Growth Catalyst with 30+ Years of Experience
We invest long-term, patient capital in high-potential companies and collaborate with management teams to build stronger businesses.
THE SILVER CANYON APPROACH
We seek to partner with exceptional management teams by providing patient, long-term capital to businesses that can benefit from our operational focus.
Value-Added Investor
Silver Canyon’s investing strategy aligns our interests with management teams and other owners. We work closely and collaboratively with our management teams to enhance the long-term value of our portfolio companies.
Type of Investment: Acquisition & Non-Control Growth Equity
Our resources, strategic insights, long-term orientation and operational focus provide companies with an important advantage.
Let's Build Together
Silver Canyon succeeds when you succeed because our interests and incentives are aligned with the shareholders. We earn our returns from building a stronger business and increasing equity value rather than from financial engineering, or restructuring.
Trusted Partner
We customize our investment structure to meet the immediate and longer-term objectives of a business’s owners and management team.
Long-Term Perspective
Patient approach focused on creating long-term value by providing capital and strategic insight to help management teams build their businesses and create sustainable value.
Experienced Investment Team
Silver Canyon’s investment professionals have extensive transactional experience and deep industry knowledge. Silver Canyon’s principals have an average of 22 years of private equity experience.
Capital and Expertise Maximizing Value
Silver Canyon has extensive capital markets experience. We help businesses achieve an effective capital structure to foster sustainable growth and optimize liquidity alternatives. (e.g. M&A, IPO & Recapitalizations).
Add-On Acquisition Expertise
Silver Canyon has extensive experience in helping management identify, evaluate, negotiate, finance and importantly, integrate strategic add-on acquisitions.
Proven Track Record
Silver Canyon and its principals have generated superior investment results over the last 20 years. We have an outstanding record of assisting companies in realizing their growth objectives and dramatically increasing value for all shareholders.
MEET OUR TEAM
TIM KELLEHER
Tim Kelleher is Managing Partner of Silver Canyon Group and Managing Partner of KMCP Advisors ll. KMCP, formerly known as PCG Corporate Partners Advisors ll, was a spin-off from Pacific Corporate Group Holdings. Prior to this, Mr. Kelleher was a Partner and Senior Vice President with Desai Capital Management where he was responsible for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, and monitoring leveraged buyouts and later-stage growth financings. Prior to Desai, Mr. Kelleher was an Associate with Entrecanales, Inc., where he identified, analyzed, and negotiated later-stage growth capital and management buyout investment opportunities for a Madrid-based family. Before Entrecanales, Mr. Kelleher was an Associate with L.F. Rothschild & Co. where he executed leveraged buyouts and mergers and acquisitions advisory assignments. Mr. Kelleher began his career in the audit practice of Arthur Young & Company. Mr. Kelleher received his Master’s in Accounting from New York University and his BA in History from Hamilton College. Mr. Kelleher has been a board directory of many companies, including three that were publicly traded. Mr. Kelleher is currently a Director of Allied Resource Corporation, Quantum Restaurants, and Mach 1 Foods, LLC.
DOUG HALL
Doug Hall joined Silver Canyon in 2014. Mr. Hall previously worked as a Senior Consultant of Avant Advisory Group where he was involved in operational restructuring and refinancing processes for middle-market companies. He began his career as an Associate with D.E. Shaw & Co. where he was involved in evaluating distressed and infrastructure investments as well as portfolio asset allocation. Mr. Hall received an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management in 2010 and a BA in Economics with a Minor in Mathematics from Brigham Young University in 2004.
SAMANTHA SACKS
Samantha Sacks is the Chief Financial Officer of Silver Canyon Group and KMCP Advisors ll. Ms. Sacks previously worked with Mr. Kelleher at Pacific Corporate Group, where she was CFO. Prior to this, she was CFO of Torrey Pines Capital Management (“TPCM”), a San Diego-based Hedge Fund. Prior to TPCM, she worked for CIGNA Corporation where she assisted in the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley and was a Controller in the group insurance division. Ms. Sacks began her career as an auditor at Arthur Andersen in Cape Town, South Africa, before relocating to Philadelphia, PA with the firm. Ms. Sacks completed her undergraduate and graduate work (Bachelor of Business Science degree in Finance and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Accounting) from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She is an active CPA (licensed in California), and a member of the Financial Executives Networking Group, as well as CFO Roundtable.
