Buy-Side

Calder Capital, a nationwide lower middle-market mergers and acquisitions advisory firm, is proud to announce the opening of its Southern California office. Buy-Side M&A Advisor, Erik Records, is spearheading the firm’s developments in Southern California and will be supported by Calder’s analysts, associates, directors, and leadership team.

Ask an owner off-market what they’d want for their business and you’ll rarely get a real number. You’ll get “make me an offer,” or a number well above anything they’d actually take. They weren’t planning to sell. You showed up. So they anchor high.

Paul Callahan, Founder and Managing Partner of Seddon Point Capital, recently shared his experience working with Calder Capital throughout the acquisition of Metro Metal Works, a precision metal fabrication and welding company based in McDonough, Georgia.   Seeking a Georgia-based manufacturing business with long-term growth potential, Paul partnered with Calder Capital’s Buy-Side team to help source, evaluate, and acquire the right

Halfway through 2026 our buy-side team has closed 16 acquisitions, with 25 more currently under LOI. In our June update, Sam Scharich, Buy-Side Managing Director, runs through every closing from the first half of the year — from a 40-year-old aerospace and defense manufacturer to a 150-year-old family lumber business, and a lot in between.