Hanging Valley Holdings is an investment and advisory firm dedicated to building industry-leading compounders in the industrials and infrastructure services sectors and empowering companies with insightful, transparent guidance to unlock their full potential.
Mission
Hanging Valley Holdings is an investment and advisory firm dedicated to building industry-leading compounders in the industrials and infrastructure services sectors and empowering companies with insightful, transparent guidance to unlock their full potential.
The team has extensive experience building companies in the industrials and infrastructure services sectors and believes these companies are critical to the country and communities they serve.
For business owners considering a sale, Hanging Valley Holdings is committed to preserving the legacy you’ve built. We collaborate closely with management to accelerate growth, enhance profitability, and create enduring, long-term value.
For companies seeking advisory services, we offer comprehensive mergers & acquisitions, financial planning, operational efficiency, market analysis, growth strategy, and corporate governance support.
Investment Criteria
Hanging Valley Holdings is interested in acquiring performing “traditional” businesses with strong underlying fundamentals and is not interested in acquiring distressed businesses with a turn-around story or early-stage, unproven companies. The investment approach hinges on acquiring a good company at a fair price with the intention of building the company into a great company through accelerating growth and improving profitability. Hanging Valley Holdings prioritizes business building as opposed to excessive risk-taking, utilizing both a top-down and bottom-up approach to evaluate potential investments. Key investment criteria includes:
High Recurring/Reoccurring Revenue Mix
Diverse Customer Base
Asset Light with Favorable Cash Flow Dynamics
High Employee Retention
Entrepreneurial, Problem-Solving Culture
Advisory Services
In addition to our direct investment activities, we offer tailored advisory services to companies. Our team leverages deep industry knowledge and a robust network to support clients seeking growth, financial, and management advisory. Our core advisory services include:
AI Implementation and Integration
Mergers & Acquisitions
Joint Ventures
Capital Raising and Structuring
Corporate Actions
Corporate Governance
Asset Allocation
Financial Planning and Analysis
Market Analysis and Strategy
Strategy Definition
Performance Improvement
Human Capital Management
Leadership
Kevin Cassidy is the founder of Hanging Valley Holdings. Previously, he worked at New Mountain Capital, a leading growth-oriented investment firm with over $55 billion of assets under management, where he focused on transactions in the Infrastructure Services, Industrial Growth & Modernization, and Fleet Management & Telematics sectors, as well as served on the firm’s Infrastructure Services AI SteerCo. Prior to New Mountain Capital, Kevin worked in the Industrials Group at Evercore and the Energy Group at RBC Capital Markets. He received his B.B.A. in Finance and a minor in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin.