01 · Acquire

The people actually buying businesses in the Carolinas

Every profile below states a real range — revenue, EBITDA or cash flow — and where they will travel. No anonymous "qualified buyers."

If you are selling, read this as a market map. If you are searching, add yourself to it: a published profile with stated criteria is how the deals in this network actually find their buyer.

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How a deal moves here

You join the list. Free, and your name is not published unless you ask.
You meet buyers in person at a panel or an owner lunch — not over a broker's phone.
When it becomes a real process, Hillandale runs it. Confidentially, with an NDA before any financials move.

Active buyer profiles

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#	Buyer	Type	Geography	Size sought	Criteria
01	Riverbound Partners	Independent sponsor	Charlotte	$2M–$10M EBITDA	Faith-driven CEO, within 300 miles of Charlotte. Buy and hold.
02	Tar River Legacy Partners	Search fund	North Carolina	$2M+ EBITDA	Richard and Will. Acquire and operate a single North Carolina business.
03	New River Legacy Partners	Family partnership	Carolinas	Operating scale	Chris and Christina Boyle. Buy, operate and hold for the long term.
04	Willow Hill Capital	Investment firm	Charlotte	High-quality platform	Grace Weisiger. Charlotte investment firm acquiring one Southeast business.
05	Estuary Holdings	Search fund	Charlotte	Owner-operated	Andy Anderson. Acquiring a business to run in the Charlotte region.
06	Phillip Weinstein	Independent sponsor	Carolinas	$10M–$50M EV	Enterprise-value range at the upper end of the network.
07	Dominic Chumich	Independent sponsor	Carolinas	$10M–$50M EV	Upper-market search, industry agnostic.
08	McLean Hudson	Search fund	Carolinas	$1M–$5M EBITDA	Core lower-middle-market range.
09	Rob Belk	Search fund	North Carolina	$5M–$15M revenue	Searching to buy a single North Carolina business.
10	Nate Schwartzbauer	Search fund	Southeast	$3M–$15M revenue	Long-term stewardship and operational excellence.
11	Adam Froendt	Search fund	Southeast / Mid-Atlantic	$750K–$1.5M SDE	Growing B2B services, focused on three industries.
12	Gordon Spaugh	Search fund	Carolinas	$0.75M–$2M cash flow	Service business or trade contractor.
13	Max Kleeman	Search fund	Carolinas	$300K–$1.5M SDE	Resilient small business, hands-on operation.
14	Clayton Collins	Independent sponsor	Southeast	Platform scale	Manufacturing or processing, product-based. Industry agnostic.
15	ZMBZ Ventures	Search fund	Charlotte	Owner-operated	Keval Shah. Experienced executive acquiring and operating.
16	Clem McDavid	Operator	Charlotte	Technology-enabled	Founder and CEO of HomeLedger, a HomeMinder platform.
17	Wes Stroud	Search fund	Charlotte	Criteria pending	Profile live, acquisition criteria not yet published.
18	Aaron Caddel	Search fund	Charlotte	Criteria pending	Profile live, acquisition criteria not yet published.

Two profiles are live without published criteria and are marked as pending. Ranges are self-reported by each buyer and are a statement of appetite, not a commitment to price.

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