Key Takeaways
- • Arsenal Capital Partners appointed Max Schechter as managing director and head of business development for its industrial growth team, bringing nearly two decades of experience in deal sourcing and business development.
- • Schechter transitions from Angeles Equity Partners, where he led sourcing efforts focused on lower middle-market industrial companies in niche manufacturing, industrial services, and specialty distribution.
- • Arsenal Capital Partners, founded in 2000, has deployed over $10 billion in institutional equity and completed more than 300 platform and add-on acquisitions across its industrial growth and healthcare verticals.
- • The hire strengthens Arsenal's sourcing capabilities in the lower middle-market industrial sector, a core focus area for the New York-based middle-market private equity firm.
Summary
Schechter brings nearly two decades of relevant experience in business development, deal sourcing, fundraising, and investor relations. He joins from Angeles Equity Partners, where he served as managing director and head of business development, overseeing the firm's sourcing function concentrated on lower middle-market industrial companies. His previous scope included niche manufacturing, industrial services, and specialty distribution—sectors that align directly with Arsenal's industrial growth investment thesis.
Arsenal Capital Partners was founded in 2000 and has established a significant track record within middle-market private equity. The firm has raised institutional equity funds totaling over $10 billion and has completed more than 300 platform and add-on acquisitions. Schechter holds a B.A. in Economics from Princeton University.
The hire reflects Arsenal's strategy to deepen its sourcing capabilities and deal flow generation within the industrial growth segment, positioning the firm to identify and execute investments across its target lower middle-market subsector.
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