Shore's total capital raised in 2025 reaches almost $1.3 billion, underscoring continued momentum in the lower-middle market

Shore Capital Partners (“Shore Capital” or “Shore”), a Chicago-based private equity firm with offices in Nashville, today announced the successful close of its sixth Shore Capital Healthcare Partners Fund (“Healthcare Fund VI”) and second Shore Search Partners Fund (“Search Fund II”), with a total of approximately $850 million in capital commitments across the two funds.

The latest funds follow the close of Shore Capital Food & Beverage Partners Fund III (“F&B Fund III”) in July and bring the firm's total capital raised in 2025 to nearly $1.3 billion. With over $14 billion in assets under management (“AUM”), Shore has achieved substantial growth since 2019, when the firm had approximately $1 billion in AUM. To support the scale of its platform and maintain its disciplined investment approach, Shore has expanded its leadership team and bolstered its talent base over the past year, promoting more than 40 team members – including 15 on the senior investment team – and welcoming more than 50 new colleagues.

“Our growth over the past six years reflects the strength of our team, our disciplined sector-focused strategy, and our continued commitment to serving founders and management teams in the lower-middle market,” said Justin Ishbia, Founder and Managing Partner of Shore. "With three new funds closed this year, we continue to build on the depth and specialization that guide our investment approach. We remain focused on partnership, providing capital, strategic resources, and a culture of support that helps lower-middle market management teams grow faster with less risk."

Healthcare Fund VI, which closed with over $625 million in capital commitments, is led by Founding Partner Ryan Kelley, along with Shore Partners Don Pierce and Chris Mioton. The fund seeks to build on Shore’s long-standing expertise in microcap healthcare investing and its commitment to partnering with companies with revenues between $5 million and $200 million across a variety of healthcare subsectors. Consistent with Shore’s philosophy, the fund will emphasize collaboration, operational excellence, and shared learning across portfolio companies in an effort to accelerate sustainable growth.

“Healthcare Fund VI represents the next chapter in Shore’s long-term commitment to the healthcare industry,” said Ryan Kelley, Founding Partner at Shore. “We continue to see meaningful opportunities to invest behind strong operators and innovative businesses that are shaping the future of healthcare. The close of our sixth fund vintage builds on nearly two decades of microcap partnerships across the industry, demonstrating both the strength of our platform and the trust our partners place in Shore.”

Search Fund II, which closed with almost $225 million in capital commitments, is led by Partner Michael Aubrey, along with Partner Cameron Perkins. Building on the success of the inaugural fund, Search Fund II will continue to back experienced executives pursuing acquisition opportunities in the traditional search investment range. Participants benefit from Shore’s extensive network, operational resources, and development programs, gaining access to a demonstrated playbook designed to help leaders identify, acquire, and scale high-potential microcap businesses.

“At Shore, our focus has always been on empowering great people to build great businesses,” said Michael Aubrey, Partner at Shore. “Search Fund II continues that legacy by equipping talented entrepreneurs with learnings from over 1,000 microcap partnerships and providing the tools, mentorship, and partnership to lead and grow successful companies.”

The strategy reflects Shore’s ongoing innovation within the lower middle market and its commitment to developing future leaders who it believes can create meaningful value through disciplined execution and operational excellence.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal advisor to Shore for the fundraising efforts. Shore did not use a placement agent.

About Shore Capital Partners

Shore Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm with offices in Nashville, is an investor in lower middle market companies in the Healthcare, Food and Beverage, Business Services, Industrial, and Real Estate industries. Shore’s strategy is to support management partners to grow faster with less risk through access to capital, world-class board and operational resources, and unmatched networking, development, and shared learnings across the portfolio. From 2020-2024, Shore received recognition from Inc. Magazine as a 5x Top Founder Friendly Investor and by PitchBook Research for leading U.S. Private Equity deal volume for the past 10 years, from 2015-2024.Shore targets investments in established , successful private companies with superior management teams, stable cash flow, and significant potential to grow through industry consolidation and organic growth to generate value for shareholders. Shore has approximately $14 billion of assets under management and in additional investment platforms to which it provides business and operational consulting services. For more information on these awards and investment platforms, please visit: www.shorecp.com.

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