Description: Canal Holdings partners with management teams in the lower middle market to provide customized capital solutions and strategic guidance.
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Investment Focus
Canal Holdings, a private investment firm headquartered near Cleveland, Ohio, was formed in 2005 when two like-minded investors pooled their resources and expertise to provide growth capital and strategic oversight to a small healthcare staffing company. The firm is named as a tribute to the early waterways that entrepreneurs funded, built, and managed to get their perishable products to profitable markets. Canal seeks to provide similar support to small businesses as a conduit to capital and strategic oper
Canal structures debt and equity investments of up to $7 million for small businesses to fund acquisitions, other ownership transitions, recapitalizations, organic growth opportunities, and strategic add-on acquisitions. An investment by Canal will always lead with debt and each transaction is customized to provide the company with a strong balance sheet. Canal is operationally-focused and its team has the abilities and relationships to identify market trends, implement strategic growth plans, build busine