Gryphon Investors
gryphon-inv.com Direct + LP
Gryphon Investors is a private equity firm that invests in lower middle market companies across five industry sectors. It offers both control equity investments and junior capital financing.
Gryphon Investors is a private equity firm headquartered in United States, founded in 1995. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, from growth to buyout, in business Services, consumer Products & Services, healthcare and industrial Growth. Its stated cheque size is $50 million to $500 million investment range. $10.0B+ under management and 75 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We look to partner with market leaders with strong underlying demographics and robust demand drivers who can benefit from our deep sector experience and relationships.”
— Gryphon Investors, own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Type
- Private equity
- Headquarters
- United States
- Invests in
- North America
- Sectors
- Business Services, Consumer Products & Services, Healthcare, Industrial Growth, Technology Solutions & Services
- Cheque size
- $50 million to $500 million investment range
- Founded
- 1995
- Assets under management
- $10.0B+
- Portfolio
- 75 companies
Team, as Gryphon Investors publishes it
- R. David Andrews Founder & Co-CEO
- Nicholas Orum Co-CEO & Co-CIO
- Leigh Abramson Co-CIO & Deal Partner
- Kevin Blank Operating Partner
- Steve Booker Operating Partner
- Tim Bradley Deal Partner
- Scott Ciccarelli Operating Partner
- Ryan Fagan Deal Partner
- Matt Farron Deal Partner
- Dorian Faust Partner
- Mike Ferry Operating Partner
- Jennifer Haas Partner
Names and roles exactly as listed on gryphon-inv.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 33 co-investors found.
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners 2 shared companies: dariengroup.com, trinityconsultants.com
- Backcast Partners Management LLC 1 shared company: aus.com
- Warburg Pincus 1 shared company: aus.com
- Bonaventure Capital, LLC 1 shared company: meazurelearning.com
- Great Hill Partners 1 shared company: meazurelearning.com
- ACON Investments 1 shared company: dariengroup.com
- American Industrial Partners 1 shared company: dariengroup.com
- Arable Capital Partners, LLC 1 shared company: dariengroup.com
- JLL Partners 1 shared company: dariengroup.com
- Pacific Avenue Capital Partners Management Company LLC 1 shared company: dariengroup.com
and 23 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Gryphon Investors publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.gryphon-inv.com/name, is_investor, type, description, founded, aum, portfolio_count, status, confidence
- https://www.gryphon-inv.com/gryphon-fund-strategies/layer
- https://www.gryphon-inv.com/investment-criteria/hq_country, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page
- https://www.gryphon-inv.com/team/people
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Record 1453 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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