Aaron Bachik
Managing Director (formerly Co-Founder & Managing Partner, SLATE Partners) · FMI Capital Advisors (via SLATE Partners acquisition)
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- Title
- Managing Director (formerly Co-Founder & Managing Partner, SLATE Partners)
- Role
- Angel Investor / M&A Advisory
- Firm
- FMI Capital Advisors (via SLATE Partners acquisition)
- Firm Type
- Investment Bank / M&A Advisory (also listed as Angel Investor)
- Investment Stage
- Seed Round; Middle-Market M&A ($5M-$15M EBITDA)
- Sector Focus
- Building Materials, Building Products, Building Services, Construction
- Location
- Denver, Colorado
Background
Aaron Bachik is a seasoned investment banking and M&A professional with over 26 years of experience, the vast majority of which has been spent exclusively advising companies in the building materials and building services industries. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and holds FINRA Series 7, 63, and 79 licenses. He attended Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon before his studies at Wharton (1990-1994).
Bachik began his career in the investment banking and M&A departments of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. in New York City and Hanifen, Imhoff Inc. in Denver, Colorado. He then joined FMI Corp. (a management consulting and M&A services firm serving the construction industry) before moving to Green Manning & Bunch, where he spent 13 years as a Managing Director and founded and led the firm's building materials and services group.
In 2014, Bachik co-founded SLATE Partners LLC alongside Jason Munoz. Based in Denver, SLATE Partners was a boutique investment bank exclusively focused on providing sell-side and buy-side M&A advisory services to building materials and building services companies, serving family-owned businesses, entrepreneurs, and private equity portfolio companies nationwide. In October 2022, FMI Corporation acquired SLATE Partners, and Bachik joined FMI Capital Advisors as a Managing Director, where he continues to focus on the building products and building services sectors.
Investment Thesis & Focus
Bachik operates at the intersection of angel/seed investing and middle-market M&A advisory within the built environment. His core expertise lies in:
His deep, sector-specific focus -- over two decades working exclusively in building materials and services -- positions him as a highly specialized advisor and investor within this niche.
- Building Materials: Manufacturers, distributors, and producers of natural and manufactured building materials
- Building Products: Companies across the building products value chain
- Building Services: Architects, engineers, construction services, and facilities services providers
- Private Equity: Advisory work with PE-backed portfolio companies in the building materials and services space
- Transaction Types: Sell-side and buy-side M&A, majority and minority recapitalizations
Notable Investments & Transactions
- SLATE Partners -- Co-founded in 2014; acquired by FMI Corporation in October 2022
- Republic Elite / LDC Stone -- SLATE Partners advised Republic Elite LLC (a portfolio company of FC Crestone) on its merger with LDC Stone, Inc. (2017). Republic Elite, a provider of cabinets and stone countertops for multi-family residential, had approximately $100M in annual revenue at the time of the deal
- Seed-stage angel investments -- Listed as an angel investor active at the seed round stage (specific portfolio companies not publicly disclosed)
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