We back the companies that make things.
Westbourne Capital Partners invests directly in family- and founder-owned companies — building long-term value as a patient partner, not through financial engineering or excessive leverage.
A different kind of partner for owners who care what happens next.
We partner with institutional investors and family offices to make direct investments in private companies. Many of the businesses we back are family- or founder-owned — and we understand the concern owners have about what outside capital might do to the company, its people, and its legacy.
We earn trust first
We work with owners thinking carefully about succession and legacy. The team, the customers, and the people who built the business matter to how we invest.
Patient, direct capital
We deploy $5M to $25M+ of equity per company, backed by institutions and family offices — structured for the long term, not a short hold.
Build over years
We create value through operational focus and add-on acquisitions — not leverage or financial engineering.
Industrials.
Where we invest
End markets we know
Investment criteria
Fifteen years of building industrial platforms.
A track record of partnering with manufacturers and growing them through add-on acquisitions.
A platform built one partnership at a time.
Thinking about the future of your business?
A different kind of partner for owners who care what happens next.
Westbourne Capital Partners is a private investment firm that partners with institutional investors and family offices to make direct investments in private companies.
Built on a track record with family-owned enterprises.
Our track record consulting with and investing in family-owned enterprises makes us well-suited to invest in family and founder-owned businesses in the manufacturing and food sectors — particularly when ownership is concerned about the impact outside investors might have on the business and its stakeholders.
We focus on building shareholder value over the long term, rather than through financial engineering or excessive leverage.
Partner. Invest. Grow.
We earn trust first
We work with owners thinking carefully about succession and legacy. The team, the customers, and the people who built the business matter to how we invest. We aim to be the partner an owner is comfortable handing their company to.
Patient, direct capital
We deploy $5M to $25M+ of equity per company, backed by institutions and family offices. We structure each investment for the long term, with alignment between ownership, management, and our co-investors.
Build over years
We create value through operational focus and add-on acquisitions — not leverage or financial engineering. Several of our platforms have grown through multiple add-ons over a decade or more.
Stewardship, not financial engineering.
See where we invest and what we look for.
Industrials.
We invest where our team has direct experience — manufacturing, fabrication, machining, and industrial services — serving end markets we understand well.
Four core segments.
Sectors with durable demand.
Our range.
— Add-on acquisitions can be any size. Confirm exact criteria figures before launch.
Situations where we fit.
Have an opportunity that fits?
Get in touchFifteen years of building industrial platforms.
Since 2010 we've partnered with companies across the industrial economy and grown them through disciplined add-on acquisitions.
— Nine platform investments since 2010 (seven current, two realized), grown through thirteen add-on acquisitions. Add-on counts exclude founding-company renames.
A platform built one partnership at a time.
Working with an industrial business that could be next?
Talk to our teamSenior, hands-on, and accountable to owners.
A small, experienced team that works directly with the owners and management of every company we back.
Rob Crisp
Rob brings nearly twenty years of middle-market investing and M&A experience to Westbourne, working directly with management teams, business owners, and investors to build platforms focused on long-term value creation. He co-founded Westbourne to offer outsourced direct-investing services to family offices. Previously, Rob was Managing Director and Head of Principal Investing at Avondale Strategic Partners, and before that CEO and Co-Head of M&A at Crowe Capital Markets, a boutique middle-market investment bank focused on family-held enterprises. He earned an MBA with distinction from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management and a BS in Accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Steve Berchem
Steve, a Founding Partner at Westbourne, is responsible for the sourcing and evaluation of investment opportunities, transaction structuring and negotiation, capital raising and investor relations, and portfolio company management. Before joining Westbourne, he most recently served as Vice President at Wintrust Financial Corporation, where he was responsible for identifying, evaluating, executing and actively monitoring middle-market financing transactions. Prior to Wintrust, Steve worked in the private banking, corporate banking and investment banking divisions of JPMorgan. He currently serves on the boards of HV Manufacturing and Mesotech International. Steve earned an MBA with Distinction from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University and a BS in Finance with Honors from Illinois State University. He resides in Charleston, SC with his wife and four children.
