G.R. Kearney
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G.R. — saw Stacker Holdings' focus on lower middle-market industrials and the people-centric approach you take to building these businesses. We build custom deal sourcing systems for funds with a similar profile (one of our UK clients sources founder-run industrial & service businesses). Also noticed we share a similar-ish path from banking to the investing side. Thought it made sense to connect.
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G.R. — I came across Stacker Holdings and your focus on lower middle-market industrials and manufacturing businesses (CM Industries, Acme Finishing, etc.) — and thought it made sense to reach out for a couple reasons: 1.) we've been building custom deal origination systems for funds with a similar profile to yours and 2.) we share a somewhat overlapping path — I spent time in IB (Greenhill, Credit Suisse) before moving to the investing side at a growth equity fund in London, where I was doing direct deals into B2B service and industrial businesses. Of our active clients, the one closest to what you're doing at Stacker is Backer Group in the UK. They acquire founder-run service and light manufacturing businesses. Small team (like yours as an independent sponsor), so the system handles origination in the background — sourcing targets, scoring on owner readiness and acquisition fit, running personalized outreach via LinkedIn, email, and even personalized letters. Everything integrates live with their CRM. They still approve copy and stay in the loop, but the leverage is massive and they can focus on deals and portfolio companies instead of grinding on sourcing. also — I noticed your interest in employee ownership and the people-centric approach you take to building these businesses. that's pretty rare in PE and it's refreshing honestly. Given we've already built out this infrastructure for similar funds, I wondered if you wanted to take a look under the hood? Might be useful for Stacker's origination efforts, especially as you're looking at Midwest industrial companies where the mapping and scoring layer can surface a lot of targets that don't show up on typical deal lists. No worries if not — but if you're curious, I'm fairly free this week and next. very best, Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23
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Russell, Thanks for the nice note. We recently signed on with SG Analytics. THey have a deal sourcing component to what they do. I think we'll probably explore that and see if it's fruitful. The deal with them is a big step for us spend wise, so want to see how much we can get out of it. We've also got our hands pretty full with recent acquisitions at the moment so it's not a burning issue. Maybe reconnect in a quarter? Thanks, G.R. From: Russell Taylor <rt@momen2um.com> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2026 8:39 AM To: G.R. Kearney <grk@stackerholdings.com> Subject: stacker holdings & lower middle market industrials G.R. — I came across Stacker Holdings and your focus on lower middle-market industrials and manufacturing businesses (CM Industries, Acme Finishing, etc.) — and thought it made sense to reach out for a couple reasons: 1.) we've been building custom deal origination systems for funds with a similar profile to yours and 2.) we share a somewhat overlapping path — I spent time in IB (Greenhill, Credit Suisse) before moving to the investing side at a growth equity fund in London, where I was doing direct deals into B2B service and industrial businesses. Of our active clients, the one closest to what you're doing at Stacker is Backer Group in the UK. They acquire founder-run service and light manufacturing businesses. Small team (like yours as an independent sponsor), so the system handles origination in the background — sourcing targets, scoring on owner readiness and acquisition fit, running personalized outreach via LinkedIn, email, and even personalized letters. Everything integrates live with their CRM. They still approve copy and stay in the loop, but the leverage is massive and they can focus on deals and portfolio companies instead of grinding on sourcing. also — I noticed your interest in employee ownership and the people-centric approach you take to building these businesses. that's pretty rare in PE and it's refreshing honestly. Given we've already built out this infrastructure for similar funds, I wondered if you wanted to take a look under the hood? Might be useful for Stacker's origination efforts, especially as you're looking at Midwest industrial companies where the mapping and scoring layer can surface a lot of targets that don't show up on typical deal lists. No worries if not — but if you're curious, I'm fairly free this week and next. very best, Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23
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## PROSPECT INFORMATION: Name: G.R. Kearney Title: Partner Fund: Stacker Holdings Background: Fund details: - Description: Stacker is a private equity firm that helps business owners and management teams who care deeply about their companies retire or obtain liquidity. We are a non-traditional private equity firm. We roll up our sleeves and work alongside the employees in the businesses in which we invest. We focus on a small group of companies and investment opportunities so that we can give more attention to each business. We have no set timelines or requirements for liquidity so we sell when the time is right for all stakeholders. We typically serve as active board members. We take on various special projects at the companies to assist management teams. These initiatives are typically focused on growing the business, growing the team, or refining processes and improving operations. Specific examples range from developing an M&A strategy and approaching acquisition targets, to hiring key employees, to gathering and assembling data about the businesses that help management teams make better decisions. - Website: https://www.stackerholdings.com - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Lead qualification: Research: - Query: =Stacker Holdings G.R. Kearney recent investments fund thesis - Answer: Stacker Holdings, co-founded by G.R. Kearney, invests in U.S. companies with at least $2 million EBITDA, focusing on Midwest firms. Recent investments include CM Industries. G.R. Kearney has experience in private equity and education.