NEWS
JUNE 2024
We are pleased to announce our new CEO in Residence, Kelly Conway. See the press release here.
March 2024
We are pleased to announce our investment in Portland Products. Co-CEOs in Residence, Ben Greve and Rick Slater, have been named Co-CEOs. See the press release here.
September 2023
We are pleased to announce our new Co-CEOs in Residence, Ben Greve and Rick Slater. See press release here.
AUGust 2023
We are pleased to announce our new CEO in Residence, Jessica Sweet. See press release here.
APRIL 2023
We are pleased to announce our investment in SignComp. CEO in Residence, Justin Murray, has been named President. See the press release here.
February 2023
Starting the New Year right: We are welcoming two new employees, Lindsay MacMillan, Director of Community Engagement and Olivia Neitzke, Business Development associate. Lindsay is leveraging her experience and network to engage the West Michigan community. Her focus is to source talent for the Acquire and Residency programs. Olivia is a recent graduate from Western Michigan University utilizing her background from Eaton to activate customer relationships and marketing strategy. SGC is rapidly expanding and excited to announce we are looking to hire a Financial Analyst to our team.
In March, our new cohort of Acquire students will be learning how to buy a business and have the opportunity to apply to become an Executive in Residence at Sleeping Giant Capital by the end of their course. Do you know anyone that has interest in owning a business of their own? Check out our website or schedule a chat with our Acquire recruiter, Lindsay Macmillan to learn more click here.
The Do Diligence podcast: The first three episodes of the Do Diligence podcast are available now. Catch the first episode featuring Aaron Ziegler and Dan Scheid chat about the challenges and growth of M&A with Co-Host, Justin Murray. Check out the latest here: Spotify and Youtube.
Women in Leadership: SGC hosted its first women's event on February 7th. Featuring a podcast panel with Jen Randall, Co-founder and CEO of Maestro, and Leigh Ann Sayen, President of The Peterson Company. Jen and Leigh Ann offered insight into what it's like to push back against gender stereotypes, imposter syndrome, and standing up to realize your worth. Thank you to those who came out for the first of many new events.
January 2023
We are pleased to announce our new Business Development Associate, Olivia Neitzke. Read her bio here.
AUGUST 2022
We are pleased to announce Janice Oshinski as Chief Financial Officer. See the press release here.
MAY 2022
We are pleased to announce $10M in funding to scale operations, two CEO’s-in-residence, and a Women Leadership Advisory Committee. See the press release here and check out the news coverage below for more information:
AUGUST 2021
Doug and Derrick joined a panel discussion with Doug DeVos, Jeff Helminski, and Ranvir Gujral about buying and growing small businesses in Detroit and Michigan at Detroit Homecoming 2021. Register for the Webcast on August 17th from 4-5pm EST.
MAY 2021
We are pleased to announce the first close of the fund and our first investment in LineDrive. We have raised $21M and have positive momentum heading into the latter half of 2021. Check out the news coverage below for more information:
FEBRUARY 2021
We are pleased to partner with the WMU Center for Principled Leadership and Business Strategy to offer “Acquire” - an eight-week course that trains experienced professionals to become owner-operators of their own $1 million to $10 million company. Learn sourcing, diligence, valuation, financing, deal structure and growth strategy.
Upon completing Acquire, participants are eligible to apply for acceptance into a search accelerator program in conjunction with Sleeping Giant Capital. This program provides the data, resources and connections needed to find a company to buy.
Participants can also apply to be qualified for investment capital through Sleeping Giant Capital.
SEPTEMBER 2020
Our first fund - Sleeping Giant Capital Principled Impact Fund I LLC - has launched. Check out some news coverage below: