Founder-Led Independent Sponsor Platform

More than a buyer.

Sheriff & Co. makes control investments in founder- and family-owned businesses, with capital markets, institutional credit, and public-company operating capability under one roof. We engineer acquisitions, recapitalizations, roll-ups, and exits in-house.

Full capital stack in-house. Operator-led. Path-agnostic exit.

$1.5Bn+
raised and deployed as sponsors across 40+ investments
$500Bn+
ECM issuance led
160+
institutional lender relationships
175+ yrs
senior principal experience

Transaction figures reflect the collective principal experience of the team prior to or outside Sheriff & Co.

Where We Invest

Where We Invest

Control investments in cash-flow-positive lower-middle-market businesses with $3 to $15mm of EBITDA and durable unit economics.

Equity Check

$5 to $50mm

Market Profile

Fragmented sectors or businesses with operating headroom

Value Creation

Operating discipline, selective acquisitions, and capital access, not financial engineering

Why We're Different

Why We're Different

The capabilities most sponsors assemble later, built into the platform from day one.

Operate

Public-company operators who have founded, scaled, and exited businesses, with $1.2Bn+ of P&L managed across the bench.

Finance

Institutional credit access across 160+ lender relationships ($20mm to $2.5Bn+), with no broker reliance.

Scale

Technology-enabled integration and an operating-advisor bench.

Exit

In-house go-public and private-sale execution, including IPO, direct listing, de-SPAC, RTO, or sale.

Senior Principals

Senior Principals

Sheriff & Co. brings operators, sponsors, credit specialists, and capital-markets veterans into each investment, from origination through exit.

Alan Sheriff

40+ years ECM, M&A, and venture investing. Founder and former Co-CEO, Solebury Capital. Former Vice Chairman, PNC Corporate and Institutional Bank. Former Co-Head, ECM Americas, CSFB. 1,000+ equity transactions and $500Bn+ ECM issuance led.

Stephen Sheriff

Former public-company COO. 15+ years investing and operating. 40+ Riverhill Ventures investments. 25%+ net revenue growth and 120%+ gross-margin expansion YoY. Scaled and exited an eight-figure quick-service business.

Aaron Schleicher

Former Kirkland and Ellis capital-markets partner. $3Bn+ IPO experience, including a $1.2Bn MLP. $1.6Bn+ SPAC IPOs structured. Former S&P 500 in-house counsel.

Daniel Sheriff

Co-founder and co-head, CSCG. 160+ institutional lender relationships. Former AVP, PNC Corporate Banking. U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army veteran.

Platform

The Platform Behind Each Transaction

Catalyst Corporate Advisory

Go-public readiness, public-company operating support, advisor coordination, and post-transaction execution.

Catalyst Strategic Credit Group

Acquisition, growth, and recapitalization financing across 160+ lender relationships, $20mm to $2.5Bn+.

Operating Advisor Network

Senior operators, credit and treasury experts, and functional executives across healthcare, industrials, technology, financial services, consumer, infrastructure, and other sectors.

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