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Boardwalk Capital is a lower middle market private equity firm founded by successful investors and business builders committed to helping exceptional management teams achieve the next phase of their growth. We partner with key stakeholders who share our values, vision, and desire to create something special together.

Boardwalk invests in opportunities where our experience and skill sets provide strong conviction and the ability to effect meaningful change. We provide valuable strategic guidance, time-tested operational expertise, sophisticated financial acumen, deep domain knowledge, and invaluable relationships in addition to capital.

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Our unique strategic, financial, and operational playbook is born of a long and diverse track record of accelerated value creation. We refer to this approach as The Boardwalk Vectors of Growth^TM.

OUR DIFFERENCE

Boardwalk brings decades of experience across multiple industries, geographies, investment cycles, and transaction types. We leverage the learnings, resources, and networks of these experiences to help our partners drive our shared success.

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Jordan Gnat
Founder & Managing Partner

Rob Scaramella
Founder & Managing Partner

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Meet our Founders

Jordan Gnat and Rob Scaramella are experienced investors and business builders with complimentary backgrounds and common values. We seek to find partners who value our help and involvement as much as we do theirs.

Why Boardwalk?

Partnership & Teamwork: The Foundation of Success

Great outcomes start with great partnerships. Boardwalk Capital aligns interests, fosters collaboration, and works as a team to overcome challenges and achieve shared success.

Strategic Execution with Transparency & Integrity

Boardwalk Capital combines thoughtful planning with disciplined execution, ensuring clear communication, accountability, and integrity in every investment decision.

Flexibility, Creativity & Enjoying the Journey

No two opportunities are the same. Boardwalk embraces adaptability, innovative problem-solving, and the joy of building successful businesses alongside great people.

Investment Strategy

What types of companies does Boardwalk Capital invest in?

Boardwalk Capital targets leading lower middle market companies poised for growth, particularly in sectors where we have deep expertise and can actively contribute to value creation.

How does Boardwalk Capital approach growth in its investments?

We apply our Boardwalk Vectors of Growth^TM strategy, partnering closely with management teams to drive both organic expansion and strategic acquisitions, optimize operations, and build long-term value.

How does Boardwalk Capital balance risk and returns?

We are committed to delivering superior returns while maintaining a disciplined focus on capital preservation and downside protection throughout every phase of the investment process.

Questions answered

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Investment Criteria

Does Boardwalk Capital invest in smaller companies?

Yes, unlike many peers, Boardwalk Capital often starts with smaller acquisitions and scales them through a combination of organic growth and a roll-up strategy.

Does Boardwalk Capital invest in public companies?

Yes, we consider public take-private transactions as part of the investment strategy.

What industries does Boardwalk Capital target?

Boardwalk Capital invests across multiple sectors, including media, entertainment, gaming, manufacturing, distribution, consumer products, multi-unit retail, and various business and industrial services.

How does Boardwalk Capital create value in its investments?

We leverage our experience, networks, and an active approach to drive organic and inorganic growth, profitability, and multiple expansion on exit.

What types of transactions does Boardwalk Capital invest in?

We are an equity-oriented investor with flexibility in transaction structures, including majority buyouts, minority equity investments, growth capital, structured securities, corporate carve-outs, and more.

How does Boardwalk Capital manage risk in its investments?

Boardwalk Capital prioritizes structured deals with embedded value, strong downside protection, low leverage, and multiple avenues for growth to mitigate risk while optimizing returns.

Our Core Values

We invest and operate based on established core values that have served our investors, partners, and team members well over our lengthy careers.

We call these guiding principles that drive our decisions and successes the Boardwalk Vectors of Growth^TM. Partnership and alignment; teamwork and collaboration; planning and execution; transparency and communication; respect and accountability; continuous improvement, flexibility and creativity; and having fun.

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