Zachary Mittelmark
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- Full Name
- Zach Mittelmark
- Title
- Managing Director
- Firm
- Shoreline Equity Partners
- Firm Type
- Lower middle-market private equity firm
- Investment Stage
- Buyouts, corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, and minority/growth equity
- Check Size
- Shoreline seeks to lead equity investments of up to $150 million per transaction
- Target Company Profile
- Lower middle-market businesses with $5 million-$30 million of EBITDA and $50 million-$350 million of transaction value; emphasis on growth, profitability, recurring demand drivers, clear value-creation opportunities, and strong management teams
- Sector Focus
- Sector agnostic, with emphasis on distribution, services, manufacturing, specialized manufacturing, value-added distribution, and business/facility services
- Geographic Focus
- U.S. lower middle market; Zach has been described by Shoreline as focused on middle-market investments based in the Southeast
- Location
- Neptune Beach, Florida
Background
Zach Mittelmark is a Managing Director at Shoreline Equity Partners, a lower middle-market private equity firm based in Neptune Beach, Florida. Shoreline says he was an instrumental part of the firm's formation in 2019 and is primarily responsible for evaluating and executing investment transactions as well as managing portfolio companies.
At Shoreline, Mittelmark has held board-level responsibilities at Engelman's Bakery, Pool Troopers, Core Roofing Systems, and C&S Chemicals, and previously held board-level responsibilities at Mr. Greens. In January 2022, Shoreline promoted him from Vice President to Principal; in July 2024, it promoted him from Principal to Managing Director.
Before Shoreline, Mittelmark was a Senior Associate at PNC Riverarch Capital, a middle-market private equity firm. Earlier, he was an Associate at Hancock Capital Management, a private equity group operating within Manulife Financial Corporation.
Mittelmark holds a B.S. in Business Administration, magna cum laude, from Babson College, where he graduated with Beta Gamma Sigma Honors.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- Shoreline targets lower middle-market businesses and seeks long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs and management teams.
- The firm looks for businesses with strong management teams, long-standing customer relationships, time-tested business models, and clear competitive differentiation.
- Shoreline's stated investment criteria include history of growth and profitability, sustainable recurring demand drivers, clear value-creation opportunities, and strong management teams.
- Shoreline is sector agnostic but prefers non-capital-intensive companies with market leadership positions and strong customer relationships.
- Core sectors include distribution, services, manufacturing, specialized manufacturing, value-added distribution, and business/facility services.
- Shoreline says its model should be a "win-win" for shareholders, employees, customers, vendors, and communities.
- The firm says it creates value by building "bigger, better businesses without relying on financial engineering or cost cutting."
- Typical transaction types include buyouts, corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, and minority/growth equity.
Notable Investments
- C&S Chemicals - December 2022 investment in a Roswell, Georgia-based provider of water treatment and animal health chemicals; Mittelmark has board-level responsibilities.
- Core Roofing Systems - November 2022 investment in an Alpharetta, Georgia-based provider of commercial re-roofing, maintenance, repair, inspection, and new roofing systems; Mittelmark has board-level responsibilities.
- Pool Troopers - October 2020 investment in a Tampa-based pool chemical, cleaning, maintenance, and repair services platform serving customers across the Sun Belt; Mittelmark has board-level responsibilities.
- Engelman's Bakery - February 2020 investment in a Norcross, Georgia-based wholesale bakery serving restaurants across the Southeast; Mittelmark has board-level responsibilities.
- Mr. Greens - July 2019 Shoreline investment in a Miami-based produce, dairy, and dry-goods distributor; Mittelmark had prior board-level responsibilities and was part of the Shoreline transaction team for the May 2023 sale to Sterling Investment Partners.
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