Lane Carpenter is the Founder of Teakwell Capital, which invests in family- and founder-owned lower middle market businesses in the industrial, business services, and healthcare sectors.
Over his career, Lane has made nine control platform investments and an additional nine add-on acquisitions in the lower middle market. He has served on the boards of seven lower middle market companies and as a board observer at an eighth.
Previously, Lane was a Principal on the investment team at Dominus Capital, a middle market private equity firm. Before joining Dominus, he was on the investment team at Hamilton Robinson Capital Partners. Earlier, he held roles at Macquarie Capital and Staple Street Capital, and began his career in the investment banking division at Dahlman Rose & Company (now TD Cowen).
Lane earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. He lives in Westchester County, just outside New York City, with his wife and three children.
