Consumer Growth Partners

Independent sponsorVerified sponsor· White Plains, NYconsumergrowth.com
Vehicles
0
Principals
2
As of · the mandate; 25 observations on record

18 additional capital and identity links, 53 additional deals and portfolio companies, 1 verified contact (1 email)

Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.

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Who they are
White Plains, NY · 1 person named

Consumer Growth Partners is a private equity investment and advisory firm with an exclusive focus on specialty retail and non-perishable branded consumer products companies.

What they buy (claimed)
No size stated on the firm's own site.
As the firm states it, not checked against its deals.
What they have done
7 observed deals · latest Jun 2026
6 platforms
Manufacturing, Consumer services
7 deals, too few with a known size to say
Portfolio
Who finances them
Lenders: Banyan Mezzanine Funds, Siena Lending Group LLC
Equity partners: Diamond State Ventures, Sisu Equity, PMC Partners
Who to call
Richard Baum, Richard Baum
Reveal a line (email on record)
Latest: Deal, Jun 2026
Why this kind
  • for: 3 announced transactions as buyer
What they claim, and what they have done
Observed
  • 6 platform or control deals, Jul 1, 2008 to Jun 26, 2026
  • 0 add-ons bought by its portfolio companies
  • 0 recapitalizations, 1 minority stakes
  • Platform targets by state: SC 1, AR 1, CA 1, TX 1, RI 1
Claimed on its own website
  • Sector thesis: Industrial manufacturing, Consumer services
    “Consumer Growth Partners is a private equity investment and advisory firm with an exclusive focus on specialty retail and non-perishable branded consumer products companies.” consumergrowth.com
What the filings and deals add up to
Stated buy box
Retail and/or Non-Perishable Branded Consumer Products companies with at least $5mm of TTM EBITDA
Factquoted from the sponsor's own published materials· 85%· DFX's own graph
Sectors transacted
Consumer services (2)
Factvertical of the acquired targets· 85%· DFX's own graph
How do we know

Verified sponsor. Evidence identifies a firm: a publisher named it as the buyer in an announced transaction, a law firm or capital partner page names it as an independent sponsor, or its own site says so.

Nothing on this page comes from a website claim unless it is labelled as such with the URL.

Who has financed them
Observed once
Financing, deal by deal
DateCompanyFinanced byRoleAmountSource
Jun 26, 2026Comfrt
Consumer services
Capital providerequity coinvestNot disclosedconsumergrowth.com
May 19, 2026Local Boy Outfitters
Consumer services, SC
Capital providercapital providerNot disclosedprnewswire.com
Who finances deals like theirs

DFX has not observed these firms together on any transaction in our coverage. That is a statement about what DFX has read, not about the firms: a deal that was never announced, or announced without naming its capital, cannot appear here.

Coverage behind this list: 3 providers observed financing sponsors in this sector · 2 of this firm's own deals read in them · most recent of theirs observed Jan 1, 2026.

  • Trivest PartnersConsumer services16 deals in consumer services, latest Jan 1, 2026
    seen as capital provider, co sponsor, equity coinvest, equity provider
  • Centre PartnersConsumer services9 deals in consumer services, latest Jul 1, 2025
    seen as capital provider, equity coinvest, equity provider
  • LP First CapitalConsumer services7 deals in consumer services, latest Jul 1, 2025
    seen as capital provider, co sponsor

Read from the sectors this firm has actually bought in: consumer services (2).

What have they done
Platform and control deals (2)
  1. Jun 26, 2026Majority investmentconfidence 90%
    Consumer Growth Partners acquired Comfrt
    Founders Capital · Capital provider
    Independent Sponsors Consumer Growth Partners and Founders Capital are pleased to announce an investment in Comfrt
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) consumergrowth.com
  2. May 19, 2026Platform acquisitionconfidence 90%
    Consumer Growth Partners acquired Local Boy Outfitters (Columbia, SC)
    Sisu Equity · Capital providerBoyne Capital Management, LLC, Sisu Equity, LLC, and Consumer Growth Partners · Capital providerBoyne Capital · Capital providerBoyne Capital · Co sponsorSisu Equity · Co sponsorMatrix Capital · Sellside advisorMatrix Capital Markets Group · Sellside advisor
    Boyne partnered with Sisu Equity and Consumer Growth Partners on this investment.
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com
Minority stakes (1)
  1. Dec 1, 2013Minority investmentconfidence 85%
    Consumer Growth Partners acquired VIOlife (Yonkers, NY)
    Siena Lending Group LLC · Capital providerDiamond State Ventures · Equity providerPMC Partners · Equity providerBanyan Mezzanine Funds · Lender
    Consumer Growth Partners (CGP) is pleased to announce an investment in VIOlife LLC (www.violife.com), a leading developer, marketer and distributor of fashionable, functional and affordable oral and personal care products and accessories.
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) consumergrowth.com
No vehicles linked.
  1. Jun 26, 2026Acquisition announced
    Consumer Growth Partners acquired a majority of Comfrt with Founders Capital
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) consumergrowth.com
  2. Jun 17, 2026Acquired
    Consumer Growth Partners and Sisu Equity acquired Local Boy Outfitters (Columbia, SC) with Boyne Capital
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) members.sbia.org
  3. Jun 17, 2026Acquisition announced
    Consumer Growth Partners and Sisu Equity acquired Local Boy Outfitters (Columbia, SC) with Boyne Capital
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) members.sbia.org
What appears to be their current activity

No vehicle filed in the last 12 months; latest filing n/a, first observed n/a.

Principals, from the firm's own site
  • Richard BaumManaging Partner
  • Richard BaumManaging Partner
Who to call
the organisation, the role and the published line, with the filing or website that published it; revealed to signed-in accounts
The firm's published line
Revealable: 2 business phones (the firm's own page), 1 website (sponsor website), 1 professional profile (sponsor website), 2 work emails (sponsor website) · as of 2026-09-24
  • Richard Baum
    Managing Partner · Revealable: 1 professional profile (the firm's own page)

Who to call is the organisation, the person's role and the line they published themselves: a business phone, office address, website or profile link from Form ADV, Form 13F or their own website, with that source named on every value. The counts above are what a reveal returns; a personal email is rarely published, so most reveals are the firm's line. Never data bought from a provider, never anything personal. Reveals by plan

Portfolio companies (12)

Consumer Growth Partners is a private equity investment and advisory firm with an exclusive focus on specialty retail and non-perishable branded consumer products companies.

In the firm's own words.
Evidence
FactValueClassSource
Backs independent sponsorsstatedFactDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
DescriptionFactIndependent sponsor firm websites (the firm's own contact and team pages) no URL
Entity kindIndependent sponsor firmFactSBIA Independent Sponsor Forum roster sbia.org
Entity kindIndependent sponsor firmInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
Entity kindUnknown investment entityInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
Entity kindUnknown investment entityInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
Hq locationWhite Plains, NYFactIndependent sponsor firm websites (the firm's own contact and team pages) no URL
Hq locationWhite Plains, NYFactDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
Investment thesisFactIndependent sponsor firm websites (the firm's own contact and team pages) no URL
MandateInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
MandateInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
MandateInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL

13 further observations are on the record behind these, each with its own source and date. Ask and we will send the lot.

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Across the graphs

Consumer Growth Partners is the same institution as 1 record in Private Equity.

Private Equity1

DFX found 1 relationship across 1 dataset

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