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Westward

Westward acquires controlling stakes in established, profitable businesses, from Seattle, WA. It states a focus on industrials & manufacturing, consumer & retail and business & professional services.

Disclosed holdings10
Earliest stated investment2024
HeadquartersSeattle, WA
Stated fund size$250 million

Stated investment criteria

What Westward says it buys

Read from Westward’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 $500m1
EBITDA it states$5m to $25m1
People listed on its team page42

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Regulatory record

How Westward 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$374m
Employees5
Private funds advised9 · $374m gross
SEC adviser numberCRD 300994

Portfolio

Disclosed holdings

Companies Westward lists on its own website. 1 carry a stated investment year.

CompanyInvestedYears heldRecorded transaction
Cascade Coffee20242
CMS Energy Advisors
Environmental Containment Corp
Globe Machine
Grant Aviation
Superfeet
Synapse
Synapse Wireless
Three Bears Alaska
curtisindustrial.com

Compiled from Westward’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.

Valuation context

Transaction values in Industrials & Manufacturing

What companies have actually sold for in industrials & manufacturing, across 1,298 recorded transactions.

Median consideration$110m
Middle 50%$32m-$303m
Revenue multiple1.2×
EBITDA multiple8.05×

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