Vance Street is a Los Angeles based private equity firm that acquires and builds engineered solutions companies in the medical, industrial, aerospace and defense markets. The firm invests in companies that provide mission critical products and solutions that solve difficult problems for blue chip customers and have earned an important position in their supply chain as a result.

Why do prospects want to do business with the firm?
The Vance Street mission is to partner with entrepreneurs and management teams who are great at solving customer challenges and help them scale their business. They invest for growth, often over-equitizing the business and putting cash on the balance sheet to fund new hires and facility expansion in the first year of their investment. Over 90% of Vance Street investments are in family-owned businesses or corporate carve-outs, many of which don’t involve advisors or are limited processes. Their founder testimonies support these claims.

Why do intermediaries present opportunities and want to conduct transactions with the firm?
Their network values Vance Street’s investment strategy and operating experience within the subsectors in which they invest. They approach deals with a level of knowledge that resonates with founders and allows them to move quickly in decision making and execution. They have a solid reputation within the deal making community of executing on transactions and giving constructive feedback on deals they choose not to pursue.