Red Iron Group Management, LLC

Red Iron Group Management, LLC is an SEC‑registered investment manager that provides discretionary investment management to private pooled investment vehicles and does not manage individual client accounts. As of December 31, 2025, it managed approximately $461.6 million and is compensated through management fees based on assets under management and performance‑based profit allocations.

The firm focuses on control investments in lower‑middle‑market companies, generally targeting businesses with $10 million to $250 million in annual revenue, and seeks to create value through digital transformation, margin optimization, inorganic consolidation and greater revenue predictability. Transactions are typically executed as control buyouts, take‑privates or corporate carve‑outs, and the firm may build toe‑hold positions or pursue PIPEs to facilitate certain take‑private strategies; due diligence is led by the two principals with a small internal team and selected third‑party advisors.

Distinctive features include a Members Fund that allows employees, affiliates and select “friends and family” to invest alongside the Funds (with Members Fund investors typically not paying advisory fees) and an affiliated consulting entity (RIG Builders) that can provide services to portfolio companies, arrangements disclosed as potential conflicts mitigated by fee offsets and advisory‑committee oversight. The firm also emphasizes differentiated sourcing through a family‑office network and a microcap manager network, a deliberately concentrated portfolio construction (initially four to eight platform companies), and the use of continuation vehicles and side‑letters, which shape its operational model relative to many peers.