Track Record
What HarborWind is building.
The first HarborWind-branded acquisition closes in 2026.
We are evaluating founder-led industrial businesses with $2M–$8M in EBITDA, with equity and debt lined up before we sign an LOI, and two principals who make every decision.
Sourcing and underwriting
Committed capital partners
Two principals, every decision
The proof behind it
Seventeen acquisitions, sourced and closed.
Over roughly 14 years, co-founder Rocky Lopez built a lower-middle-market industrial record of 6 platforms and 11 add-ons. Every one was bought from a founder or a family, modernized, and held for the long term. That record is the proof behind HarborWind.
- Acquisitions led by a HarborWind partner
- 17
- Platforms and add‑ons
- 6 & 11
- Years in the lower middle market
- 18
The record, named
The companies our partners built.
Companies our founders acquired and operated, across Niche Manufacturing, Specialty Chemicals, and Industrial and Essential B2B Services. Named, and carried here without figures.
ActiveRight Coast Brands
Contract beverage manufacturer.
ExitedAndPlus
Custom software development for industrial and manufacturing enterprises.
ExitedBB Industries LLC
Stone fabrication tools since 1994.
ExitedCrunched
Smart cloud accounting software for founder-led businesses.
ExitedFlyInside
Virtual reality flight simulation.
ExitedHawk Research Laboratories, LLC
Professional refinishing coatings since 1978.
ExitedKiefer Aquatics
Aquatics equipment distributor since 1947.
ExitedPlibrico Company, LLC
Refractory materials since 1914.
ExitedRockford Systems, Inc.
Machine safeguarding since 1971.
- Exited
Web2Print
Production-grade digital file generation from business cards to billboards.
ExitedBonstone Materials Corporation
Epoxy adhesives for stone since 1962.
ExitedDirect Fabrication Solutions Inc.
Stone, tile, and concrete fabrication tools.
ExitedInnovative Tool Solutions LLC
Precision tooling for stone countertop fabrication.
ExitedSteptron Technologies, Inc.
Visual lockout/tagout procedures.
ExitedThe Lifeguard Store
Lifeguard gear and uniforms.
Selected outcomes
Four sectors, held to outcome.
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01
Industrial Manufacturer & Service Provider
An industrial manufacturer, bought near breakeven, held long, and nearly doubled revenue. New leadership, a new plant, modern systems.
Held in confidence through 2027. Nearly doubled revenue; a grand-slam, still-compounding hold.
On pace for more than50x
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02
Industrial Manufacturer & Service Provider
Bought directly from its founder. Recruited a strategic leadership team, built recurring revenue, and consolidated a scattered operation into one modern facility.
Held in confidence through 2027. More than doubled revenue.
Outcome6 to 7x
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03
Distributor: stone and countertop fabrication tooling
Recapitalized a distributor out of a PE seller during a sector downturn, swapped a cost-cutting CEO for a growth CEO, modernized its systems and inventory science, and expanded into the fastest-growing US markets.
Held in confidence through 2027. Nearly tripled revenue.
Outcome~5x
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04
Founder-owned specialty manufacturer
Bought a founder-owned specialty-manufacturing business that did not own its own product IP, brought the formulas and then the manufacturing fully in-house, and built an R&D capability.
Held in confidence through 2027. Roughly doubled revenue.
Outcome4 to 5x
The method
We buy businesses their founders would recognize in 20 years.
Buy. Build. Compound.
Seventeen times, a HarborWind partner found the right business, closed it, and built it. HarborWind was founded to do it again.
