Ironwood Partners

Ironwood Partners LLC is a private equity firm founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York, New York. It specializes in investments in the manufacturing and distribution sectors, targeting middle-market companies in North America. Ironwood Partners employs lean business systems, a management approach developed by the Toyota Motor Company, to enhance operational performance in its portfolio companies. The firm primarily engages in buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth financings, focusing on companies with enterprise values up to $100 million. Ironwood seeks to gain control or share control in its investments and prefers to secure board representation to facilitate strategic oversight. The firm does not pursue investments in turnaround situations, aiming instead for companies that can achieve long-term capital appreciation through improved management practices.