Blackford Capital, a leading lower middle market private equity firm, is proud to be named to Inc. Magazine’s Founder-Friendly Investors list for 2024. Blackford Capital is one of only three Michigan-based private equity firms included among the 269 investment...
Martin Stein, Blackford Capital’s Founder and Managing Director, has been named to the prestigious ‘Grand Rapids 200’ list consecutively in 2023 and 2024. This group of 200 leaders in West Michigan represents the most influential C-suite executives and directors in...
Blackford Capital portfolio company Artificial Turf Supply recognized as a first-time Inc. 5000 honoree Inc. Magazine announced today that Blackford Capital, a leading lower middle market private equity firm that acquires, manages and builds value in lower middle...
Blackford Capital is pleased to announce it has been recognized with two International M&A Awards by The M&A Advisor for Deal of the Year and Private Equity Professional of the Year Jeffrey Johnson
Grand Rapids, MI, November 20, 2023 – Blackford Capital, a leading lower middle market private equity firm, is pleased to announce that its Managing Director Jeffrey Johnson has been named PE Professional of the Year by The M&A Advisor at the 22nd Annual M&A...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., October 31, 2023 – Blackford Capital, a leading lower middle market private equity firm, today announced it has been named to Inc.’s 2023 list of Founder-Friendly Investors. Introduced in 2019, Inc.’s Founder-Friendly Investors list honors the...
Blackford Capital, a leading lower middle market private equity firm, today announced that the company hasbeen named a Best of MichBusiness honoree in the Finance category. The Best of MichBusiness Awards program celebrates the companies and individuals that make...
Blackford Capital has been named a finalist for three 2023 M&A Advisor Awards including Private Equity Firm of the Year.
“When Blackford Capital acquired Quality Aluminum Products, a building products company, it inherited a third-generation family business that needed liquidity and a resolution to succession uncertainties…”
Grand Rapids, MI, March 20, 2023 – Blackford Capital, a leading lower middle market private equity firm, today announced the company has been named “M&A Dealmaker of the Year” by the 8th Annual M&A All Star Awards presented by the Association for Corporate...
Blackford celebrates its position as a leading private equity firm for family-owned small-middle market businesses with recognition in Deal and Firm of the Year Awards categories GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., February 6, 2023 – Blackford Capital, a leading lower middle market...