Line 5 Capital

Line 5 Capital is an independent sponsor partnering with owner operated small businesses and elite veterans to preserve legacies, protect jobs and grow companies. We actively invest in small businesses in the Nashville-Charlotte-Atlanta triangle -Stable revenue, $5 - 50mm -EBITDA, $1 - 6mm -B2B and B2C services businesses -Revenue not linked to a special category (SDVOB, etc) -Owner/operator seeking an exit from day-to-day management We have 3 core beliefs at L5C: One – there is a generation of small business owner-operators who’ve developed exceptional companies and are looking for: -An exit from running the business -Realization of the value they’ve created -Opportunity to preserve their legacy -Preservation of their employees livelihoods Two – the veteran community is both under-utilized and a source of top-decile leadership talent. Many elite veterans are looking for: -An opportunity to continue to lead organizations -The chance to create value for themselves and other -The ability to impact their communities in a positive way Three – marrying these two, small business owners with exceptional veteran talent has the potential to preserve legacies, job and grow micro-cap businesses while creating significant value for -Owners -Veterans -Investors Those core beliefs are supported by our Operating Priorities: -People are more important than tools -Transparency and follow through are table stakes -Bias towards action -Hope is a terrible plan -Plan backwards -Fight problems, not people -You get what you measure -Decisions are better with data