Watervale Equity Partners

Watervale Equity Partners is a private equity firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm specializes in lower middle market investments, focusing on strategic acquisitions, recapitalizations, corporate carve-outs, and special situation investments. Targeting companies within North America, Watervale primarily invests in the industrial and consumer sectors, emphasizing areas such as engineered products, value-added distribution, and industrial services. Its investment strategy encompasses industries including aerospace and defense, automotive aftermarket, building products, food and beverage, industrial technology, motion and process control, niche apparel, test and measurement, and water and filtration. Typically, Watervale seeks to invest in companies with an EBITDA of less than $6 million and an enterprise value of under $50 million, making equity investments of less than $25 million. The firm prefers control investments and works collaboratively with management teams to implement strategic plans that foster long-term value creation.