Kroll Capital
Kroll Capital describes itself as a lower-middle-market M&A advisory firm providing sell-side, buy-side, and financial-advisory services. Its public materials cover sales, divestitures, recapitalizations, acquisitions, valuations, capital raising, financial modeling, forecasting, and risk management.
What stands out about Kroll Capital
Kroll Capital publicly positions its work around lower-middle-market M&A advisory, including sell-side processes, acquisition advisory, and related financial services. It lists multiple industry verticals, maintains a state and international buyer network, and publishes selected transaction examples. The cited materials do not establish universal numerical size thresholds or published engagement-fee terms.[1][2][3][4][5][8][9][10]
What does Kroll Capital do?
Kroll Capital is an M&A advisory firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm states that it was founded in 2011 by Robert Kroll and describes its expertise as focused on the lower middle market.
Its public service offering spans sell-side advisory, buy-side acquisition advisory, and financial advisory. Kroll Capital states that it has over 100 years of combined lower-middle-market M&A experience and has guided dozens of successful exits.[1][2][3][4][5][8]
For sellers, Kroll Capital describes support with exit-strategy design, buyer identification, negotiation, due-diligence coordination, and post-closing transition support. Its stated sell-side work covers sales, divestitures, and recapitalizations.
For buyers, the firm describes target sourcing, financial and operational diligence, deal structuring and financing, and integration planning. Its financial-advisory services include business valuations, capital raising, financial modeling and forecasting, and risk management.[3][4][5]
Owners comparing advisory firms can also review Auxo’s M&A advisor vs. business broker vs. investment bank comparison, advisor-selection guide, and sell-side advisor evaluation framework.
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Kroll Capital?
An owner evaluating Kroll Capital can clarify how the firm would define the buyer universe, apply its stated confidentiality controls, and structure outreach to strategic acquirers, private equity firms, and family offices. The published materials also provide a basis for discussing the proposed engagement team, sector-specific buyer reach, valuation approach, negotiation support, and transition assistance.
Because the cited sales, divestitures, and recapitalizations page does not publish fee percentages, minimum fees, expense provisions, tail periods, or termination rights, those terms should be confirmed directly. An owner may also wish to clarify the proposed process timeline, conflicts policy, treatment of management continuity, rollover equity, earn-outs, indemnities, and working-capital adjustments.[1][3][6]
What revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value, or transaction-size ranges does Kroll Capital typically advise on
What are the engagement fees, success-fee mechanics, minimum fees, expense provisions, tail period, and termination rights
Which selected transactions are attributed to Kroll Capital, and, where available, what were the transaction dates, buyer types, and consideration structures
What size transactions and clients does Kroll Capital focus on?
Kroll Capital lists Industrials & Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Technology & IT Services, Business, Essential & Consumer Services, Healthcare & Medical Devices, Consumer, Food & Beverage, Transportation & Logistics, and Packaging & Printing as industries served.
Within Industrials & Manufacturing, the firm identifies specialties including plastics, rubber and polymer manufacturing; metal fabrication and machining; highly engineered products; component manufacturing and assembly; automation solutions; building products and distribution; and specialty chemicals and coatings.[6][7]
Kroll Capital’s official transaction pages identify Electrical Contractor as acquired by an anonymous strategic buyer; Precision Machining Manufacturer as acquired by Chandler Industries, a BTX Precision Company and portfolio company of L Squared Capital Partners; Plateworks Plus and Mobile Pro Systems as acquired by Mill City Capital; Adair Plastics as acquired by Seaway Plastics Engineering, a portfolio company of ICG plc; Hardscape.com as acquired by SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.; and Bridgeman’s Extra-Quality Ice Cream as acquired by Bridgeman’s LLC.
These examples are presented as advisory transactions rather than as a principal-investment portfolio. The cited pages for Electrical Contractor and Precision Machining Manufacturer do not disclose transaction dates or consideration amounts.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Kroll Capital states that its sell-side process may include full exits, partial rollovers, or recapitalizations. It may engage strategic acquirers, private equity firms, and family offices.
Its acquisition advisory materials state that industry focus, size range, and geographic reach are defined as part of each acquisition mandate. The firm also states that it has a state and international buyer network.[1][3][4]
What does Kroll Capital publicly disclose about fees, process and engagement terms?
The cited acquisitions page does not publish a universal numerical revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value, or transaction-size threshold; it states that size range is defined as part of the acquisition criteria.
The cited sales, divestitures, and recapitalizations page does not publish fee percentages, minimum fees, expense provisions, tail periods, or termination rights.
The cited Electrical Contractor and Precision Machining Manufacturer transaction pages do not disclose transaction dates or consideration amounts.[3][4][9][10]
The official biography for Robert Kroll identifies him as a Series 65 license holder and Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor.
Kroll Capital’s terms state that submitting an inquiry or using the website does not create an adviser-client relationship and that a formal engagement occurs only after both parties sign a written agreement.[2][16]
Kroll Capital states that its sell-side process uses confidentiality protocols, controlled data-room access, targeted marketing materials, and engagement of multiple parties to create competitive tension.
The firm also describes buyer identification, negotiation, due-diligence coordination, transaction structuring, and post-closing transition support as elements of its advisory work.[3]
Questions to ask before hiring Kroll Capital
What revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value, or transaction-size ranges does Kroll Capital typically advise on?
What are the engagement fees, success-fee mechanics, minimum fees, expense provisions, tail period, and termination rights?
Which selected transactions are attributed to Kroll Capital, and, where available, what were the transaction dates, buyer types, and consideration structures?
Which strategic, private-equity, family-office, and international buyers are active in the company’s specific sector?
How will confidentiality, management continuity, rollover equity, earn-outs, indemnities, and working-capital adjustments be handled?
Does Kroll Capital or any affiliate provide investment-advisory, broker-dealer, financing, or principal-investment services in connection with engagements?
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