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How One Firm Wants to Disrupt the Traditional Private Equity Model

Inc. Founder Friendly Investors

First Investment

8+ Years Ago

Assets Under Management

$2.7B+

Employees

42

Add-on Acquisitions

220+

In the private equity world, most deals are handled by a bank or third party that manages and facilitates the sale of a company. Access Holdings, a Baltimore-based, middle-market, private equity firm, is upending this industry norm.

Kevin McAllister, founder and managing partner of Access, says that in a traditional auction process, timelines and interactions are tightly policed,

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