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SK Capital Partners

SK Capital Partners acquires controlling stakes in established, profitable businesses, from New York, New York. It states a focus on materials & chemicals and healthcare & life sciences.

Capital raised$5.9bnacross 8 SEC-filed vehicles
Most recent fund2021filing since 2014
HeadquartersNew York, New York
Stated fund size9 billion USD

Stated investment criteria

What SK Capital Partners says it buys

Read from SK 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.

Transaction typesRecapitalisation, Growth1
Founded20072

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. SK Capital Partners states that it takes majority or outright ownership. Nothing here is a commitment by SK Capital Partners to consider any particular business, and nothing on this page is represented as being for sale.

SEC filings

What SK Capital Partners 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 filed8
Total capital raised$5.9bn
Largest single vehicle$3.0bn
Filing history2014 to 2021
Smallest accepted commitmentNone stated
Filed fromNEW YORK

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 SK Capital Partners is registered

From this firm's Form ADV, the annual filing every registered and exempt investment adviser makes to the SEC.

Adviser statusSEC registered
Regulatory assets under management$8.4bn
Employees74
Private funds advised28 · $8.8bn gross
SEC adviser numberCRD 161487

Portfolio

Disclosed holdings

Companies SK Capital Partners lists on its own website. 5 carry a stated investment year.

CompanyInvestedYears heldRecorded transaction
Canlak20215
Deltech20215
Apotex20233
Axillon Aerospace20242
Brothers International20260
AEB Group
Archroma
Ecopol
Extractas
Florachem
Foremark Performance
Geon
Heubach
Ipackchem
Isolatek
J&K Ingredients
Lacerta
Luxium Solutions
Niacet
Noramco
Nucera Solutions
Perimeter Solutions
Polyventive
Precera Medical
SEQENS
Spectrum Vascular
Swixx BioPharma
Techmer PM
Tilley Distribution
Valtris
VanDeMark
Woodstock Sterile Solutions
ascendmaterials.com
halopharma.com
milestone-es.com
pptgroup.com
purisys.com
siigroup.com
spectraconfectionery.com
tpcgrp.com
venatorcorp.com
wavelengthpharma.com

Compiled from SK Capital Partners’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.

Recorded transactions

Buying and selling

Deals in which SK Capital Partners is named as buyer or seller in the transaction archive. 3 recorded exits, most recently in 2023. 2 recorded acquisitions.

CompanySideCounterpartyYearConsideration
IpackchemSoldGreif2023$538m
NuCera SolutionsSoldChase2022$250m
Clariant PigmentsBoughtClariant AG2021$836m
GEONBoughtAvient2019$775m
Cambrex Drug Product- Business UnitSoldCambrex2018$425m

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.

Valuation context

Transaction values in Materials & Chemicals

What companies have actually sold for in materials & chemicals, across 401 recorded transactions.

Median consideration$118m
Middle 50%$27m-$300m
Revenue multiple1.4×
EBITDA multiple7.85×

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