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S Group Capital
S Group Capital is the independent sponsor business of the S Group Companies, which also includes divisions concentrating on real estate and digital media.
S Group Capital
S Group Capital is the independent sponsor business of the S Group Companies, which also includes divisions concentrating on real estate and digital media. It partners with equity and mezzanine funds to close transactions, often bringing in Operating Partners or executives. Its mandate is to build a portfolio of attractive small cap and lower middle market private businesses. It has completed three platform acquisitions and two add-on acquisitions since inception in early 2014.
General information
Firm type
Private Equity
Year founded
2014
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
New York
Corporate office
261 Madison Avenue, Suite 1045, New York, NY 10016, United States
Principals
Shail B. Sheth
Founder and President
Romain Kapadia
Operating Partner - Hospitality & Leisure
Paul Cooper
Operating Partner - Manufacturing / Transmission & Distribution
David Pastrana
Operating Partner - Consumer
Roland Soohoo
Operating Partner - Aerospace & Defense / Technology
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at S Group Capital?
Shail B. Sheth, the firm’s Founder and President, leads all investment decisions. He built the firm’s acquisition track record starting in 1996, first through Buckingham Capital Partners and subsequently through Max Capital and S Group Capital. A team of four Operating Partners supports Sheth across sector-specific deal evaluation and portfolio-company oversight.
How does S Group Capital source proprietary deal flow?
The firm sources opportunities primarily through the personal networks of its founder and its cadre of Operating Partners, who often lead target companies or industry segments. S Group Capital actively welcomes proposals from business owners, intermediaries, and management teams, and states it responds promptly while treating all submissions as confidential.
What investment stages does S Group Capital typically target?
S Group Capital states its mandate as building a portfolio of small-cap and lower-middle-market private businesses. Its disclosed holdings and prior exits reflect mature, cash-flow-positive companies — most already operating at scale — rather than venture-stage or growth-equity positions. The firm pursues majority control in virtually all of its disclosed transactions.
What is S Group Capital’s known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
Co-investment is structurally embedded in the firm’s independent-sponsor model. The firm explicitly partners with outside equity and mezzanine funds on each transaction, and uses Operating Partners to provide operational oversight. S Group Capital does not appear to maintain a proprietary pool of committed capital, making its co-investment relationships the primary engine for deal funding.
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