Lake Street Capital Partners, LP (“Lake Street Capital Partners” or “Lake Street Cap”), an affiliate of Lake Street Private Wealth, LLC, and subsidiary of Lake Street Capital Management, LLC, has announced that Brant Wilczek, a former senior member of Harris Williams, has joined the firm as Managing Director.
With the addition of Mr. Wilczek, Lake Street Capital Partners will now be led by both Justin Terzo, co-founder of Lake Street Private Wealth, and Brant Wilczek. Justin Terzo said, “We are excited to announce the formation of Lake Street Capital Partners along with the addition of Brant. The demand for greater access to alternative, private investments continue to grow at a feverish pace, and we are happy to bring this unique and direct opportunity to the clients of Lake Street Private Wealth. We are happy to welcome Brant to the firm and believe his experience over the past ten plus years sourcing, executing, and advising on transactions across the middle market is uniquely aligned with the goals and objectives of the Lake Street Capital Partners investment vehicle.”
“I couldn’t be happier to join Lake Street,” added Brant Wilczek. “Justin and the rest of the team have created a tremendous amount of value for the firm’s client base since its founding in 2017, and I am excited to be a part of that continued trend. We continue to believe that the lower middle market remains ripe with opportunity to deliver long-term value for both our investor base as well as the owners of the companies we will invest in. The combination of our broader firm’s network and reach, flexible capital base, value-added strategies, and transaction experience offer business owners a compelling partnership opportunity to continue to grow their businesses.”
About Lake Street Capital Partners, LP
Lake Street Capital Partners, LP (“Lake Street Cap”) is a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on making control, significant minority, and co-investments in North American based lower middle market companies across the consumer, services, and distribution sectors. Lake Street Cap seeks to invest in growth-oriented founders and family-owned businesses in search of a strategic and value-added capital partner. Lake Street Cap typically makes equity investments of $5 million to $15 million per transaction. For more information, please visit www.lakestcap.com or contact info@lakestcap.com.
About Lake Street Private Wealth, LLC
Lake Street Private Wealth, LLC (“Lake Street”) is an SEC Registered Investment Adviser and full-service independent wealth management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Lake Street offers investment management, financial consulting and insurance services to private clients and institutions throughout the United States. Lake Street’s mission is to partner with its clients in the truest sense, offering unbiased, holistic advice to help them achieve a financially secure life, both today and in the future. Since its inception in 2017, Lake Street has become a leading independent, nationally recognized, investment advisory firm with approximately $1.2 billion in assets under management (as of June 30, 2024). For more information, please visit www.lakest.com or contact info@lakest.com.
About Lake Street Capital Management, LLC
Lake Street Capital Management, LLC (“LSCM”) is the private capital investment arm of Lake Street founded to provide its clients with direct access to sponsors and proprietary alternative investment strategies, including real estate, private credit, and private equity. LSCM’s strategy enables investors to bypass intermediary investment vehicles and asset managers, thus avoiding excessive fee structures and high investment minimums, while also providing greater accountability, transparency, and communication with general partners. Since its inception in 2022, LSCM has facilitated over $50 million in transaction volume across various special purpose vehicles and its traditional draw-down private equity vehicle, Lake Street Capital Partners, LP.