Harry Holiday
Managing Director
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- Full Name
- Harry Holiday III
- Title
- Former Managing Director
- Firm
- Thompson Street Capital Partners
- Firm Type
- Middle-market private equity firm
- Investment Stage
- Buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures, take-privates, and growth-oriented middle-market private equity
- Target Company Profile
- Founder-led or management-led middle-market businesses with $50 million to $500 million of enterprise value; asset-light companies with high margins, predictable revenue, and niche-market leadership
- Sector Focus
- Life sciences and healthcare; software and technology; business and consumer services and products; engineered products
- Geographic Focus
- Primarily global middle-market opportunities, with cited experience in North America, Europe, and Australia
- Location
- St. Louis, Missouri
Background
Harry Holiday III was a Managing Director at Thompson Street Capital Partners, a St. Louis-based private equity firm founded in 2000. Public profiles and TSCP deal announcements place him at TSCP beginning in 2002, with prior operating experience at Owosso Corporation, Emerson Electric, and GE Aircraft Engine.
Before joining TSCP, Holiday was Chief Operating Officer of Owosso Corporation from 1996 to 2002. The Org reports that he previously worked at Emerson Electric from 1992 to 1996 as VP of Operations, after beginning his career in 1982 at GE Aircraft Engine.
His education includes an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a BE in Civil Engineering from Vanderbilt University. Equilar, citing TSCP as of February 12, 2026, lists him as a former Managing Director and notes board involvement with ISTO Biologics and former TSCP companies including Allied 100, BarcodesInc, BioIVT, Domaille Engineering, Express Oil Change & Service Center, FocusVision, Healthcare Linen Services Group, Kele, Universal Air Filter, and ZymeFlow.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- TSCP’s strategy is private equity, not seed-stage angel investing: the firm targets middle-market companies with $50 million to $500 million in enterprise value.
- Sector emphasis is concentrated in Life Sciences & Healthcare, Software & Technology, and Business & Consumer Services and Products.
- The firm states that it looks for “asset-light companies with high margins, predictable revenues” and leading positions in niche markets.
- TSCP favors situations where its portfolio-support resources can add value through revenue acceleration, operational improvement, and complementary acquisitions.
- Deal types include recapitalizations, buyouts, corporate divestitures, family-business transitions, and take-private transactions.
- Holiday’s cited transactions skew toward operating-heavy platforms in healthcare/life sciences and engineered products, including ISTO Biologics, Domaille Engineering, ZymeFlow, Kele, and BioIVT.
Notable Investments
- ISTO Biologics: Orthobiologics company serving spine and orthopedics; TSCP acquired ISTO’s commercial business in 2016, Holiday later served as Chairman of the Board, and Keensight Capital agreed in 2025 to acquire a majority stake while TSCP retained a minority stake.
- Advanced Biologics / Biologica Technologies: Merged with ISTO Biologics in 2023; Holiday said the combination amplified the companies’ biologics portfolios and supported continued growth.
- TheraCell: Regenerative medicine company acquired by ISTO Biologics in 2022; the acquisition added TheraFuze DBF technology to ISTO’s Influx line.
- ZymeFlow Decon Technology: Houston-based decontamination technology company; TSCP invested in 2014 and realized the investment through a 2023 sale to ShawKwei & Partners.
- Domaille Engineering: Rochester, Minnesota engineered-products company serving fiber-optic, defense, aerospace, national security, telecom, energy, and medical markets; TSCP invested in 2016 and sold its stake in 2021.
- Kele: Memphis-based value-added distributor of HVAC/building automation interface products; TSCP invested in 2004, sold a majority stake in 2007, and sold its minority stake in 2015.
- BioIVT: Life sciences research-products and services company; TSCP invested in 2013 and realized the investment in 2021, after a series of add-on acquisitions including Ascendance Biotechnology, Optivia Biotechnology, and Biological Specialty Corporation.
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