JUSTIN ISHBIA
Founding Partner / Managing Partner at Shore Capital Partners
· Chicago, Illinois, United States
Check size
Undisclosed
Lead stage
Control buyouts
Deals tracked
25
Sectors
Healthcare, Food and Beverage
Healthcare
Food and Beverage
Food & beverage
Lower middle market generalist
Control buyouts
Private equity growth investments
United States
About JUSTIN
Justin Ishbia is an Executive Officer and Promoter at Shore Capital Food & Beverage Partners Fund III-B, L.P., a private equity fund focused on the food and beverage sector. He serves as an active allocator with $99.6M in deployed capital, bringing institutional investment experience to generalist opportunities within the F&B space
Investment thesis
Partners with lower middle-market food & beverage companies to drive growth through active ownership.
Shore Capital Partners, founded and managed by Justin Ishbia, is a lower middle-market private equity firm that partners with and actively owns companies in the healthcare and food & beverage sectors. The firm deploys capital through control equity investments in microcap and lower middle-market businesses ($5M–$100M revenue), employing a hands-on value creation approach that combines organic growth initiatives, strategic add-on acquisitions, and operational improvements supported by Shore's extensive Portfolio Performance Group and operating partners. Ishbia leads F&B Fund I, Shore's inaugural food & beverage vehicle, while collaborating on the firm's healthcare-focused strategies across multiple fund generations
Investment philosophy
Justin Ishbia is a founding partner at Shore Capital Partners, a lower middle-market private equity firm focused on companies with approximately $1-10 million of EBITDA. Shore describes its food & beverage strategy as partnering with companies in the lower middle market, and Ishbia has said the firm uses small-deal expertise to help businesses grow bigger, stronger, and faster with less risk.
Investment focus
Shore Capital's Fund III-B targets food and beverage companies across the investment spectrum. The fund deploys capital as a generalist allocator within the F&B sector
Areas of expertise
Recent activity
Live platform data · proprietary, citable layer
Notable portfolio
360Pack
Ackerman Trade Services
Agentis Longevity
Alliance Markets & Vending
Argentum Medical
Assembly Health
AXN Growth Partners
Behavioral Innovations
BrightView
BrightView (Realized)
CG Life
ClearPath Diagnostics
Column Health (Merged)
Comfort Temp Company
Community Care Partners
Frequently asked
Does JUSTIN ISHBIA invest at Control buyouts stage?
Yes. They invest at Control buyouts, Private equity growth investments stage.
Their geographic focus includes United States.
What is their typical check size?
Check size is not publicly disclosed. They currently invest through Shore Capital Partners.
What sectors does JUSTIN ISHBIA focus on?
JUSTIN ISHBIA primarily invests in Healthcare, Food and Beverage, Food & beverage, Lower middle market generalist.
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