Yellowstone Ventures

Yellowstone Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity firm and family office, investing in small-to-medium sized businesses. It employs both majority investor buyouts and a venture capital/minority investment model. Deploying proprietary capital, the firm empowers existing management teams with resources for growth. This flexible strategy optimizes value creation and facilitates timely exits for portfolio companies.

Omar A. Sawaf co-founded the firm in 1993, now a Senior Advisor. His foundational insight arose from his prior role as President of Capital Guidance, a global investment group. This extensive leadership experience provided expertise to identify and foster potential within diverse business sectors. Sami Sawaf currently serves as Managing Partner.

Yellowstone Capital Partners primarily partners with entrepreneurial management teams in established small-to-medium businesses. Its vision is to foster significant growth by aligning incentives through capital commitments and equity ownership, empowering leadership to act as owners. This approach builds lasting value, supporting companies through expansion toward successful, timely market exits.