Buyout PE
River Associates
River Associates acquires controlling stakes in established, profitable businesses, from Chattanooga, United States. It states a focus on industrials & manufacturing, consumer & retail and transportation & logistics.
Stated investment criteria
What River Associates says it buys
Read from River Associates’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 | $15m to $100m1 |
| EBITDA it states | $3m to $12m1 |
| Transaction types | Add-on, Platform, Growth2 |
| Founded | 19893 |
Sources
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. Nothing here is a commitment by River Associates to consider any particular business, and nothing on this page is represented as being for sale.
Regulatory record
How River Associates is registered
From this firm's Form ADV, the annual filing every registered and exempt investment adviser makes to the SEC.
| Adviser status | SEC registered |
| Regulatory assets under management | $815m |
| Employees | 18 |
| Private funds advised | 2 · $815m gross |
| SEC adviser number | CRD 295692 |
Portfolio
Disclosed holdings
Companies River Associates lists on its own website. 9 carry a stated investment year.
| Company | Invested | Years held | Recorded transaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slingmax Group | 2020 | 6 | — |
| Hoskin Scientific | 2021 | 5 | — |
| Caster Connection | 2022 | 4 | — |
| The Rubber Group | 2022 | 4 | — |
| Dollamur Sports Surfaces | 2024 | 2 | — |
| ID Label | 2024 | 2 | — |
| Minerva | 2024 | 2 | — |
| Diamond Wipes | 2026 | 0 | — |
| Horsepower Automotive Group | 2026 | 0 | — |
| Dollamur | — | — | — |
| Hoskin | — | — | — |
| Minerva Beauty | — | — | — |
| Pelco Solutions | — | — | — |
| Premierparking | — | — | — |
| Rubber Group | — | — | — |
| Specialty Fenestration Group | — | — | — |
| Tridentproducts | — | — | — |
| Weaver Leather | — | — | — |
| Wheat Montana | — | — | — |
| actionfab.com | — | — | — |
| ee-co.com | — | — | — |
| gahh.com | — | — | — |
| idlabelinc.com | — | — | — |
| jbc-tech.com | — | — | — |
Compiled from River Associates’s published portfolio page. Where a recorded transaction is shown, that company was the target of a reported deal and has most likely already been realised. Nothing here is represented as being for sale.
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