For Business Owners & Management Teams
Preserve What Works.
Build What Comes Next.
We partner with owners and management teams who want to preserve the strengths of their business while positioning it for its next stage of growth. Our approach combines direct principal involvement, flexible capital, and aerospace and defense operating expertise with respect for the people, culture, customer relationships, and technical capabilities that made the company successful.
- Direct Access
- Owners and management teams work directly with the Appian Way partners responsible for the investment.
- Flexible Solutions
- We can support full or partial liquidity, recapitalizations, management transitions, and meaningful rollover equity.
- Management Continuity
- Day-to-day leadership remains with the people who know the business best, supported rather than displaced by our team.
- Growth Support
- We provide capital and practical assistance for capacity expansion, operational improvement, new customers and programs, and strategic acquisitions.
- Long-Term Perspective
- We invest with patience and seek to build enduring companies rather than optimize for a predetermined exit date.
For Intermediaries
A Focused Mandate
and a Credible Process
We value the role investment bankers and other intermediaries play in creating successful outcomes for owners. Our sector focus, direct decision-maker access, established debt and equity relationships, and disciplined process management allow us to evaluate opportunities efficiently and execute with clarity.
- Clear Mandate
- Aerospace and defense manufacturing, value-added distribution, and related technical services.
- Target Size
- $3 million to $12 million of EBITDA, with a $5 million to $10 million sweet spot and flexibility for larger opportunities.
- Transaction Flexibility
- Founder and family successions, recapitalizations, carve-outs, management-led transactions, and add-on acquisitions.
- Direct Access
- Intermediaries work with the partners who make investment decisions.
- Execution Capability
- Established lender and equity relationships for transactions in our target size range.
- Add-On Acquisitions
- Complementary businesses with at least $5 million in revenue and $1 million in EBITDA for our existing platforms.
Start the Conversation
Every Inquiry Reaches a Principal
We welcome opportunities to connect with business owners, management teams, intermediaries, executives, and investors who share our interest in building enduring aerospace and defense companies.
Every inquiry is reviewed directly by an Appian Way principal and handled with appropriate discretion.
- info@appianwaycap.com
- Location
- Dallas, Texas