We founded NewSpring more than twenty-five years ago because we understood that the right partner at the right time makes all the difference.
We believe in bringing material value to our founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, partnering with them to achieve their visions.
Years investing in the lower-middle market
Assets under management
Investments across five diverse strategies
Professionals
As we’ve grown, we’ve chosen to grow laterally — expanding into new sectors as we see new potential but remaining staunchly true to our lower-middle market legacy and the leaders with whom we’ve forged long-term partnerships.
We partner with technology companies to create sustainable pathways for capital-efficient growth.
We put our industry-specific operator background to work for healthcare services companies.
We partner with companies and sponsors to provide flexible capital that fuels growth, provides liquidity, supports acquisitions, and unlocks long-term value.
We partner with industry leaders to build people-driven businesses at the forefront of the digital transformation economy.
We fuel the American Dream by partnering with franchisors and multi-unit business owners to spur strong growth.
We are operational experts with decades of experience navigating the lower-middle market, its challenges and opportunities, making outcomes more predictable for our founders and management teams.
The support we provide touches many facets of the business — back office, technology advancement, operational transformation, mentorship, and connection — with the goal of preparing the company as a whole to take on its next chapter with confidence.
Winner of the Inc. 5000 Founder-Friendly Award four years in a row.*
We have the experience and expertise to add value in a broad range of industries. Here are a few in which we’ve had repeated success.
NewSpring partners with lower-middle market companies to create measurable value for business owners and limited partners. We foster deep and enduring relationships, hold ourselves to the highest standards, and align our goals and values with entrepreneurs, investors, and employees in pursuit of excellence.
Our core values
We care about the people we work with in every constituency. Relationships are the lifeblood of business. We listen and are tactful in our approach, focused on meaningful long-term connections.
We act with integrity and conduct ourselves ethically under all circumstances. We operate with transparency and honesty, demonstrating our credibility to our employees, investors, and portfolio companies.
We are passionate in our support of entrepreneurs and their vision. We embody the entrepreneurial spirit within our organization and believe innovative, entrepreneurial thinking can change the world.
We believe in and value the significant responsibility we have as trusted stewards of investors' capital and are relentless in our pursuit of quantifiable success. We set high expectations, consistently challenge the status quo, and thoroughly hold ourselves accountable to preserve the quality of our work.
We see our employees, investors, and portfolio companies as one team. We have a shared purpose and goal that we know is more attainable through mutual collaboration. We act as one firm across all strategies — a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
A team of seasoned operators and collaborative investors working together to spur great businesses forward.
Join a team committed to partnering with strong businesses in the lower-middle market and working together toward even stronger futures.
Formed to complement our commitment to building businesses in the Philadelphia region, the NewSpring Foundation’s mission is to support education and arts programs centered on alleviating the cycle of poverty in the community.
Organizations for entrepreneurs
We believe in supporting the entrepreneurial community by dedicating our time to creating fertile ground for investments and sponsoring like-minded organizations. We’re involved from membership to leadership in a wide array of organizations.
