Angeles Equity Partners, LLC, a private investment firm specializing in niche manufacturing, critical industrial services, and specialty distribution, has appointed Michael Knapp as managing director and head of business development. In this newly created role, Knapp will be responsible for leading the firm’s investment origination efforts, aiming to enhance Angeles’ ability to source new opportunities in line with its sector-focused, thesis-driven investment strategy.

Knapp will work closely with Angeles’ integrated team of investors and operators, applying their collective expertise across various industrial sub-sectors to build and maintain relationships with business owners, management teams, and intermediaries. His efforts will focus on identifying new platform investments as well as strategic add-on acquisitions to support the growth of the firm’s existing portfolio companies.

Bringing a decade of private equity experience, Knapp has a proven track record in sourcing and executing both control investments and add-on deals within the middle market. His addition to Angeles Equity Partners is part of the firm’s ongoing strategy to expand its sourcing capabilities and systems to better capitalize on market opportunities.