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Top 25 Distressed equity firms based in Los Angeles, United States

Name: Distressed equity firms based in Los Angeles, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 46 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 46 distressed equity firms headquartered in Los Angeles, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 417 professional contacts across them, including 200 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers distressed equity firms headquartered in Los Angeles, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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417Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest distressed equity firms based in Los Angeles, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 46 distressed equity firms based in Los Angeles, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to distressed equity firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Skyview Capital	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	43 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Skyview Capital LLC is a privately-held investment firm that specializes in the acquisition and strategic management of mission-critical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Kingswood Capital Management	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	39 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Kingswood is a private investment firm primarily focused on businesses that are undergoing varying degrees of operational, financial or market-driven change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Angeles Equity Partners, LLC	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	39 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Angeles Equity Partners, LLC is a private equity firm that invests in companies across a wide range of sectors and specifically targets businesses which it believes can directly…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Nexus Capital Management	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Nexus Capital Management was formed in 2013 to make opportunistic debt and equity investments in a broad range of companies and industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Corbel Capital Partners	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Corbel Capital Partners is a Los Angeles-based independent investment firm that makes creatively tailored structured debt or equity investments in lower market businesses and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Balmoral Funds	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Balmoral Funds is a private equity firm focused on partnering with talented and committed management teams to invest in and revitalize companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Highview Capital	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We invest in middle-market businesses that are facing a critical inflection point and are undergoing periods of transformation, turnaround, growth or expansion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Atar Capital	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Atar Capital is a global private investment firm that benefits from over seventy-five years of combined buy-out, investing, and asset management experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Celadon Partners	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Celadon is a mid-market PE firm focused on companies and industries at a strategic inflection point.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Carolwood LP	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Carolwood LP is a fully integrated private equity firm formed by principals Andrew Shanfeld and Adam Rubin in 2014.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Stonecalibre, LLC	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2012, StoneCalibre is an international private investment firm with offices located in Los Angeles, Paris, and London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Afamia	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Afamia Financial is an operationally-focused private investment firm that sponsors buyouts of small and middle-market companies in the engineering, food & beverage, gaming &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	ORO Capital Advisors	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 1994, Oro Capital Advisors, LLC is a boutique real estate investor and investment management firm headquartered in Los Angeles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Castle Capital	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Castle Capital is an entrepreneurial investment firm that specializes in acquiring, operating, and growing established businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Terramar Capital LLC	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TerraMar Capital LLC is an investment platform headquartered in Los Angeles that provides debt and equity capital to middle-market businesses facing an inflection point.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Iqdx Capital Management	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “IQDX is an investment holding company that creates long-term capital appreciation for its shareholders by partnering with business owners, entrepreneurs and management teams to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	EMA Group	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our firm has been serving clients since 2010.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Twist Capital	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Twist Capital is a Los Angeles-based investment firm that invests in special situations involving companies active in the technology sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Altai Capital Management, L.P	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Altai Capital is an independent, value oriented private investment firm focused on both credit and equity opportunities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	S5 Equity	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “S5 Equity is a private investment firm dedicated to acquiring and managing businesses in the lower middle market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Forstmann & CO	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In 1967, Forstmann Leff & Associates was founded as private investment partnership with the very specific objective of managing other people’s money intensively for high rates of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Hyperion Capital Partners	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hyperion Capital Partners is a private investment firm that establishes and utilizes partnerships with management to produce substantial long-term value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Dara Knot Capital Partners	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dara Knot is a Los Angeles-based private investment and advisory firm, founded to bring entrepreneurial passion, best in class strategic and operational support, and highly…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	The Briere Group	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Briere Group is a Los Angeles, California-based privately held investment firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Archytas Ventures	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Archytas Ventures is a private investment firm that provides flexible financing solutions across the capital structure to companies with exceptional management teams to fuel…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: distressed equity firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names distressed equity firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of distressed equity firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name distressed equity firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Distressed equity firms based in Los Angeles, United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

48.0%Verified-email coverage

9.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

382.6%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Los Angeles, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Los Angeles, over 46 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among distressed equity firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Los Angeles, United States whose own description of what they do matches “distressed equity firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names distressed equity firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among distressed equity firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Los Angeles are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 200 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Distressed equity firms by metro in the United States

Distressed equity firms in New York176
Distressed equity firms in Chicago56
Distressed equity firms in Los Angeles46
Distressed equity firms in Dallas39
Distressed equity firms in Houston34

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names distressed equity firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many distressed equity firms are there based in Los Angeles, United States?

RevenueBase identified 46 distressed equity firms headquartered in Los Angeles, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Skyview Capital, headquartered in Los Angeles, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most distressed equity firms?

New York leads with 176 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (56) and Los Angeles (46).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 200 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 46 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.