Riveter Capital

Co-founders Colleen Gurda and Sarah Abdel-Razek jointly oversee deal sourcing, execution, and portfolio management. Both are listed with identical responsibilities on the firm's website, and there is no separate CIO or investment committee chair disclosed.

The firm's exclusive focus on women- and minority-owned or -managed lower-middle-market companies creates a thematic filter that likely surfaces opportunities through networks tied to the founders' professional histories and the firm's advisory board, rather than through broad auction processes. The firm hasn't detailed a proprietary sourcing platform.

Neither. Riveter Capital is a private equity firm executing control buyouts and founder transitions in the lower middle market, not a venture investor or a family office. The firm has not disclosed a managed fund or outside limited partners.

All disclosed activity points to direct deals. The firm lists four portfolio companies acquired through buyouts or ownership transitions between 2021 and 2025, with no mention of fund-of-fund commitments or LP investments in other managers.

The firm targets established, profitable businesses — its stated criteria require at least $10 million in revenue and $2 million in EBITDA — and engages in buyouts, founder ownership transitions, growth capital, and rollup strategies rather than early-stage venture rounds.

The firm does not publish an exclusion list. Its stated sector focus covers consumer and retail, healthcare services, manufacturing and industrials, business services, and distribution. All four named portfolio companies are in food production and distribution, though that concentration may reflect opportunity rather than a formal avoidance of other sectors.

Riveter Capital has not disclosed its capital base. The firm was founded by two experienced lower-mid-market investors, not a single wealthy family, and presents itself as an independent private equity firm rather than a family office.