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Zack Audy
Zack is responsible for sourcing, executing, and managing investments in partnership with business owners and management teams to build long-term shareholder value. He joined Westbourne in 2022 from BMO, where he spent nearly five years in corporate advisory and commercial lending roles. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he received an MBA with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Accounting. Zack is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and graduate of the University of Iowa where he received a BBA in Finance from the Tippie College of Business. He resides in Downers Grove, Illinois with his wife and son.
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Few enough to be personal. Experienced enough to deliver.
Owners deal with our partners directly — not a rotating cast. That's deliberate. A focused team means faster decisions, real accountability, and a partnership that feels like the one an owner hoped for when they decided to bring in capital.
Deal announcements and firm updates.
A record of the platforms we've acquired and the add-on acquisitions we've supported across the portfolio.
Westbourne acquires Harvey Vogel Manufacturing Co.
Westbourne Capital Partners has acquired Harvey Vogel Manufacturing Co., adding a new industrial manufacturing platform to the firm's portfolio.
Westbourne invests in Mesotech International
The firm has partnered with Mesotech International, expanding its presence in industrial monitoring and services.
Thunderbird Molding completes add-on acquisitions
Westbourne's Thunderbird Molding platform completed additional add-on acquisitions, continuing its buy-and-build strategy.
Westbourne invests in Delta
Westbourne made a new investment in Delta, a precision machining business.
Westbourne acquires BMC
The firm acquired BMC, broadening its industrial manufacturing portfolio.
Modineer continues buy-and-build with new add-on
Westbourne's Modineer platform added capabilities through an add-on acquisition.
Westbourne acquires Modineer
Westbourne acquired Modineer, establishing a metal fabrication platform that has since grown through multiple add-ons.
Westbourne acquires Thunderbird Molding
The firm established the Thunderbird Molding platform, which has completed several add-on acquisitions since.
Westbourne acquires Thunderbird Metals
Westbourne's founding platform investment in Thunderbird Metals, since grown through add-on acquisitions in 2015 and 2021.
— Headlines and summaries are illustrative, drawn from the firm's transaction history, and should be replaced with the official press releases.
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Get in touchPortfolio company activity.
Recent updates shared by our portfolio companies on LinkedIn, gathered in one place.
Proud to welcome three new team members to our Woodbury, MN facility as we expand capacity for our aerospace and critical power customers. #Manufacturing #Aerospace
Our weather sensor systems are now supporting a new civilian aviation deployment. Great work by the engineering team getting this installation live ahead of schedule. #WeatherTechnology #Aviation
Thunderbird Molding is hiring! We're looking for a Production Supervisor to join our Elkhart, IN team. Link to the role in the comments. #NowHiring #InjectionMolding
Delta's precision gear solutions are featured in this month's Aerospace Manufacturing spotlight. Thank you to our customers for trusting us with mission-critical components. #PrecisionMachining #Aerospace
BMC celebrated 30 years in Muskegon, MI this month with an open house for employees and their families. Grateful for three decades of craftsmanship. #Manufacturing #Milestone
Modineer's Niles, MI facility passed its latest ISO recertification audit with zero findings. A testament to the quality culture our team has built. #QualityFirst #Manufacturing
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View NewsHarvey Vogel Manufacturing Co. — recent updates.
LinkedIn activity from Harvey Vogel Manufacturing Co..
