Titan Equity Partners

Titan Equity Partners specializes in corporate carve-outs, spin-offs, and recapitalizations of lower middle-market industrial and business services companies. The firm typically targets divisions generating $10 million to $75 million in revenue that have been designated non-core by larger corporate parents. It acquires these businesses through negotiated transactions, then deploys operational and strategic resources to transition them into standalone enterprises with independent management, financial systems, and growth strategies.

Titan focuses on sourcing opportunities directly from corporate development teams at large industrial conglomerates and public companies, rather than relying on intermediary-led auction processes. This relationship-driven approach aims to identify carve-out candidates before they reach a broad sale process. The firm's concentration on divestitures and spin-offs creates a pipeline of proprietary or limited-competition opportunities distinct from typical middle-market buyout origination.

Titan targets divisions and businesses with $10 million to $75 million in revenue. This puts the firm in the lower middle market segment. The emphasis is on operational complexity rather than enterprise value thresholds — the key filter is whether a business unit has suffered from a lack of dedicated strategic focus as a non-core division within a larger organization and would benefit from standalone ownership and operational investment.

The firm's stated geographic focus is North America, specifically targeting industrial and business services companies in the United States. Its Chicago headquarters positions it near a dense concentration of middle-market industrial businesses in the Midwest, Great Lakes, and broader US manufacturing corridor. There is no public record of the firm pursuing carve-out opportunities outside North America.

Titan's sole focus is corporate divestitures — acquiring orphan divisions from larger companies and operating them as standalone entities. This is structurally different from a generalist buyout firm that may source through auctions and pursue multiple transaction types. Titan's model requires deep operational expertise in the separation process, including the ability to quickly stand up independent finance, legal, HR, and IT functions, which typical buyout firms may resource on an ad-hoc rather than dedicated basis.