Thomas Sudyka

Thomas Sudyka is a Vice President on the investment team at M-One Capital, the Omaha, Nebraska private equity firm formerly known as McCarthy Capital. He joined the firm in 2017 as an Associate and has since risen to Vice President, where his responsibilities include originating and evaluating new investment opportunities, executing private investments, and providing management oversight of portfolio companies. Aggregator profiles (TheOrg, Bloomberg) note his role overseeing the firm's Associate team.

Before joining McCarthy Capital, Sudyka worked in PwC's M&A Transaction Services group, giving him a transaction-diligence and deal-execution grounding that carries into his current sourcing and execution role. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Loyola University Chicago and is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charterholder.

M-One Capital was founded in 1986, is headquartered in Omaha, and manages roughly $4.0 billion of capital across strategies. The firm has partnered with more than 80 private companies and is currently investing from M-One Capital Fund VIII, L.P., an $870 million private-equity fund. Its model centers on "growing businesses in partnership with management," typically holding common equity alongside operators who retain operating control and meaningful ownership. Sudyka also serves as a board member for RISE and CUES, reflecting community and corporate involvement in the region and its industries.

• Invests through M-One Capital's (McCarthy's) "partnership with management" model — management-friendly capital where founders/operators keep operating control and significant ownership.
• Core private equity: majority or minority equity investments of $30M–$125M in established lower-middle-market businesses.
• "Emerging Growth" strategy: growth-equity checks of $5M–$20M in companies with at least $1M of recurring revenue — a fit for scaling software and services businesses.
• Sector activity in his own portfolio skews toward software/SaaS (WellnessLiving, CPaT, Quantum Workplace), healthcare services (OneCare), and consumer (Caraway).
• Firm-stated ethos: "approaching our investments as partnerships with management not only improves results due to alignment and stronger relationships, but it adds purpose to our work."