Stoic Holdings

Stoic Holdings

Stoic Holdings was co-founded by Managing Partners Ryan Berk in Denver and Michael Dworkis in Washington, D.C. The firm draws on the partners’ combined experience in corporate management, public and private equity investing, and investment banking to pursue a concentrated mandate. The firm makes control investments in lower-middle-market industrial and service companies, often taking an active operational role post-close. Its strategy spans buyout, growth, and succession situations, executed through direct holding-company structures rather than blind-pool funds. The active portfolio includes Accredited Home Elevator, a home-elevator manufacturer and servicer serving the U.S. East Coast. Exited positions include Store It Cold, the maker of CoolBot, a patented device that converts standard air conditioners into walk-in coolers; the product has sold over 50,000 units across 60 countries. Arctic Industries, a walk-in cooler manufacturer with plants in Miami and Los Angeles, was also exited. Stoic operates from two principal locations — Denver and Washington, D.C. — and leverages an external network of operating partners rather than a large in-house team. There is no publicly disclosed AUM or aggregate deployment figure, and the firm does not publish details on adjacent vehicles or philanthropic structures. The firm has not publicized a dated operational event in the last 24 months. The firm is structured as a permanent-capital buyer rather than a conventional fund manager; its two partners lead both investment decisions and portfolio operations directly, without a separate investment committee. That lean, partner-level engagement model and its focus on longevity-oriented control deals — often in niche industrials like elevator service and cold-chain equipment — differentiates it from diversified private equity platforms that raise successive blind-pool funds.