LIMESTONE Equity is the firm's future investment arm: operator-led positions in Indiana businesses where we can embed alongside the capital. Today, our live buyer network connects Indiana operators to ETA buyers, search funds, independent sponsors, family offices, and PE. Control acquisitions and minority stakes both fit.
LIMESTONE Equity is the firm's future investment arm. The intent: operator-led positions in Indiana businesses where we can embed alongside the capital. Long-arc holds. No flip horizon. Control acquisitions and minority stakes both fit.
What is live today: our buyer network. We connect Indiana operators to ETA buyers, search funds, independent sponsors, family offices, and PE when an exit, recapitalization, or partial liquidity is on the horizon. The right buyer is the one whose intent matches yours, whose horizon matches yours, and whose operating philosophy you can live with through years two and three.
When the investment arm is live, the philosophy will be the same one we run today: financial infrastructure, operational discipline, and AI and data systems delivered through trusted partner firms with our oversight. You bring the vision, relationships, and domain expertise. Together, we build.
The intended fit when LIMESTONE Equity is live: established Indiana businesses with real cash flow and growth potential. Today, the same profile fits our buyer-network introductions when an exit or recapitalization is on the table.
The future investment arm is built for both: control acquisitions where we step into operator-led positions, and minority stakes alongside existing owners. Same operating philosophy either way.
ETA buyers, search funds, independent sponsors, family offices, and PE. When you're on a transaction horizon, we connect operators to buyers whose intent and time horizon match yours.
No flip horizon. When the investment arm is live, the philosophy will be operator-led, value compounding over years, exits when the operating story is ready, not when a fund clock says so.
Whether through a buyer-network match today or LIMESTONE Equity when it's live, the operating principles are the same.
It’s still your business. Your culture. Your brand. We bring operating strength, not brand replacement.
Your employees don’t get displaced. They get better leadership, real career paths, and systems that work. You scale with them.
You make decisions. Operations run on a cadence the team owns. Strategic direction stays with you. Weekly execution gets driven. Move together.
When the business grows, you grow with it. No flip horizon. Value created compounds inside the business, and you keep your stake.
We talk about your business, your horizon, what you actually want from a transaction. No pressure. Just listening.
We spend time understanding your financials, operations, team, and the shape of an exit, recap, or partial liquidity that would actually fit. Foundation Check first; Capstone Diagnostic if it earns the next step.
We introduce you to the buyer types whose intent and horizon match yours: ETA buyers, search funds, independent sponsors, family offices, or PE. Control acquisitions and minority stakes both fit.
We can stay on as embedded CFO Partner and Operating Partner through the transaction and the first years of new ownership, when the operating decade after close decides everything.