Speyside Equity

Speyside Equity was formed in 2005 by Kevin Daugherty and is co-managed by Eric Wiklendt and Nick Lardo. Speyside employs an operationally intensive approach to investing in industrials, performance materials, specialty chemicals, metals and metal forming, building products, glass, and pulp & paper, and food ingredients businesses. It targets companies with a history of strong revenue, a defensible position in their respective markets, and a core group of managers that can move the business forward. Speyside prefers situations where there are opportunities to leverage its operating expertise to improve financial performance and create sustainable long-term value. Since its formation, Speyside has successfully executed numerous platform investments and add-on acquisitions using its own capital. The team made its first investment in Sweet Ovations, a food ingredient company, in 2005 and had its first exit in 2010 when it sold Stahl Specialty Company. This principal-driven investment philosophy and approach will continue in its $130 million institutional fund closed in January 2016, Speyside Equity Fund I LP.