KPS Capital Partners

About The Fund

KPS Capital Partners is a leading private equity firm with a focus on making controlling equity investments in manufacturing and industrial companies across a diverse array of industries. These include basic materials, branded consumer, healthcare and luxury products, automotive parts, capital equipment, and general manufacturing. KPS aims to realize significant capital appreciation by working with strong management teams, structurally improving their strategic position, competitiveness, and profitability. The firm is distinguished not primarily by financial leverage but by its operational improvements. With around $21.4 billion of capital under management, KPS creates value for its investors by working constructively with what it believes to be strong management teams to enhance the businesses. KPS pursues a buy-and-build strategy, aiming for organic growth and strategic acquisitions to further industry consolidation or expand into product, industry, or geographic adjacencies. The firm also creates new companies to acquire assets from large corporations, family or entrepreneur-owned entities, and financially restructured businesses, transforming them into independent, leading enterprises. KPS is known as a creative and trustworthy counterpart, capable of executing complex acquisitions on a global scale and operating large companies successfully. It takes pride in its constructive approach with all stakeholders, and each portfolio company management team shares in wealth creation from its investments. KPS sets high standards of conduct and has a reputation for having the expertise and ability to invest over $1 billion in a single investment. They are seeking to capitalize on a space occupied by few private equity firms. The firm's specialty areas are MBO/LBO, Turnaround, Recapitalization, Restructuring, Special Situations, and Corporate Divestiture. It caters to sectors such as Software, IT, Media, BioTech, Business Solutions, FinTech, Hardware, Energy, HealthTech, Food & Beverage, Logistics, Material Science, and Real Estate. KPS has a minimum investment threshold of $1,467,000 and can invest up to $500,000,000 in a single portfolio company.