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May 11, 2022
MiddleGround Made: Lindsay Precast
We are extremely excited to present MiddleGround Made, a new series showcasing the amazing work...
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April 5, 2022
Buyouts: Deal Activity Booms Despite Challenges
Last year saw record levels of manufacturing and industrial sector dealmaking and 2022 has started...
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March 24, 2022
BluWave Recognizes Top 50 PE Firms – MiddleGround Earns “Top Innovator of the Year”
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March 15, 2022
18th Annual Best Places to Work in Kentucky Award Winners Announced
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March 14, 2022
Panel: Driving Sustainable Profitability for Manufacturing Companies
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February 10, 2022
2021: Year in Review
MiddleGround reflects on our biggest accomplishments of the past year and talk about where we're...
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December 9, 2021
MiddleGround Portfolio Company Bus Tour
Earlier this year, the entire team at Middleground hopped on a bus to experience our...
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November 4, 2021
PE Hub: MiddleGround puts the pedal to the metal in auto-industry investments
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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,...
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August 12, 2021
Investors & Operators: Lauren Mulholland
In this episode of 51 Labs' podcast, Investors & Operators, Lauren Mulholland, Founding Partner, sits...
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September 7, 2020
Buyouts: Value Creation via ESG
The focus on ESG is growing, yet few lower middle-market private equity fund managers have...
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April 21, 2020
How Can Private Equity Help Manufacturers?
MiddleGround partners John Stewart and Scot Duncan teamed up with Thomas and Industrial Exchange to...
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March 20, 2020
Private Equity Fast Pitch: Lauren Mulholland
In this episode of Northstar’s Private Equity Fast Pitch podcast, Lauren sits down with Jeff...
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March 19, 2020
SPS Source Talks: Christen Paras
In this episode of Sutton Place Strategies' Source Talks, MiddleGround's Head of Business Development, Christen...
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March 13, 2020
Who is John Stewart?
MiddleGround Partner John Stewart started his career as an hourly line worker at Toyota Manufacturing...
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October 5, 2019
Now the real work starts
Lauren Mulholland talks about co-founding MiddleGround Capital 18 months ago without an income and with...
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October 3, 2019
Office to Shop Floor
We often learn something and continue to do it the same way for a long...
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September 19, 2019
Small Wins
Like life, business is full of small wins... It’s college football season and while the...
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September 1, 2019
Why We’re Different
"In order to make a difference, you have to dare to be different than others."...
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August 23, 2019
Take Initiative
Take the initiative. Brittany had a frustrating onboarding process at Alco in 2016 when she...
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August 15, 2019
Team Golf Outing in Kentucky
We use a lot of technology to keep our team connected at MiddleGround Capital but...
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August 1, 2019
Welcome to Steel Craft
MiddleGround Capital is on a mission to preserve the future of North American Manufacturing. Check...
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July 1, 2019
Town Hall
We meet every employee post-acquisition. In the first few weeks, our partners arrange town halls...
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July 1, 2019
Kaizen in Action
Some things don’t need to be complicated. At MiddleGround Capital some of the best examples...
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June 24, 2019
Our Portfolio Companies Inspire Us
This inspires us. The Founder of Steel Craft, which we just acquired, reads a text...
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June 21, 2019
Empowering Workers
Why MiddleGround Capital is different? I used to think poorly of myself because I dropped...
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June 12, 2019
New American Manufacturing Worker
The new American manufacturing worker wants more than a steady paycheck. The new worker wants...
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June 1, 2019
Our Operating Experience
The Private Equity Sponsor community is a crowded field. Don't settle for the same old...
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June 1, 2019
Team Celebration
When we started MiddleGround Capital in 2018, my kids’ playroom was our NY office. We...
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May 23, 2019
Mama Wolf
Mama Wolf, Britany Dittmer A new face in American manufacturing. Production manager. Oversees 100 people....
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May 1, 2019
Women in Private Equity
How can we get more women interested in private equity? We need mentors, peers, networking...
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May 1, 2019
Welcome to Alco
Do you want to know what a MiddleGround Capital deal looks like? At MiddleGround, value...
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