OUR PORTFOLIO
SELECT EXITED INVESTMENTS
Puraglobe
Producer of sustainable base oils that are used for motor oils, plastics, and electric vehicle fluids.
Fulcrum Building Group
Supplier of building materials to residential homebuilders in the Northern Gulf Coast region.
AECOM
Infrastructure engineering, design, and management services provider.
Widmer Brothers Brewing
Brewer and marketer of craft beers based in Portland, OR.
Brown Jordan
Manufacturer and marketer of luxury outdoor patio furniture.
VisionWorks / EyeCare Centers of America
Eyewear retailer and provider of optometry services.
SymphonyIRI
Data analytics and consumer market research company.
Lincoln Paper and Tissue
Producer of deep-dyed tissue napkins for consumer and health care sectors.
ORBCOMM Inc.
Producer of systems that enable subscribers to track, monitor, control, and communicate with fixed mobile assets.
Sunflower Farmers Market
Operator of value-oriented natural and organic grocery stores offering high quality products at lower prices. Sunflower merged with Sprouts Farmers Market in May 2012 to create one of the largest grocers in the Western U.S.
WebMD Health Corporation
Provides professional health information, supportive communities, and in-depth reference materials to consumers, doctors, and companies.
After Hours Formalwear
Chain of men's tuxedo and formal wear rental shops.
LATEST NEWS
Silver Canyon Group Announces the Acquisition of Franklin Homes
August 8, 2024 | Russellville, Alabama
For over 50-years, Franklin Homes has produced manufactured homes, modular residential, and multifamily buildings. The company was founded by Jerry James over 50-years ago and is known for its quality and service.
Bobby Killingsworth, previously the President and CEO of the Fulcrum Building Group in the AL/FL panhandle will take the lead as President at Franklin Homes and Blake Jackson, currently the company’s sales lead, will be promoted to General Manager. Mr. Killingsworth stated, “Franklin Homes has an impressive history of high quality and value in their homes, and we are very excited to be part of the future of providing affordable housing with Franklin.” Silver Canyon plans to support the innovation and growth of the company to include additional plants.
Fulcrum Building Group Announces Sale to Builders FirstSource
December 15, 2022 | Navarre, Florida
Fulcrum Building Group (“Fulcrum”) announced today the sale of 100% of the business to Builders FirstSource. Terms of the transaction were not provided.
Fulcrum supplies building materials primarily to custom home builders and remodel contractors from eleven locations along the rapidly growing Northern Gulf Coast. Fulcrum’s product offerings include complete lines of lumber, sheet goods, doors, windows, millwork and value-added services such as door fabrication and custom millwork. Also, in Spring 2023, Fulcrum is also scheduled to open a roof and floor truss manufacturing plant in Defuniak Springs, FL.
Fulcrum was formed in 2019 by Silver Canyon Group, LLC to acquire South Bay Lumber and Navarre Lumber. Over the past 3+ years Fulcrum has grown revenues over 5-times through a combination of the organic initiatives and strategic acquisitions of Ford Lumber and Southeastern Sash Door. Organic growth initiatives included opening two greenfield locations as well as expanding the offering of value-added products.
Builders FirstSource (“BFS”), headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is the largest US supplier of building products, prefabricated components and value-added services to the professional market segment for new residential construction and repair and remodeling. BFS operates in 42 states with over 500 location. BFS’s annual sales are about $22.7 billion.
Fulcrum is majority-owned by investment funds managed by Silver Canyon Group, LLC. Tim Kelleher, Chairman of Fulcrum and Managing Partner of Silver Canyon Group said “We feel incredibly fortunate to have worked with the founders of South Bay, Navarre, Ford and Southeastern to create the leading provider of building materials in our region. Our success is due to the dedication and integrity of this team.
Bobby Killingsworth, CEO of Fulcrum said “The combination with BFS gives Fulcrum greater resources that will enable Fulcrum to better serve its customer and will increase the opportunity for growth and development of the next generation of leadership.”
Silver Canyon Group has 30+ years of experience providing capital and operational support that accelerates the growth of middle-market companies. Prior investments by Silver Canyon and its predecessors have included Quantum Restaurants, Mach 1 Foods, Sunflower/ Sprouts Farmer’s Market, Widmer Brewing, Eye Care Centers of America, Brown Jordan, and Information Resources Inc.
