About Brightstar

Brightstar Capital Partners is a middle-market private equity firm focused on control-oriented investments.

We partner with management teams to support business development through disciplined sourcing, operational engagement, strategic input, and a long-term perspective. We also continue to develop capabilities across the firm, including evaluating the role of AI and other technologies in supporting our investment and portfolio approach.

Vertical Focus

Brightstar focuses on verticals and sub-sectors where we believe we can add value, utilizing our operational expertise to drive efficiency and growth.

Business Services

  • Professional Services
  • Infrastructure Services (EC&C)
  • Testing, Inspection & Certification
  • Environmental Services
  • Facility Services
  • Security, Fire & Life Safety
  • Consumer Services
  • General Industrial Service

Industrials

  • Diversified Industrials
  • Industrials
  • Mobility
  • Transportation & Logistics

Tech, Media & Telecom

  • Consumer Internet
  • Digital Platforms
  • Education
  • Tech Enabled Services

Financial Services

  • Diversified Financials
  • FinTech
  • Insurance Services
  • Wealth

Where We Are

AGS

Headquarters: Las Vegas, NV
Year of Investment: 2025
Status: Current

America’s Group

Headquarters: Carmel, IN
Year of Investment: 2021
Status: Current

Astrion.

Headquarters: Centers of Excellence: Burlington, MA; Huntsville, AL; Washington, DC
Year of Investment: 2021
Status: Current

Best Choice Roofing

Headquarters: Hendersonville, TN
Year of Investment: 2024
Status: Current

BrightCell Logistics

Headquarters: Miami, FL
Year of Investment: 2023
Status: Current

Capstone Nutrition

Headquarters: Ogden, Utah
Year of Investment: 2019
Status: Realized

Douglas Products

Headquarters: Liberty, MO
Year of Investment: 2023
Status: Current

InfraServ

Headquarters: Valley Park, MO
Status: Partially Realized

KZF Design

Headquarters: Cincinnati, OH
Year of Investment: 2025
Status: Current

Novae

Headquarters: Markle, IN
Year of Investment: 2021
Status: Current
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Qualtek

Headquarters: Blue Bell, PA
Year of Investment: 2025
Status: Realized

REMarkets

Headquarters: Austin, TX
Year of Investment: 2016
Status: Current

Stratus

Headquarters: Coraopolis, PA
Year of Investment: 2024
Status: Current

Texas Water Supply

Headquarters: Boerne, TX
Year of Investment: 2017
Status: Current

W.W. Williams

Headquarters: Dublin, OH
Year of Investment: 2025
Status: Current

WindsorONE

Headquarters: Petaluma, CA
Year of Investment: 2022
Status: Current

Brightstar Capital Partners

NY Headquarters:
51 W 52nd St, 18th Flr
New York, NY 10019

Brightstar Capital Partners

FL Headquarters:
One Flagler, 15th Floor
West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Amerit

Headquarters: Walnut Creek, CA
Year of Investment: 2020
Status: Partially Realized

Bendon, Inc.

Headquarters: Ashland, Ohio Year of Investment: 2026 Status: Current

Simon Eye

Headquarters: Wilmington, DE Year of Investment: 2026 Status: Current

Arden University

Headquarters: Coventry, UK
Year of Investment: 2025
Status: Current

How We work

People

We believe businesses are built by people. We focus on supporting management teams, strengthening organizations, and building partnerships grounded in trust and accountability.

Meet Our Team

Partnership

We seek alignment with founders, families, entrepreneurs, executives, and corporate stakeholders. Our sourcing model is relationship-centric, and we believe that approach can lead to stronger partnerships and better-informed investment decisions.

View Our Portfolio Companies

Operational Capabilities

We take an active approach to ownership. We work with management teams to identify and prioritize a focused set of initiatives that we believe can support business transformation and long-term value creation.

Our objective is to help build stronger, more resilient businesses through disciplined investing, hands-on operational support, and long-term partnership.
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