Collaborative and Committed
Juggernaut has a family of funds representing over $1 billion of capital commitments
Founded in 2009, Juggernaut Capital Partners is a lower middle market private equity firm specializing in buyout and growth investments across the sports, healthcare and consumer sectors. The Senior Investment Team has worked together for an average of 14 years at Juggernaut and prior firms and draws on more than 100 years of collective investment experience. Juggernaut has a family of funds representing over $1 billion of capital commitments.
Juggernaut seeks to partner with founders and management teams to build stronger businesses through active ownership, operating excellence, strategic acquisitions and commercial growth. We offer capital, experience and a collaborative network to help companies scale while preserving the culture, customer relationships and community connections that support their success. We have honed a consistent, disciplined and supportive approach to help our management team partners drive successful outcomes.
Resonating with our key stakeholders:
Founders
We are passionate about working with company founders. We seek to help them with the next evolution of value creation in such areas as sales and marketing, talent and operations. This is done within the sphere of the Juggernaut ecosystem to provide additional insights, best practices and support.
Intermediaries
We pride ourselves on our sector expertise so that we may provide value to our intermediary partners throughout the transaction process regardless of stage. Whether it is efficient feedback, access to our ecosystem or focused closings, we believe our sector knowledge makes Juggernaut a partner that intermediaries can trust as a resource for consumer transactions.
Investors
At Juggernaut, we manage funds for diverse groups of investors. We believe our investors value the access to our knowledge and expertise in our consumer ecosystem.
Our Sectors
Sports
Juggernaut invests in the essential infrastructure that enables people to play, compete and engage in sports. We partner with profitable, founder-led, community-based operating businesses characterized by recurring participation, resilient demand, multiple revenue streams and strong relationships with participants, families, fans and local communities.
We help these businesses add institutional capabilities and scale while preserving the local identity, culture and founder leadership that contributed to their success. We create value through active ownership, operating excellence, strategic acquisitions, commercial growth and shared resources.
We believe women’s sports represent a compelling set of investment opportunities, spanning the full participant pathway from youth development through professional competition.
Areas of focus
- Youth sports clubs, leagues, tournaments, camps and programming
- Recreational activities
- Women’s sports
- Community teams and leagues
- Facilities and venue operations
- Events and experiences
- Participation services
- Athlete development
Healthcare
Juggernaut invests in healthcare services and care delivery businesses that improve health outcomes, lower costs and strengthen healthcare in local communities. We focus on models that help people receive more coordinated, accessible and effective care, particularly those serving complex, chronic or underserved populations. We also invest in critical outsourced services that help providers and payors operate more effectively and remain centered around the people and communities they serve.
We partner with founders and management teams to build scaled, durable healthcare platforms through operating excellence, data-driven decision-making, talent development, organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Our experience includes managed and value-based care, physician and practice services, chronic condition management, population health and other services that support stronger providers and healthier communities.
Areas of focus
- Managed and value-based care
- Physician and practice services
- Chronic condition management
- Population health
- Performance improvement
- Services supporting complex and underserved populations
- Outsourced services for providers and payors
Consumer
Juggernaut invests in the consumer sector with experience across health and wellness, personal care and beauty, food and beverage, home, active living and pet. We invest in businesses we believe to be differentiated that have trusted customer relationships, clear value propositions and multiple avenues for growth. Our experience across both consumer companies and the service providers that support them provides valuable insight into how products reach consumers and how successful businesses scale.
We partner with founders and management teams to strengthen their organizations, sharpen commercial strategy and build the operating capabilities required for the next phase of growth. Our value-creation approach includes sales and marketing, channel expansion, product innovation, talent development, operating improvement and strategic acquisitions.
Areas of focus
- Health and wellness
- Personal care and beauty
- Food and beverage
- Home and lifestyle
- Active living and fitness
- Pet products and services
- Consumer-focused services
Investment Criteria
Equity Commitments
$10 - $50 million
Flexibility to upsize with our limited partners
Revenue Targets at Close
$15 - $150 million
Add-on acquisitions may be below revenue thresholds
Investment Position
Majority or Minority
Predominately first institutional capital partner
Geographic Focus
North America
Based on fit will selectively consider EU investments