Spell Capital Partners

Spell Capital Partners
Company typePrivate Equity Firm
IndustryFinancial Services and Asset Management
Founded1988
FounderWilliam Spell
Headquarters
Total assets$1.0 Billion AUM
Websitespellcapital.com

Spell Capital Partners is a private equity firm based in Edina, Minnesota. William "Bill" Spell founded the firm in 1988. The firm has been investing exclusively on behalf of the Spell Family Office since 2018.[1]

The firm has closed 41 leveraged buyout (LBO) transactions since 1988.

Spell Capital historically has managed both private equity and mezzanine capital. The private equity group focuses on acquiring majority control interests in industrial manufacturing companies,[2] while Spell Capital Mezzanine provides subordinated debt and non-control equity ownership to businesses in a variety of industries.[3] During the summer of 2022, as part of Mr. Spell's succession planning strategy, the mezzanine group was sold to the partners and employees that managed that group.[3]

Currently, Spell Capital has $750 Million of assets under management (AUM),[4] and manages seven portfolio companies owned by the Spell Family Office and three on behalf of Spell Capital Partners Fund V (a 2016 vintage fund).[5]

  1. ^ "Spell Capital Partners". GCI Publishing. 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  2. ^ "Byline Sponsor Finance Group supports Spell Capital Partners in its acquisition of Viking Engineering & Development, Inc". Byline Bank. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  3. ^ a b "About Us". NorthCoastMezzanine.com.
  4. ^ "About Us". Spell Capital. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  5. ^ Witkowsky, Chris (2016-09-06). "Spell Capital raises largest fund yet focusing on smallest side of market". Buyouts. Retrieved 2023-10-26.