Gryphon Investors Announces Close of Gryphon VI Top-Up Co-Investment Partners With Over $770 Million Commitments

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gryphon Investors (“Gryphon”), a leading lower middle-market private investment firm, today announced that it held a final closing of Gryphon VI Top-Up Co-Investment Partners (“GVI TUCP”) with more than $770 million in aggregate commitments. The fund was oversubscribed and exceeded its original target of $650 million.

GVI TUCP continues to build on the firm’s 30-year history of partnering with management teams in North America to build leading businesses in diverse, recession-resistant industries. The fund will invest in new portfolio companies alongside Gryphon’s current flagship fund Gryphon VI which makes control equity investments across Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Industrial Growth, and Technology Solutions & Services companies. It has participated in five such investments to date.

David Andrews, Founder and Co-CEO of Gryphon Investors, said, “It is gratifying to see that Gryphon’s differentiated model of integrating deal and operating professionals to identify, acquire, and build top-tier lower middle-market companies continues to stand out and resonate with our partners. We are grateful for the enthusiastic support we have received from our investors and are looking forward to delivering attractive risk-adjusted returns on their behalf.”

GVI TUCP received robust interest from a diverse group of domestic and international pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, endowments, foundations, family offices and high net worth investors.

“We are pleased to have exceeded our fundraising goal in what continues to be a competitive capital-raising environment,” said Nick Orum, Co-CEO and Co-CIO of Gryphon Investors. “Our deal professionals, operating partners, functional specialists, and executive advisors are laser focused on actively supporting our management teams and identifying attractive investment opportunities to drive long-term value.”

About Gryphon Investors

Gryphon Investors is a leading lower middle-market private investment firm focused on growing competitively-advantaged companies in the Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Industrial Growth, and Technology Solutions & Services sectors. With more than $10 billion of assets under management, Gryphon's three investment strategies are comprised of its Flagship, Heritage, and Junior Capital Funds. Gryphon prioritizes investments in which it can form strong partnerships with founders, owners, and management teams, and generate enduring value through its integrated deal and operations business model. Gryphon's highly-differentiated model integrates its well-proven Operations Resources Group led by full-time senior operating executives and functional experts in artificial intelligence, capital markets, finance & accounting, human capital and information technology. To learn more, please visit www.gryphoninvestors.com.