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December 1, 2022

Private Equity International: Ready For Action

The ability to scale up and down the deal size spectrum through co-investment allows for...

November 8, 2022

MiddleGround Made: Attala Steel

Next up in MiddleGround Made: Attala Steel. We acquired Attala in 2021 and there are...

October 6, 2022

MiddleGround Made: Race Winning Brands

Next in our MiddleGround Made series, we present Race Winning Brands, a platform we acquired...

October 4, 2022

Private Equity International: Chain Reaction

Being a communicative and reliable part of the supply chain can enable mid-market industrial companies...

September 29, 2022

Manufacturing Today: The Industry Insider

MiddleGround Capital is a private equity firm wise beyond its years. Formed of leading industry...

August 31, 2022

MiddleGround Made: ALCO

We are excited to present our next installment of MiddleGround Made featuring: ALCO, a platform...

MiddleGround Made: Arrow TruLine

We are excited to present our next installment of MiddleGround Made featuring: Arrow Tru-Line, Inc,...

MiddleGround Made: NKS

We are pleased to share our next installment of MiddleGround Made: National Kwikmetal Service (“NKS”)

PRI: Special Report: Private Equity In Motorsports

“Our motto is to ‘leave everything better than we found it.’ We are not perfect,...

MiddleGround Made: Lindsay Precast

We are extremely excited to present MiddleGround Made, a new series showcasing the amazing work...

Buyouts: Deal Activity Booms Despite Challenges

Last year saw record levels of manufacturing and industrial sector dealmaking and 2022 has started...

BluWave Recognizes Top 50 PE Firms – MiddleGround Earns “Top Innovator of the Year”

18th Annual Best Places to Work in Kentucky Award Winners Announced

Panel: Driving Sustainable Profitability for Manufacturing Companies

February 10, 2022

2021: Year in Review

MiddleGround reflects on our biggest accomplishments of the past year and talk about where we're...

December 9, 2021

MiddleGround Portfolio Company Bus Tour

Earlier this year, the entire team at Middleground hopped on a bus to experience our...

November 4, 2021

PE Hub: MiddleGround puts the pedal to the metal in auto-industry investments

October 7, 2021

Buyouts: Putting data, branding and creativity at the heart of sourcing

Prioritizing data and process in sourcing has played out well through the past 18 months,...

August 12, 2021

Investors & Operators: Lauren Mulholland

In this episode of 51 Labs' podcast, Investors & Operators, Lauren Mulholland, Founding Partner, sits...

September 7, 2020

Buyouts: Value Creation via ESG

The focus on ESG is growing, yet few lower middle-market private equity fund managers have...

How Can Private Equity Help Manufacturers?

MiddleGround partners John Stewart and Scot Duncan teamed up with Thomas and Industrial Exchange to...

Private Equity Fast Pitch: Lauren Mulholland

In this episode of Northstar’s Private Equity Fast Pitch podcast, Lauren sits down with Jeff...

SPS Source Talks: Christen Paras

In this episode of Sutton Place Strategies' Source Talks, MiddleGround's Head of Business Development, Christen...

Who is John Stewart?

MiddleGround Partner John Stewart started his career as an hourly line worker at Toyota Manufacturing...

October 5, 2019

Now the real work starts

Lauren Mulholland talks about co-founding MiddleGround Capital 18 months ago without an income and with...

October 3, 2019

Office to Shop Floor

We often learn something and continue to do it the same way for a long...

September 19, 2019

Small Wins

Like life, business is full of small wins... It’s college football season and while the...

September 1, 2019

Why We’re Different

"In order to make a difference, you have to dare to be different than others."...

August 23, 2019

Take Initiative

Take the initiative. Brittany had a frustrating onboarding process at Alco in 2016 when she...

August 15, 2019

Team Golf Outing in Kentucky

We use a lot of technology to keep our team connected at MiddleGround Capital but...

Welcome to Steel Craft

MiddleGround Capital is on a mission to preserve the future of North American Manufacturing. Check...

Town Hall

We meet every employee post-acquisition. In the first few weeks, our partners arrange town halls...

Kaizen in Action

Some things don’t need to be complicated. At MiddleGround Capital some of the best examples...

Our Portfolio Companies Inspire Us

This inspires us. The Founder of Steel Craft, which we just acquired, reads a text...

Empowering Workers

Why MiddleGround Capital is different? I used to think poorly of myself because I dropped...

New American Manufacturing Worker

The new American manufacturing worker wants more than a steady paycheck. The new worker wants...

Our Operating Experience

The Private Equity Sponsor community is a crowded field. Don't settle for the same old...

Team Celebration

When we started MiddleGround Capital in 2018, my kids’ playroom was our NY office. We...

Mama Wolf

Mama Wolf, Britany Dittmer A new face in American manufacturing. Production manager. Oversees 100 people....

Women in Private Equity

How can we get more women interested in private equity? We need mentors, peers, networking...

Welcome to Alco

Do you want to know what a MiddleGround Capital deal looks like? At MiddleGround, value...

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