The TAC Method - Team Alignment Alignment and realignment are a never-ending journey. All teams need help recruiting as they grow and transform. ScaleCo specializes in taking small, plateaued businesses and turning them into growth businesses that are highly valued. The TAC Method (Transform, Accelerate and Consolidate), coupled with like-minded business leaders, [...]
We are pleased to announce that Andrew Newsome has been named as Vice President at ScaleCo. In his role as Vice President, Mr. Newsome is primarily responsible for managing the pipeline of ScaleCo Operating Partners. This development includes search fund investors, middle market PE firms, and independent sponsors. He will oversee developments to the Scale [...]
Mike David - ScaleCo Partner, Fund & Operations Mike David joined ScaleCo in 2020 to employ his private equity and operating company expertise. Mr. David and Brendan Anderson, ScaleCo Founder and Managing Partner, have known each other for more than 20 years and have worked on multiple transactions together. In 2000, Mr. David and Mr. [...]
ScaleCo’s investment thesis is dependent on people. At ScaleCo, our teams’ core values are; Humble, Hungry, People-Smart, Entrepreneurial Passion (HH&PE). Gathering a wide network of HH&PE people will cultivate transformational relationships and opportunities for the Scale Community. Humble: ScaleCo team members are humble. They lack excessive ego or concerns about status. They are quick to [...]
Who We Are ScaleCo is a private equity firm located in Cleveland, Ohio that acquires controlling interest in microcap private companies. Over the past 20 years, ScaleCo has managed three committed funds and invested more than $100 million in 20+ platform companies. We find and work with entrepreneurial operating partners to lead, transform, and scale [...]
We are pleased to announce that Ashley Alber has been named as Principal. In her role as Principal, Ms. Alber is primarily responsible for the operations of ScaleCo portfolio companies, overseeing developments in accounting and finance, team alignment, organic revenue growth, technology enablement and implementation, and corporate development. After graduating from New York University, Ashley began her [...]
Matt Diamond - ScaleCo Partner, Legal and Michigan Lead Based in Birmingham, Michigan (outside of Detroit), but an Akron, Ohio native, Matt Diamond joined ScaleCo in 2021 as a Partner, Legal & Michigan Lead. He is responsible for deal sourcing, fundraising, and network building in Michigan as well as ScaleCo’s diligence and legal processes. Mr. [...]
An Alliance, OH native, Brendan Anderson began his career in Chicago, where he completed formal credit training and worked as a lending officer with American National Bank and HSBC Bank. He holds a BA in Economics from DePauw University and an MBA in Finance from Loyola University. He gained further lending experience as an investor, board member, and member of [...]
In December 2021, Brendan Anderson, Managing Partner and CEO of ScaleCo, and Donnie Bedney, a ScaleCo Operating Partner and President of PSP Metrics, sat down with Vonetta Young to discuss the benefits of entrepreneurship through acquisition for both private equity GPs and aspiring business owners. Vonetta Young Advisors hosts a monthly video call where private [...]
We are pleased to announce that Charles Harris has been named as Partner. Charles has an extensive background in investment banking and financial service, including KeyBank in Cleveland and Fifth Third Securities in Columbus and Cleveland. He has been successful in founding two entrepreneurial businesses through applying growth strategies, preparing in depth research materials, and [...]
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