North American Funds

North American Funds LLC, established in 1989, is a private equity firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The company specializes in investing in smaller and lower middle-market companies, typically with revenues between $5 million and $40 million and EBITDA between $500,000 and $5 million. It focuses on acquiring or making significant investments in companies owned by retiring entrepreneurs or family business owners, and also engages in add-on acquisitions, recapitalizations, small corporate divestitures, and private equity portfolio company sales. North American Funds primarily invests in sectors such as manufacturing, food and beverage, medical services, consumer products or services, value-added distribution/logistics, business services, education services or support, and financial services. It does not invest in start-ups, early stage companies, or industries with rapid technological change and project-based opportunities.