Proud to welcome three new team members to our Woodbury, MN facility as we expand capacity for our aerospace and critical power customers. #Manufacturing #Aerospace
Harvey Vogel completed its ISO 9001 surveillance audit with zero non-conformances. Thank you to our quality team for the hard work. #QualityFirst
We're investing in a new precision stamping press to support growing demand from our data center customers. More capacity coming online this fall. #Manufacturing #Investment
Harvey Vogel's second shift crew hit 500 days without a lost-time incident. Safety is a daily habit here, not a slogan. #SafetyFirst
Great turnout at the Woodbury High School manufacturing career fair this week. Always energizing to talk shop with the next generation. #Manufacturing #Careers
Congratulations to our tooling team on completing a first-article inspection ahead of schedule for a new medical device program. #PrecisionManufacturing
Harvey Vogel is now shipping to a third data center customer this year as our critical power components program continues to scale. #DataCenter #Growth
A look back at our Q1 plant upgrades: new lighting, upgraded press controls, and a refreshed break room for the team. #ContinuousImprovement
Our apprenticeship program graduated its first cohort of four precision stampers this quarter. Proud of the growth we've seen in this group. #Apprenticeship
Harvey Vogel supported the Woodbury food shelf drive again this year, matching employee donations dollar for dollar. #CommunityFirst
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All Portfolio ActivityMesotech International — recent updates.
LinkedIn activity from Mesotech International.
Our weather sensor systems are now supporting a new civilian aviation deployment. Great work by the engineering team getting this installation live ahead of schedule. #WeatherTechnology #Aviation
Mesotech is exhibiting at the upcoming Aviation Weather Systems conference next month. Stop by our booth to see the latest sensor platform. #Aviation #TradeShow
Field notes from our latest airport deployment: extreme cold-weather testing on our newest anemometer line paid off this winter. #WeatherSensors
Mesotech's Sacramento facility welcomed a group of engineering students for a hands-on tour of our sensor calibration lab. #STEM #Manufacturing
Our team completed a multi-site weather station refresh for a longtime military aviation customer, ahead of the contract deadline. #MilitaryAviation
Mesotech is proud to celebrate 30+ years designing weather monitoring systems for aviation worldwide. Thank you to the customers who've trusted us since day one. #Milestone
New hire spotlight: welcoming our newest firmware engineer, joining the sensor integration team this month. #NowHiring #Engineering
Mesotech's environmental monitoring line is now deployed at two additional civilian airports on the West Coast. #WeatherTechnology
A behind-the-scenes look at how our anemometers are calibrated before they ever leave the building. #Manufacturing #QualityControl
Mesotech supported a local Sacramento STEM nonprofit with a donation of retired sensor hardware for student projects. #Community
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All Portfolio ActivityThunderbird Molding — recent updates.
LinkedIn activity from Thunderbird Molding.
Thunderbird Molding is hiring! We're looking for a Production Supervisor to join our Elkhart, IN team. Link to the role in the comments. #NowHiring #InjectionMolding
Thunderbird Molding added a fourth injection molding line this quarter to keep pace with customer demand. #Manufacturing #Growth
Our tooling shop completed a rapid mold changeover in under two hours this week, a new plant record. #InjectionMolding #Efficiency
Thunderbird Molding's Elkhart facility hosted a regional manufacturers' roundtable on plastics recycling and material reuse. #Sustainability
Celebrating five years since our Impact Molding rebrand to Thunderbird Molding, and looking forward to what's next. #Milestone
New consumer packaging program launched this month for a longtime industrial customer expanding into retail. #ConsumerProducts #InjectionMolding
Thunderbird Molding's quality lab passed its annual customer audit with top marks across every category. #QualityFirst
A shoutout to our maintenance team for a record-setting uptime quarter across all molding lines. #ContinuousImprovement
Thunderbird Molding donated surplus material scrap to a local Elkhart schools robotics program. #Community #STEM
Our operators completed advanced process-control training this month, sharpening skills across every shift. #Training #Manufacturing
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All Portfolio ActivityDelta Gear — recent updates.
LinkedIn activity from Delta Gear.
