Avance is a private equity firm guided by partnership, experience, diversity and growth. The Avance team has over 80 years of collective private equity experience and a long history of partnering with founder-owned businesses, industry executives, and management teams to build dynamic businesses in the lower middle market across the U.S. The firm is focused on transformational growth opportunities in the Services and Consumer sectors, with a particular emphasis on companies generating $5-$25 million of EBITDA, and experiencing inflection points that can lead to accelerated growth (e.g. fragmented sectors benefiting from consolidation; demographic changes impacting supply of labor, demand for services or consumer behaviors; technology enabling new ways of delivering services or reaching consumers). Avance welcomes opportunities to work with intermediaries, consultants, advisors and business owners to customize transaction solutions and build strong partnerships. We work collaboratively with management teams, board members and functional experts with the goal of increasing the EBITDA and enterprise value of each underlying portfolio company, utilizing a value creation process called STAGE™. Avance has offices in New York and Miami.