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AEA Investors

Medium
New York City, United States · Founded 1968 · AUM US$19 billion · Website
Leveraged BuyoutGrowth CapitalMezzanine CapitalMiddle Market DebtManufacturingDistributionSpecialty ChemicalsConsumer ProductsBusiness ServicesServiceNorth AmericaEuropeAsia
Last verified
10/8/2026

Firm Overview

122
Portfolio tracked
6
Sectors
3
Regions
10/8/2026
Last verified

AEA Investors is an American middle market private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, growth capital, and mezzanine investments.

AEA Investors LP was founded in 1968 as American European Associates to manage investments on behalf of S.G. Warburg & Co. and the Rockefeller, Mellon, and Harriman families. Headquartered in New York City, the firm has established a long-standing presence in the middle market, operating additional offices in Stamford, London, Munich, and Shanghai.\n\nThe firm operates across several investment platforms, including middle market private equity, small business private equity, and mezzanine and middle market debt. Since 1983, AEA has raised over $15 billion in capital from high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors. Its investment activities focus on sectors such as manufacturing, distribution, specialty chemicals, and consumer products, with a geographic focus primarily on the United States and Europe.

Founded1968
HeadquartersNew York City, United States
AUMUS$19 billion
Target investmentMiddle Market
EmployeesNot specified
StrategiesLeveraged Buyout, Growth Capital, Mezzanine Capital, Middle Market Debt
Sector focusManufacturing, Distribution, Specialty Chemicals, Consumer Products, Business Services, Service
Geographic focusNorth America, Europe, Asia

Leadership

John Garcia
CEO and Chairman
Vincent Mai
Former Chairman
Chaired the firm from 1998 until 2011.

Notable Investments

Burt's Bees24 Hour FitnessMelissa & DougEvoqua Water Technologies LLCAcosta Inc.Houghton InternationalJack'sScan Global LogisticsUnifrax CorporationPregis

Historical and current deals referenced in public sources.

Portfolio Companies

CompanySectorStatusWebsite
1-800 Contacts, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
50 Floor, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
829 Studios—CurrentVisit ↗
Acosta, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Allied Power Group—CurrentVisit ↗
American Dental Companies—CurrentVisit ↗
American Expediting—CurrentVisit ↗
American Oncology Network—CurrentVisit ↗
AmeriVet Partners Management, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Aramsco Holdings, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
AS Software—CurrentVisit ↗
Ascential Technologies—CurrentVisit ↗
At Home—CurrentVisit ↗
B.I. Incorporated—CurrentVisit ↗
Balboa Instruments—CurrentVisit ↗
Barnet Products Corporation—CurrentVisit ↗
Bespoke Partners—CurrentVisit ↗
BMS Enterprises—CurrentVisit ↗
BOA Group—CurrentVisit ↗
Brand Networks—CurrentVisit ↗
Burt's Bees, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Cenegenics—CurrentVisit ↗
Chemical Guys—CurrentVisit ↗
Cimsense—CurrentVisit ↗
CLS Management Services, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Cogent Healthcare—CurrentVisit ↗
Colony Hardware Corporation—CurrentVisit ↗
Commonwealth Pain & Spine—CurrentVisit ↗
Convenience Food Systems B.V.—CurrentVisit ↗
CPG International Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Crane Group—CurrentVisit ↗
CRB Water—CurrentVisit ↗
Dana Safety Supply—CurrentVisit ↗
Dayton Parts—CurrentVisit ↗
Dematic—CurrentVisit ↗
Entregado Group—CurrentVisit ↗
Evans—CurrentVisit ↗
Evans Network—CurrentVisit ↗
Evoqua Water Technologies—CurrentVisit ↗
Excelitas Technologies Corp.—CurrentVisit ↗
EZ Texting—CurrentVisit ↗
Flow Control Group—CurrentVisit ↗
Galco Industrial Electronics, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Global Precision Products—CurrentVisit ↗
GMS Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Henry Company—CurrentVisit ↗
Hero Digital (Huge)—CurrentVisit ↗
Houghton International, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Huge—CurrentVisit ↗
Impetus Wellness Group—CurrentVisit ↗
Implus Footcare, LLC—CurrentVisit ↗
In the Swim—CurrentVisit ↗
Industrial Acoustics Company—CurrentVisit ↗
Industrial Controls—CurrentVisit ↗
Inovar—CurrentVisit ↗
Jack's Family Restaurants—CurrentVisit ↗
Kranson Industries, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Kranson Industries, Inc. (TricorBraun)—CurrentVisit ↗
LoneStar Group—CurrentVisit ↗
Magna5—CurrentVisit ↗
Mark Spain Real Estate—CurrentVisit ↗
Melissa & Doug, LLC—CurrentVisit ↗
Meritus Gas Partners—CurrentVisit ↗
Metro Vein Centers—CurrentVisit ↗
Monroe Engineering—CurrentVisit ↗
Montway, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
National Carwash Solutions—CurrentVisit ↗
National Rehab Equipment, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Nations Roof—CurrentVisit ↗
NES Fircroft—CurrentVisit ↗
Northern China German Automotive—CurrentVisit ↗
Numotion—CurrentVisit ↗
Oceans Healthcare—CurrentVisit ↗
Omega Acquisition Corporation—CurrentVisit ↗
P&B Intermodal—CurrentVisit ↗
Pave America—CurrentVisit ↗
Pexco LLC—CurrentVisit ↗
Phillips Pet Food & Supplies—CurrentVisit ↗
PLZ Aeroscience Corporation—CurrentVisit ↗
Polygon Holding AB—CurrentVisit ↗
PPC Industries, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Pregis Corporation—CurrentVisit ↗
Pro Mach Group, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Process Sensing Technologies—CurrentVisit ↗
RED Global—CurrentVisit ↗
Redwood Logistics—CurrentVisit ↗
Rees Scientific—CurrentVisit ↗
RelaDyne, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Riviera Partners—CurrentVisit ↗
ROI CX Solutions—CurrentVisit ↗
SBP Holding LP (Singer Bishop)—CurrentVisit ↗
Scan Global Logistics—CurrentVisit ↗
SCIO Automation—CurrentVisit ↗
Sextant Education Corp.—CurrentVisit ↗
Shoes for Crews, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Singer Industrial—CurrentVisit ↗
SitelogIQ—CurrentVisit ↗
Sparrows Group—CurrentVisit ↗
Spectrum Control—CurrentVisit ↗
Spectrum Control (f.k.a API Technologies Corp.)—CurrentVisit ↗
Spectrum Plastics Group—CurrentVisit ↗
Splash Car Wash—CurrentVisit ↗
Springs Window Fashions—CurrentVisit ↗
SRS Distribution Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Suhyang Networks—CurrentVisit ↗
Swanson Industries, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
The Lifetime Value Co.—CurrentVisit ↗
The Oncology Institute—CurrentVisit ↗
ThreeSixty Group, Ltd.—CurrentVisit ↗
TileBar—CurrentVisit ↗
Traeger Pellet Grills Holdings, LLC—CurrentVisit ↗
TricorBraun Holdings, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
Trinamix—CurrentVisit ↗
Troxell Communications, Inc.—CurrentVisit ↗
True Blue Car Wash—CurrentVisit ↗
Unifrax Corporation—CurrentVisit ↗
Verdesian Life Sciences—CurrentVisit ↗
Veseris—CurrentVisit ↗
Visual Comfort & Co.—CurrentVisit ↗
Window Nation—CurrentVisit ↗
WorldWide Electric—CurrentVisit ↗

Source: www.aeainvestors.com/portfolio

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