Delta's precision gear solutions are featured in this month's Aerospace Manufacturing spotlight. Thank you to our customers for trusting us with mission-critical components. #PrecisionMachining #Aerospace
Delta Gear welcomed a delegation from a longtime aerospace customer to tour our Livonia, MI facility this week. #Aerospace #CustomerVisit
Our metrology lab added a new CMM this quarter, sharpening our inspection capability on tight-tolerance gear geometries. #PrecisionMachining
Delta Gear's alternative powertrain transmission line is now supporting a second commercial customer program. #Powertrain #Manufacturing
Congratulations to our machining team on completing a complex spiral bevel gear set ahead of a tight program deadline. #PrecisionGears
Delta Gear is proud to sponsor the Livonia STEM robotics league again this season. #Community #STEM
A look inside our gear inspection process, from raw forging to final certified part. #Manufacturing #QualityControl
Delta Gear's engineering team presented at a regional aerospace supplier symposium on tight-tolerance transmission design. #Aerospace
Welcoming two new precision machinists to the Delta Gear team this month. #NowHiring #Manufacturing
Delta Gear completed its annual AS9100 recertification audit with no major findings. #QualityFirst #Aerospace
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All Portfolio ActivityBMC — recent updates.
LinkedIn activity from BMC.
BMC celebrated 30 years in Muskegon, MI this month with an open house for employees and their families. Grateful for three decades of craftsmanship. #Manufacturing #Milestone
BMC's laboratory casework line is now available with an expanded set of chemical-resistant finishes. #LabDesign #Manufacturing
A behind-the-scenes look at how our fume hoods are pressure-tested before they ship. #QualityControl #LabDesign
BMC completed a large casework installation for a new university research building this quarter. #HigherEd #LabDesign
Welcoming our newest finish carpenter to the BMC team, bringing two decades of cabinetry experience. #NowHiring #Manufacturing
BMC's Muskegon facility hosted local high school students for a tour of our casework production floor. #STEM #Community
Our design team shared tips on planning flexible lab furniture layouts at a regional facilities conference. #LabDesign
BMC shipped its largest single fume hood order of the year to a pharmaceutical research customer. #LabDesign #Manufacturing
A shoutout to our finishing department for a record quarter of on-time deliveries. #ContinuousImprovement
BMC supported the Muskegon United Way campaign again this year with an employee matching drive. #Community
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All Portfolio ActivityModineer — recent updates.
LinkedIn activity from Modineer.
Modineer's Niles, MI facility passed its latest ISO recertification audit with zero findings. A testament to the quality culture our team has built. #QualityFirst #Manufacturing
Modineer is proud to support a new automotive OEM program launching later this year. #Automotive #Manufacturing
Our fabrication team completed a complex multi-stage assembly ahead of schedule for a longtime truck industry customer. #Manufacturing
Modineer welcomed a group of local trade school students for a hands-on tour of our metal fabrication floor. #STEM #Community
A look at how our welding cell upgrades have improved cycle time on complex assemblies this year. #ContinuousImprovement
Modineer's safety committee celebrated another quarter with zero recordable incidents plant-wide. #SafetyFirst
Congratulations to our engineering team on a successful first-article approval for a new industrial equipment program. #Manufacturing
Modineer is hiring welders and fabricators for our growing Niles facility. Link to open roles in the comments. #NowHiring
Our team took part in a regional manufacturers' safety roundtable, sharing best practices across the industry. #SafetyFirst
Modineer supported the Niles Community Schools career fair again this fall. #Community #Manufacturing
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All Portfolio ActivityLet's talk about your business.
Whether you're an owner considering your options, an advisor with an opportunity, or a potential co-investor — we'd welcome the conversation, in the strictest confidence.
Owners & Founders
Considering an exit, partial liquidity, or a long-term growth partner who will respect what you've built. We move directly and keep it confidential.
Intermediaries
Bankers and advisors with industrial manufacturing opportunities in our range. We're a decisive, straightforward counterparty.
Co-Investors
Institutions and family offices seeking direct exposure to lower-middle-market industrials alongside an aligned partner.
Reach the team.
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