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Peloton Capital Management
Peloton Capital Management is betting that the best middle-market businesses need a longer runway, not a faster flip. Its founder-first model has turned patient capital into an 11-company portfolio across healthcare, financial and consumer services.
PENN Entertainment, Inc.
How a family racetrack in Grantville, Pennsylvania grew into a 43-property casino operator - and why it just walked away from ESPN to bet on its own brand.
Global Industrial Company
The 77-year-old distributor has turned the unglamorous work of keeping facilities supplied into a $1.38 billion business. Its next act is to make a sprawling catalog feel less like a warehouse and more like an expert on call.
Ferguson
Ferguson built a $31 billion business around a stubbornly physical promise: when a contractor needs the right valve, fitting or air handler, the answer cannot arrive next week. Its real product is certainty - inventory, expertise and last-mile execution wrapped around more than a million parts.
Pro Padel League
Pro Padel League (PPL) is North America's premier professional padel league, founded in 2023 by CEO Mike Dorfman. It runs a city-based franchise model of 10 teams across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, each fielding both men's and women's sides, with a season of multi-city events culminating in the City's Cup Finals. Backed by a $15M Series A led by Charlotte Hornets governor Rick Schnall, PPL is building the commercial and broadcast infrastructure to capitalize on padel's rapid growth in the American market.