Profitable small companies belong in private hands.
Arbor Row Capital takes profitable micro-cap public companies private and compounds their value where the public markets never could.
You built a real business.
The market stopped noticing.
You may be waiting for the market to discover your company. It will not — and it has nothing to do with your business quality or your team's performance. The analyst who would cover your stock works for a firm that closed its small-cap research desk years ago. The institution that would own your shares runs a fund too large to take a meaningful position. The liquidity that would attract buyers does not exist because no one is building it.
Meanwhile, you pay $1.5M–$2M every year — in D&O insurance, SOX compliance, audit fees, and investor relations — for a listing that delivers none of the benefits it was supposed to provide.
Illustrative Arbor Row estimate for a company with approximately $5M of EBITDA. Actual public-company costs vary by filer status, listing venue, insurance, advisers, controls, and complexity.
We are not activists. We do not accumulate positions in your stock, write public letters, or fight boards. Every conversation we have is private. Every transaction is bilateral. We show up once, with a full offer, in partnership with management — or not at all.
Arbor Row internal estimate based on a three-year review of publicly announced U.S. financial-sponsor take-private transactions. Counts depend on transaction classification and available public data.
Value creation without leverage.
On day one of going private, ~$1.5M in annual listing costs flows back to EBITDA — without changing a single customer relationship. Add the NJA platform's tax and operating improvements, a few years of steady growth, and a sale at a private-market multiple: value roughly triples with no debt.
Value created by the business, not the balance sheet
Illustrative scenario, not a forecast or return promise. The example assumes $5M of entry EBITDA, eliminated listing costs, operating improvement, approximately 5% annual growth, and a change from a 5.0× entry multiple to an 8.0× exit multiple. Actual results may differ materially.
What going private with Arbor Row means.
Your overhead burden disappears
$1.5–2M per year — audit fees, listing costs, investor relations, SOX compliance — flows back into the business immediately.
Your team gets a real platform
Tax, CFO, legal, and growth support from Neil Jesani Advisors — from day one.
Your people participate
From ESOPs and management equity pools to options and incentive units, every transaction is structured so the people who build the business benefit from the exit.
You stay in charge
Management rollover is standard on every deal. We back operators; we don't replace them.
There is a clear path
A multi-year partnership building toward a high-value exit — with you and your team participating in the full upside.
“One of us has run two public companies — and knows exactly what the quarterly cycle, the thin trading, and the isolation feel like from the CEO chair.”
An operating platform from day one.
Arbor Row is an affiliate of Neil Jesani Advisors — one of the country's leading multi-disciplinary advisory firms, serving 1,000+ high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients across tax, wealth management, legal, and business advisory. Every Arbor Row portfolio company receives the full NJA operating platform from day one.
Tax Optimization & Equity Structuring
Entity restructuring, tax optimization, and equity compensation design. Illustrative potential Year 1 savings: $200K–$500K. Arbor Row internal estimate; actual savings depend on each company's facts and implementation.
CFO Advisory & Profitability Improvement
Financial infrastructure, KPI dashboards, and a structured first-90-day profitability review.
In-House Legal Counsel
Contract management, employment law, and M&A support — without the outside law firm billing clock.
Growth & M&A Support
Bolt-on sourcing, commercial partnerships, and revenue advisory.
Outreach to close — in about 90 days.
Illustrative process and timing only. Transaction structure, diligence, financing, regulatory review, required approvals, and other facts can materially change the sequence and closing timeline.
Operators first. Investors second.
The investment team brings operating, transaction, and private-equity experience to the same table.
Neil Jesani
Neil founded Neil Jesani Advisors in 2006 and built it into one of the country's most respected multi-disciplinary advisory platforms, serving 1,000+ high-net-worth, ultra-high-net-worth, and mid-market clients across tax, wealth management, estate planning, and legal services. The NJA operating platform is the core competitive advantage of Arbor Row — deployed from day one of each acquisition.
David Cohen
David spent 20+ years leading private and public companies and as head of investment banking. He ran two public companies — Carolco Pictures ($10M→$100M+) and Petroleum Consolidators ($12M→$75M+) — and knows the true cost of small-cap public life firsthand. Today he takes companies private: acquire control, delist, build value, and exit at a private-market multiple.
Jeremy Corkhill
Jeremy brings 25+ years across private equity, M&A, and corporate strategy, 40+ transactions worth more than $10B. A career strategic acquirer, he led Janus Henderson's $6B merger as Global Head of Corporate Development, and was earlier a member of the Credit Suisse Private Equity team. That depth of experience across the deal table means a seller can count on a smooth, well-run process, and a close that lands on time.
Jackie de Sanctis
Jacqueline de Sanctis is Managing Director of Capital Formation at Neil Jesani Investment Management LLC. Ms. de Sanctis joined in September 2026 from ClearSky, where she served in the same capacity since 2023. Ms. de Sanctis previously served as Head of Institutional Business Development at Cliffwater and as Managing Director at Neuberger Berman, where she spent 10 years working with investment consultants and institutional limited partners. She also worked at Allianz Global Investors, Credit Suisse, and J.P. Morgan in similar roles and began her career at Callan Associates in Global Manager Research. Ms. de Sanctis holds an M.A. Honors in Classical Studies from the University of St. Andrews.
Microcap private equity, explained.
Arbor Row Capital is a U.S.-focused microcap private equity firm that partners with profitable small public companies on negotiated going-private transactions. These primary-source guides explain the market categories, transaction process, and disclosure rules that shape public-to-private decisions.
Microcap Private Equity
How private equity can approach microcap public companies, how control investing differs from buying public shares, and where diligence matters.
Read the guideNano-Cap Private Equity
What nano-cap and nanocap mean, why the label is a market convention, and how size and liquidity shape transaction diligence.
Read the guideGoing-Private Transactions
A plain-language guide to public-to-private transactions, common structures, key participants, disclosures, and transaction-specific tradeoffs.
Read the guideWhy Microcap Companies Consider Going Private
Why some small public companies evaluate private ownership, including reporting burden, liquidity, strategic flexibility, and stakeholder tradeoffs.
Read the guideSchedule 13E-3 and Rule 13e-3
What Schedule 13E-3 discloses, when Rule 13e-3 may apply, which transaction facts matter, and why filing does not mean SEC approval.
Read the guideTwo ways to reach us.
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If you lead or advise a profitable public company that no longer belongs in the public markets, we'd welcome a confidential discussion.
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