Brandon Kiss

Brandon Kiss is a Partner at TruArc Partners, a New York-based private equity firm focused on middle-market investments in Specialty Manufacturing and Business Services. TruArc says Kiss has worked with the firm’s senior investment team since 2007 and, as an investment partner, leads the firm’s investment activities in Commercial and Industrial Services.

Before joining the TruArc/Snow Phipps investment team, Kiss worked as an analyst at Morgan Stanley. TruArc’s company overview describes him as having begun working with the team in 2007 after serving as an analyst in Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking group.

Kiss currently serves on the boards of Northwinds Services Group, Watchtower Security, Meyer Lab, BlackHawk, and Schill Grounds Management. He received a B.A. in Biology from Colgate University.

TruArc is the successor business to Snow Phipps; TruArc’s portfolio disclosure notes that platform investments made in 2021 and later are held through entities managed by TruArc, while earlier listed current and realized platform investments were made by or held through funds managed by Snow Phipps Group, LLC.

• Kiss leads TruArc’s Commercial and Industrial Services investing activities.
• TruArc targets middle-market companies in Specialty Manufacturing and Business Services with multiple organic and inorganic growth opportunities.
• The firm’s stated investment criteria are $10 million-$50 million of platform EBITDA, $50 million-$150 million target investment size, and $100 million-$500 million enterprise value.
• TruArc focuses on control investments and value creation through “transformational growth” led by organic initiatives and acquisition-driven growth.
• The firm looks for companies in fragmented markets where a buy-and-build strategy can be a primary driver of value creation.
• In Watchtower Security, Kiss described “asset protection” as “an active investment theme” and cited conviction in recurring revenue, innovation, and customer satisfaction.
• In Schill Grounds Management, Kiss emphasized trusted commercial-services brands, expansion of geographic footprint, and broader service capabilities.