Compass Diversified is a private equity firm specializing in add on acquisitions, buyouts, industry consolidation, recapitalization, late stage, and middle market investments. It seeks to invest in leading industrial or branded consumer companies, textiles, Apparel and Luxury goods, trading companies and distributors, manufacturing, distribution, consumer discretionary, commercial services and supplies, consumer products, capital good, Leisure Product, consumer service, consumer staples, household durables, business services sector, infrastructure healthcare, safety & security, electronic components, food, and foodservice. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in North America. It seeks to invest between $80 million to$800 million and EBITDA starting from $10 million per annum. It seeks to acquire controlling ownership interests in its portfolio companies and can make additional platform acquisitions. The firm prefer to have controlled and majority stake in companies. The firm invests through its balance sheet and typically holds investments between five to seven years. Compass Diversified was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Westport, Connecticut with an additional office in Costa Mesa, California.