Sentinel Capital Partners

Sentinel Capital Partners, L.L.C. is a private equity firm based in New York, specializing in investments in growing, mature, and lower middle market companies. Founded in 1995, the firm focuses on management buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, and going-private transactions, alongside mezzanine financing and structured equity investments. Sentinel seeks to invest in sectors such as aerospace and defense, business services, consumer products, healthcare, and industrial manufacturing. The firm typically targets companies with enterprise values between $25 million and $250 million and EBITDA ranging from $7 million to $80 million, investing between $5 million and $175 million. While it generally prefers to take majority stakes and actively participate in management, it may also co-invest selectively. Sentinel aims for exits within five to seven years through various strategies, including sales and initial public offerings, although it may hold investments for up to ten years.