Middle market private equity firm

Stella Point Capital

At a glance

Deal typesPlatform, Add-on S6
GeographyNorth America S2
SectorsSoftware & SaaS, Healthcare Services

What Stella Point Capital buys

Stella Point Capital is a New York private equity firm, founded by Justin Wender and Adam Godfrey, that makes equity investments in companies headquartered in North America. It calls itself middle market, targets $50 million to $500 million of enterprise value, and names industrial, consumer and business services as its sectors. What it owns today leans toward tech-enabled business services: payments, government software, digital agencies, and healthcare staffing and print services. Its partners have invested more than $2.5 billion of equity across more than 40 investments.

Culture is its stated filter. It wants companies that put their people first, and it reports more than 40 employee equity holders per company. Founders and leadership teams have stayed in place in its recent deals. The $50 million floor rules out most smaller companies as new platforms, though its deals can be modest in size: TRX Services had just over 45 people when it invested. A smaller company is more likely to meet Stella Point as an add-on, as Xpediant Digital did.

Recent deals

Announced in the 24 months before November 5, 2026.

DateCompanyTypeSectorSource
Mar 2026TRX ServicesEquity investment in a founder-owned Atlanta payment processing company with more than 45 employees; the founder and CEO stay on, stake size not disclosedPlatformSoftware & SaaSSource
May 2025TotalMed and Travel Nurse Across AmericaStella Point's TotalMed merged with Gridiron Capital's Travel Nurse Across America to form a larger healthcare staffing companyInvestmentHealthcare ServicesSource
Mar 2025Xpediant DigitalContent automation provider for pharma and life sciences added to Qualified DigitalAdd-onSource

Portfolio by sector

From the firm's portfolio page S4.

Digital Experience Agency

  • Qualified Digital

Digital Experience Design, Data & Analytics, Implementation and Support

  • Velir

Government Software, Data and Payments

  • Autoagent

Healthcare Print Services

  • Vereco Healthcare Solutions

Healthcare Staffing Services

  • TotalMed

Payment Solutions

  • TRX Services

Past investments: First American Payment Systems, Intermex, Rightpoint

Greymont’s take

How Stella Point Capital fits a seller

Stella Point suits a founder of a well-positioned services or technology business, worth at least $50 million, who wants a partner and intends to stay in charge. In its recent deals the founders and leaders kept running the company, as at TRX Services and Qualified Digital, and Inc. named it to its 2024 list of founder-friendly investors. It also says it spreads equity widely, with more than 40 employee holders per company.

Owners below the enterprise value floor should treat it as an add-on buyer at best. Its announcements call these equity investments without saying how much it owns, so an owner should ask early whether Stella Point wants control and which decisions would need its consent. It is also worth asking how much of the company's stock would go to employees, and who pays for it.

Questions owners ask

How small a company will Stella Point Capital buy?

Its stated floor is $50 million of enterprise value, and it publishes no EBITDA minimum. For scale, TRX Services had more than 45 employees when it invested, and Qualified Digital projected $31.5 million of 2025 revenue.

Does Stella Point take control of the companies it backs?

It does not say. Its TRX Services and Qualified Digital announcements describe equity investments with no stake size, and in both the founder and leadership team stayed on to run the company.

Does Stella Point invest in payments companies?

Yes, it is a repeat theme. It backed TRX Services in March 2026, it holds Autoagent, which handles property tax payments, and it previously owned First American Payment Systems and Intermex.

What happens to employees after Stella Point invests?

The firm says people are its main focus. It reports more than 40 employee equity holders per company and 150% employee growth after it invests, though those are its own figures.

Sources

  1. S1Stella Point Capital home page Accessed November 5, 2026
  2. S2About Us: Stella Point Capital Accessed November 5, 2026
  3. S3Our Philosophy: Stella Point Capital Accessed November 5, 2026
  4. S4Meet Our Partners: Stella Point Capital Accessed November 5, 2026
  5. S5News: Stella Point Capital Accessed November 5, 2026
  6. S6TRX Services Partners with Stella Point Capital (March 31, 2026) Accessed November 5, 2026
  7. S7Gridiron Capital and Stella Point Capital Announce the Merger of Travel Nurse Across America and TotalMed (May 29, 2025) Accessed November 5, 2026
  8. S8Qualified Digital Announces Acquisition of Xpediant Digital (March 13, 2025) Accessed November 5, 2026
  9. S9Qualified Digital Receives Investment from Stella Point Capital (August 21, 2024) Accessed November 5, 2026
  10. S10Qualified Digital founder article with 2025 revenue projection, reposted by Stella Point (June 20, 2025) Accessed November 5, 2026
  11. S11Stella Point Capital Named to Inc.'s 2024 List of Founder-Friendly Investors (October 29, 2024) Accessed November 5, 2026
  12. S12Autoagent Partners with Stella Point Capital (December 29, 2021) Accessed November 5, 2026
  13. S13Stella Point Capital: Velir Accessed November 5, 2026
  14. S14Stella Point Capital: Qualified Digital Accessed November 5, 2026
  15. S15Stella Point Capital: Vereco Healthcare Solutions Accessed November 5, 2026
  16. S16Stella Point Capital: TotalMed Accessed November 5, 2026
  17. S17Rightpoint Secures $55 Million Investment from Stella Point Capital (May 21, 2015) Accessed November 5, 2026

Compiled by Greymont Advisors from public sources, including the firm’s own website and press releases. Greymont is not affiliated with Stella Point Capital. Figures are as reported on the dates shown and may have changed. Request a correction

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