| Revenue it states | $20m to $200m1 |
| EBITDA it states | $3m to $20m1 |
| Founded | 20103 |
| People listed on its team page | 182 |
A stated mandate is a firm’s description of itself and was true of the page on the day it was read; firms widen and narrow what they will look at without updating the site. Blackford Capital states that it takes majority or outright ownership. The team figure counts the people the firm shows on one team page, so it is a floor rather than a headcount: firms that split their team across tabs or load it in pages will read low. Nothing here is a commitment by Blackford Capital to consider any particular business, and nothing on this page is represented as being for sale.
SEC filings
What Blackford Capital has raised
From this firm's own Form D filings. A fund files one within fifteen days of its first sale, under penalty of perjury, which makes these the hardest numbers on the page.
| Vehicles filed | 3 |
| Total capital raised | $104m |
| Largest single vehicle | $35m |
| Filing history | 2020 to 2021 |
| Smallest accepted commitment | None stated |
| Filed from | MICHIGAN |
Form D covers US-domiciled vehicles raised from accredited investors. It will not capture a fund raised outside the United States, separately managed accounts, or capital deployed off balance sheet, so treat these as a floor rather than a total.
Regulatory record
How Blackford Capital is registered
From this firm's Form ADV, the annual filing every registered and exempt investment adviser makes to the SEC.
| Adviser status | Exempt reporting adviser |
| Regulatory assets under management | Not reported by an ERA |
| Private funds advised | 13 · $126m gross |
| SEC adviser number | CRD 298823 |
An exempt reporting adviser is not required to report regulatory assets under management, so the blank above means the question was not asked rather than that the answer is unknown. Where a figure exists it is the gross asset value of the private funds the firm advises, which is a different and usually larger measure.
Recorded transactions
Buying and selling
Deals in which Blackford Capital is named as buyer or seller in the transaction archive. 1 recorded exit, most recently in 2022.
| Company | Side | Counterparty | Year | Consideration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Aluminum Products | Sold | Gibraltar Industries | 2022 | $54m |
Compiled from a transaction archive of 10,204 recorded deals. Most private transactions are never disclosed, so this is a sample of a firm’s activity rather than a complete record of it.
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