2025 was a defining year for Lakeside Partners.
At our core, Lakeside is purpose-built to serve entrepreneurs and families navigating pivotal ownership decisions. Every process we design is bespoke, aligned to each client’s unique goals around value, legacy, employees, and future growth. In 2025, that philosophy was reinforced through several complex sell-side and recapitalization mandates across five core industry verticals: infrastructure services, specialty distribution, food manufacturing, youth sports media, and licensed consumer products.
Beyond transactions, we continued to invest in our platform, welcoming three new team members to further strengthen our execution capabilities and launching a new satellite office in Sioux Falls to deepen our presence in a rapidly expanding Midwestern market and better serve founders across the region.
Most importantly, we are grateful to the founders, families, management teams, buyers, and partners who trusted us with some of the most important decisions of their careers. Your confidence is what fuels our work.
As we look ahead, our focus remains unchanged, to deliver honest advice, Wall Street-level execution, and exceed expectations for lower middle-market business owners.
Here’s to continued momentum in 2026.
