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Our Core Strength is Growing Businesses

Our Core Strength is Growing Businesses

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Good People, Good Partners

“CenterOak is a significant part of our team and a true partner, focused on the long-term success of the business and our people.” –Mike Currie, CEO of SurfacePrep

Solid Team, Sound Advice

Solid Team, Sound Advice

A Two-Decade Team

“The expertise and business acumen that the CenterOak team brings to our operation is invaluable.” –Kevin Kormondy, CEO of FullSpeed Automotive

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Good Partners, Good Listeners

"I made the perfect decision to partner with CenterOak, not only for my family but for all the families within our company." -Leland Smith, Founder & CEO of Service Champions

$2B+
equity capital commitments

20+
years our investment partners have successfully invested together

$8B+
transaction value

100+
acquisitions

At CenterOak, we invest in lower middle-market private companies, with a core team that has successfully invested together for over 20 years

Our team’s tenure is evidence of our effectiveness as a unit. In our collaborative investment process, we bring together the perspectives we earned throughout our professional careers, including being the CEO of a closely held family business, selling and operating the company with multiple private equity investments, and assessing deals as investment bankers, lenders, legal counsel, accountants, and consultants.

For more than two decades, our senior team has been working together to deliver advice and guidance to portfolio companies and their management teams to help create value for all stakeholders.
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At CenterOak, we are united around our core values

We invest in middle-market companies with high potential for long-term growth. Our investment focus spans the industrial growth, consumer and business services sectors. We partner with managers and operating executives to implement financial, operational and strategic growth initiatives to help drive value for family and founder owned businesses as well as private equity backed companies. We do this while adhering to our core values of excellence, integrity and respect for the company’s legacy.

EXCELLENCE

“CenterOak understands successful investments are tied to finding a balance in operational and financial excellence along with a focus on culture and people.”

– Bill Scheller, CenterOak Operating Partner and former CEO of BlackHawk Industrial

LEGACY

“The CenterOak team emphasizes partnering with founders and ownership teams to continue and improve the strong legacy characteristics of a family business.”

– Steve Vetter, CenterOak Operating Partner and Former CEO of Ennis‐Flint

INTEGRITY

“What is most unique about CenterOak, simply stated, is integrity. CenterOak is interested in building recurring and long-term relationships with sellers, management teams and advisers.”

– Jim Harris, CenterOak Operating Partner and former Interim CEO of Southern Tide

  • “CenterOak demonstrated their hard work ethic and desire to work alongside the management team from the very beginning of the process.”

    - AAKASH SHAHCEO of AAKASH CHEMICALS

  • “The expertise and business acumen that the CenterOak team brings to our operation is invaluable.”

    - KEVIN KORMONDY CEO OF FULLSPEED AUTOMOTIVE

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    “Simply put, I made the perfect decision to partner with CenterOak, not only for my family but for all the families within our company.”

    - LELAND SMITHFOUNDER & CEO OF SERVICE CHAMPIONS

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    “The members of CenterOak are experts in acquisitions and supporting organic growth objectives through moving to adjacent product categories.”

    - MIKE CURRIECEO OF GNAP

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    "What sets CenterOak apart is their collaborative nature. They have a very clear understanding of what the business drivers are."

    - JENNIFER SCHULERCEO OF WETZEL'S PRETZELS