Blue Equity
Blue Equity, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm established in 2004 and headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, with additional offices in New York and Mexico City. The firm specializes in investments across various stages, including idea phase, seed/startup, and mature business cycles, as well as divestments of large public entities. Blue Equity focuses on growth capital investments, buyouts, turnarounds, and industry consolidation, primarily targeting lower middle market and later-stage companies. The firm seeks to acquire controlling interests in its investments, typically ranging from $0.1 million to $50 million, and often collaborates with existing management teams to enhance business performance. Its diversified portfolio spans numerous sectors, including distribution, media, hospitality, healthcare, and sports. Blue Equity aims to help enterprises realize their developmental potential through strategic partnerships and investment, contributing to both short-term stability and long-term growth.
Gilford-Johnson Flooring operates as a flooring distributors. Gilford-Johnson Flooring is uniquely positioned to offer product diversification and exclusive brands to customers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, and Tennessee. Plans for the future are to expand the business with acquisitions, new partners and new product lines to become one of the leading distributors in the nation.
Private Equity Round in 2013
Angel’s Envy is a craft bourbon production created by the world’s most renowned master distiller, Lincoln Henderson. Positioned as the world’s premier super-premium bourbon brand, it is distilled in the traditional homeland of bourbon, Kentucky, where the climate and soil produce the best base ingredients for bourbon. The aging process begins with a period of four to six years in American white oak barrels, followed by three to six additional months of aging in hand-selected port casks. As bourbon ages in the barrels, it’s drawn into the charred white oak during summer months and it recedes back into the virgin barrels during winter months.