# Dye Capital & Company

> Dye Capital & Company is a Boca Raton private equity firm founded by former Albertsons executive Justin Dye. It describes itself as 'private equity built by operators, for operators,' buying and building companies across consumer retail, cannabis, food and supply chain, energy tech, real estate and specialty finance - then running them with the same systems, data discipline and merchandising playbooks its partners used to scale national retail chains.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Boca Raton, Florida, United States
- **Founders:** Justin Dye (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~16 (about 6 partners)
- **Products:** Equity investments & buyouts, Operating partnership model, Sector-focused platforms
- **Notable:** Founder Justin Dye helped grow Albertsons from roughly $10B to over $60B in sales, across 2,300+ stores and 285,000 employees, leading $40B+ in acquisitions, divestitures and real estate transactions., Turned a 2019 strategic investment in Medicine Man Technologies into publicly traded cannabis operator Schwazze (SHWZ), with Dye as Chairman & CEO., Portfolio has produced at least one IPO (Schwazze) and one acquisition (Idaho First Bank, acquired by BAWAG Group in 2022).

## Products & services

- **Equity investments & buyouts** — Long-term equity investments and control positions in growth-oriented companies across the United States, spanning both leveraged buyouts and minority stake purchases.
- **Operating partnership model** — Portfolio companies get hands-on operating leadership - a shared bench of merchandising, supply chain, data/analytics and information-technology executives - not just board oversight.
- **Sector-focused platforms** — Conviction capital deployed across AI & technology, consumer & retail, cannabis & wellness, food & supply chain, energy & industrial tech, real estate, and financial services.

## Achievements

- Founder Justin Dye helped grow Albertsons from roughly $10B to over $60B in sales, across 2,300+ stores and 285,000 employees, leading $40B+ in acquisitions, divestitures and real estate transactions.
- Turned a 2019 strategic investment in Medicine Man Technologies into publicly traded cannabis operator Schwazze (SHWZ), with Dye as Chairman & CEO.
- Portfolio has produced at least one IPO (Schwazze) and one acquisition (Idaho First Bank, acquired by BAWAG Group in 2022).
- Assembled a cross-portfolio operating bench with dedicated merchandising, supply-chain, data/analytics and technology leadership.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Refreshed website and portfolio, listing platforms across AI & technology (XQai, Legends), consumer & retail, energy tech (Wild Energy) and specialty finance (Sharpe Credit Partners, Sweet Leaf Finance, Exoticar Finance).
- **2025-08** — Brian Wells joined as Operating Partner and Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer, adding 30+ years of retail merchandising and supply-chain leadership.

## Links

- Website: https://dyecapital.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dye-capital-company
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dyecapital/

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Last updated: 2026-08-15