# GreyLion

> GreyLion is a New York private-equity firm that invests $25 million to $125 million in growth-oriented lower-middle-market companies, mainly in the United States. It works across consumer, industrial, healthcare, software and services businesses, using minority or control structures and a four-part operating framework - leadership, technology, investment and flexibility - to help founder- and management-led companies expand without making leverage the whole plot.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Chip Baird (Co-founder and Managing Partner), David Ferguson (Co-founder and Managing Partner)
- **Team size:** 24 employees listed on LinkedIn as of August 2026; LinkedIn classifies the firm as 11-50 employees.
- **Products:** Growth equity investments, Minority and control investments, Recapitalizations and management-led buyouts, LIFT operating framework
- **Notable:** Completed an employee-owned spinout from Perella Weinberg Partners in 2020 while maintaining continuity for funds and portfolio companies., Reported approximately $1.9 billion in aggregate private-equity fund commitments in 2024., GreyLion's investment in Webconnex won Growth Investment Deal of the Year at the 2022 M&A Atlas Awards.

## Products & services

- **Growth equity investments** — Equity capital for established companies pursuing organic growth, acquisitions, product expansion or geographic expansion.
- **Minority and control investments** — Tailored ownership structures that can preserve founder involvement or provide a full change of control.
- **Recapitalizations and management-led buyouts** — Flexible transactions intended to provide liquidity, ownership transition or capital for the next growth phase.
- **LIFT operating framework** — A portfolio playbook organized around leadership, technology, investment and flexibility.

## Achievements

- Completed an employee-owned spinout from Perella Weinberg Partners in 2020 while maintaining continuity for funds and portfolio companies.
- Reported approximately $1.9 billion in aggregate private-equity fund commitments in 2024.
- GreyLion's investment in Webconnex won Growth Investment Deal of the Year at the 2022 M&A Atlas Awards.
- BluWave recognized GreyLion as a Top Private Equity Innovator in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
- Exited TickPick in a 2024 transaction in which Brighton Park Capital announced a $250 million growth investment; TickPick said revenue had grown more than fivefold during GreyLion's ownership period.
- Built a portfolio spanning regulated training, aerospace components, medical aesthetics, event platforms, construction software, emergency-transport revenue-cycle services and specialty manufacturing.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Portfolio company ADC Aerospace announced the acquisition of Hyatt Die Cast & Engineering Corporation.
- **2026-07** — Slipstream expanded its work-management and PMO practice by acquiring Echolocity.
- **2026-05** — GreyLion announced a partnership and strategic investment in industrial and abrasive brush manufacturer Tanis Brush.
- **2026-03** — BluWave named GreyLion a 2026 Top Private Equity Innovator.
- **2025-12** — Portfolio company Torginol acquired Chips Unlimited, expanding its decorative flake product range and market reach.
- **2025-08** — GreyLion announced a new investment in life-sciences IT services provider Slipstream, with Denali Growth Partners reinvesting.
- **2025-06** — GreyLion closed a strategic investment in specialty flooring-materials maker Torginol.

## Links

- Website: https://www.greylion.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/greylion

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Last updated: 2026-08-17