SSM Partners

SSM Partners is a principal investment firm specializing in financing growth capital, acquisition, management buyout, and re-capitalization transactions. The firm prefers to make investments in expansion and later stage companies and also considers early stage opportunities. It seeks to invest in companies engaged in the basic business or outsourcing services, healthcare, and consumer services. Additionally, the firm may consider investments in the retail sector. It prefers to invest in companies based in the Central and Southeastern regions of the United States. The firm typically invests between $3 million and $10 million in transactions requiring up to $20 million in equity. It seeks to lead or co-lead transactions and takes a board seat in its portfolio companies. SSM Partners was founded in 1973 and is based in Memphis, Tennessee with additional offices in Austin, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia.