# Tailwind Capital

> Tailwind Capital is a New York middle-market private equity firm that buys control stakes in unglamorous North American services businesses - towing fleets, industrial-automation integrators, IT consultancies, construction cost managers - and grows them through management partnership, technology, and a steady drumbeat of add-on acquisitions. Founded in 2003 by Lawrence Sorrel and Frank Sica, the firm has raised roughly $6 billion in committed capital and built more than 50 platform companies backed by 250-plus bolt-on deals.

- **Founded:** 2003
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Lawrence B. Sorrel (Co-Founder, Managing Partner & CEO), Frank V. Sica (Co-Founder & Vice Chairman)
- **Team size:** ~36 investment professionals plus 10 operating executives (roughly 49 total per third-party data)
- **Products:** Control Buyout Investments, Accelerate Change Value Creation, Add-On Acquisition Programs, Sector-Focused Platform Investing
- **Notable:** Raised approximately $6.0 billion in committed capital since 2003, Built 50+ platform companies supported by 250+ add-on acquisitions, Sustained a focused three-sector strategy for more than two decades

## Products & services

- **Control Buyout Investments** — Control equity investments in high-quality middle-market services companies, typically $25M-$200M+ of equity in businesses with enterprise values above $500M and EBITDA of roughly $10M-$50M+.
- **Accelerate Change Value Creation** — An operationally intensive growth program built on three pillars - expanding management talent, adopting technology, and executing transformative add-on M&A.
- **Add-On Acquisition Programs** — Buy-and-build strategies that scale platform companies through 250+ bolt-on acquisitions expanding geography, customers and services.
- **Sector-Focused Platform Investing** — Thematic investing concentrated in three sectors: Infrastructure Services, Supply Chain and IT Services.

## Achievements

- Raised approximately $6.0 billion in committed capital since 2003
- Built 50+ platform companies supported by 250+ add-on acquisitions
- Sustained a focused three-sector strategy for more than two decades
- Completed multiple exits in 2026 including Cumming Group and Colony Hardware
- SEC-registered investment adviser operating from 299 Park Avenue, New York

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Portfolio company Cloud for Good acquired StackNexus.
- **2026-07** — GrayMatter acquired New Frontier Technologies, expanding industrial-automation capabilities and opening a Kansas City office.
- **2026-06** — Tailwind exited Cumming Group; Valor Fleet Services added Brown & Son and Dominion Towing; DMD Systems Recovery acquired Lifespan Technology.
- **2026-03** — Tailwind Capital announced partner promotions and team additions.
- **2026-02** — Tailwind Capital exited Colony Hardware.
- **2026-01** — Tailwind invested in Valor Fleet Services; ACERTUS launched ACERTified driver authentication.

## Links

- Website: https://www.tailwind.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tailwind-capital

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Last updated: 2026-08-16