Pat Riley

Akoya Capital Partners LLC (Akoya Capital) is an independent private equity subsidiary of Akoya Capital LLC founded in 2005 by Max DeZara. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Torch Lake Capital Partners LP, a special situation fund, invests in lower middle market companies located in the United States and Canada. The fund targets companies with revenues of up to $300 million, and sustainable competitive advantage. It focuses on manufacturing, distribution, service and retail companies within the consumer, industrial and business services sectors. It partners with companies and management teams in transitional situations such as LBOs, MBOs, corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, restructurings, and growth capital. It prefers to seek controlling positions in the company and also considers non-control positions when an appropriate level of board influence can be obtained. It invests in the range of $5 - $20 million and makes larger investments along with limited partners and other co-investment partners.

Pfingsten Partners LLC (Pfingsten Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1989 by Thomas Steven Bagley. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.