Auxo Investment Partners

Auxo Investment Partners is a private equity firm established in 2016, headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with an additional office in Los Angeles, California. The firm focuses on mid-market investments across various sectors, including manufacturing, industrial, transportation, distribution, and business services, primarily within North America. Auxo targets companies with EBITDA ranging from $1.5 million to $15 million, often engaging with owner-operators planning for retirement or family succession, as well as existing management teams aiming for growth. The firm typically prefers majority-control investments but is open to select minority-partner opportunities. With a long-term investment horizon, Auxo seeks to support businesses that have been operational for five years or more.

Kimberly Beute

CFO

Curtis Chu

Associate

Brian Dora

Principal

Alena Golovchenko

Senior Associate

Jeffrey Helminski

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Seth Jorde

Associate

Max Keenoy

Principal

Jack Kolodny

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Chris Merendino

Vice President

Michael Tedori

Vice President

Fred Tedori

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Brandon Walsh

Vice President

Past deals in Michigan

Andrie

Acquisition in 2019
From the Great Lakes to the Illinois and Mississippi river systems, Andrie is the Midwest’s premiere marine transportation company. Founded in 1988, they provide a wide range of award-winning services to a broad range of customers – from local, national and global corporations to small and medium-sized companies alike.

Prestige Stamping

Acquisition in 2018
Prestige is a domestic manufacture of washers and stampings since 1967. Materials we stamp include, aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, low and high carbon steels as well as high strength, pre-tempered and stainless steels with a thickness rance of .020" through .375". Heat treat processes provided include case hardening, carbonitride, through hardening, superficial hardening, and bright annealing. Plating finishes include zinc, copper, brass, nickel, anodizing, phosphate, organic phosphates, dacromet, and mechanical and hot dip galvanizing.

Midway Rotary Die Solutions

Acquisition in 2018
Midway Rotary Die Solutions is a provider of dies for customers in the automotive, packaging, medical, food processing, tag-and-label, specialty and photo-cutting industries.

Bernal Rotary Dies

Acquisition in 2017
Bernal performance is the benchmark for high-speed rotary die-cutting and has established a new standard for inline web-printing.