The Private Equity Podcast: Dan Shockley on How to Build Trust Between Private Equity Firms and Portfolio Companies
Today we welcome Dan Shockley, Managing Director and Co-Founder of LFM Capital. Dan has over two decades of experience in management leadership and operations. He has held managerial positions at American Axle, Caterpillar, and Amazon before entering private equity.
The LFM Quarterly // Inside LFM: Operations Spotlight
LFM’s Ken Hoefling Talks BCP, KPIs and Power BI, new add-ons for J&E Precision and the sale of Medix — plus The Snack-Up Plan: Inside LFM’s Pantry!
LFM Capital Portfolio Company J&E Precision Tool Acquires Alloy Specialties and Beranek
LFM Capital, a private equity firm focused on lower middle market manufacturing and industrial services businesses, announced today that portfolio company J&E Precision Tool (“J&E”) has completed two acquisitions: Alloy Specialties Inc. (“Alloy”) and Beranek Inc. (“Beranek”). Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
LFM CAPITAL COMPLETES SALE OF MEDIX SPECIALTY VEHICLES
LFM Capital, a private equity firm focused on lower middle market manufacturing and industrial services businesses, announced today the sale of Medix Specialty Vehicles (“Medix”) to Demers Braun Crestline (DBC), a subsidiary of Demers Braun Ambulance Manufacturer. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
LFM Capital Announces Three Team Additions and Two Promotions
LFM Capital, LLC , a Nashville-based private equity firm, is pleased to announce three new hires and two promotions to support the firm’s continued growth: Richard Butler, Heather Rogers, and Alex Weinstein. Richard Butler and Heather Rogers have both joined as Portfolio CFOs and will be working with portfolio company management to assist in developing and enhancing processes and systems to support efficient and effective financial reporting and operational finance and accounting practices. Alex Weinstein has joined as an Associate focused on deal evaluation and execution and portfolio company monitoring and support.
Using Data to Combat Operational Uncertainty
How did COVID-19 affect manufacturing businesses, and what lessons did investors learn from the crisis? A year after the coronavirus shut down most of the United States and swept the globe, Axial’s Middle Market Review reached out to Ken Hoefling, an Operating Partner at LFM Capital and former Vice President at Caterpillar, to discuss COVID’s impact on lower middle market manufacturing, business continuity planning in times of crisis, the critical role of good data within a business, and more.
Investors & Operators Podcast: Steve Cook
On this episode of Investors & Operators, Jordan sits down with Steve Cook, Executive Managing Director of LFM Capital based in Nashville. Together, they chat about how a life-altering tornado is the best thing that ever happened to him, effective leadership plus emotional availability and the lessons (and the baggage) of growing up in an entrepreneurial family.
LFM Capital: Helping Our Partners Succeed
Check out LFM’s 2 minute overview video to learn more about our passion for manufacturing and how we step up to the plate to take our partner companies to the next level.
