Sole Source Capital is a private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle market companies in the specialty manufacturing and industrial distribution sectors. The firm partners with management teams to drive transformational change through a combination of strategic acquisitions and organic initiatives.

Sole Source Capital LLC

Sole Source Capital

Founded in 2016 by David Fredston, Sole Source Capital is a private equity firm that thematically invests in fragmented, high-growth industrial subsectors. Sole Source seeks founder-owned businesses or corporate carve-outs that will benefit from the team’s operating and M&A capabilities. The Firm has a strong operating heritage that enables it to execute a buy-and-build strategy with significant downside protection. The Firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with an additional office in Santa Monica, California.

Investment Criteria: 
North American Industrial Businesses 
EBITDA Sub $20M 
Privately-owned Businesses or Corporate Carve-outs
Secular Tailwinds and Defensive End-markets 
Minimal Customer Concentration 
Sustainable Competitive Advantages.

Sole Source Capital seeks 'to build a large-scale, customer-focused seafood distribution business, with a significant breadth of geographic reach and product offering' through its acquisition of Lee Fish USA.

https://lnkd.in/gGhGT5bd

#privateequity #mergersandacquisitions #buyandbuild #distribution #seafoodindustry #seafood #partnership

2022 was a very active year for the Sole Source Team. Here is an update on SSC from the past year: https://lnkd.in/g99jDTR6

#privateequity #mergersandacquisitions #yearinreview #seafoodindustry #distribution #contractmanufacturing #packaging #extruder #aidc #systemintegration #labels #founderowned #founders

SSC has acquired Lee Fish USA. This marks Sole Source's 40th investment since inception and its 3rd platform in the foodservice distribution sector. 

https://lnkd.in/gwmSKjza

#privateequity #mergersandacquisitions #partnership #founderowned #seafoodindustry #seafooddistribution #foodserviceindustry #distribution #foodservicedistribution

We are pleased to announce two new acquisitions to the I.D. Images, LLC |  Labeling Solutions to Enhance Brands, Supply Chains, & Productivity | Thermal Transfer Ribbons | platform.

Summit Labels and Precision Label Ltd are both prime label manufacturers to food and beverage, grocery, cosmetic and nutraceutical end-markets. This marks ID Images 7th add-on acquisition since becoming a Sole Source Capital portfolio company in August 2021.

https://lnkd.in/ggZyxFkh

#privateequity #mergersandacquisitions #labels #primelabels #partnership #foodandbeverage #grocery #cosmetics #nutraceuticals

We are pleased to announce the 5th acquisition for I.D. Images, LLC |  Labeling Solutions to Enhance Brands, Supply Chains, & Productivity | Thermal Transfer Ribbons |  

Hickman Label Company, LLC is a provider of highly-customized label solutions and headquartered in Tennessee. 

https://lnkd.in/gTH8Unum

#privateequity #mergersacquisitions #partnership #labels #labelingsolutions

We are pleased to announce Worldwide Produce's fifth acquisition through its partnership with Left Coast Food Company. 

https://lnkd.in/dJVHrbEH 

#partnership #privateequity #fooddistribution #produce #producedistribution #foodserviceindustry #foodservice #californiabusiness

SSC is pleased to announce its partnership with Westwood Laboratories, Inc. This marks SSC's first investment in the contract manufacturing space. 

https://lnkd.in/gxJ3iYjG

#contractmanufacturing #personalcareproducts #petproducts #overthecounter #privateequity #partnership #acqusition

We are very proud to announce that we have been acknowledged for the 4th consecutive year as a top Founder-Friendly firm! Thank you to all of the wonderful founders, families, and entrepreneurs that we have had the pleasure of partnering with!

https://lnkd.in/gcy4NrPm

 #founders #entrepreneurs #familyownedbusiness #familyowned #partnership #thankyou #privateequity #incmagazine

We are very proud to announce SSC's 2nd add-on acquisition for Dallas Plastics Corporation. Emballage MPP expands Dallas Plastics' reach into Canada.

https://lnkd.in/eza45aN5 

#privateequity #partnerships #founderowned #flexiblepackaging #polyethylene #blownfilm #foodpackaging #mergersandacquisitions

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