The pathway of entrepreneurial success has driven us to rise above the challenges: to pioneer, to reinvent, to manage risk and to calculate value objectively 

Capital 7 is a Midwestern private equity firm founded by professionals focused on developing true partnerships with management teams while aligning incentives. Capital 7 seeks to positively impact a company’s capital structure to facilitate achievement of its objectives whether that is an ownership transition, recapitalization, liquidity event, management buyout, corporate carve-out, growth capital infusion, acquisition financing, or some other capital need 

The pathway of entrepreneurial success has driven us to rise above the challenges: to pioneer, to reinvent, to manage risk and to calculate value objectively

Capital 7 is a Midwestern private equity firm founded by professionals focused on developing true partnerships with management teams while aligning incentives. Capital 7 seeks to positively impact a company’s capital structure to facilitate achievement of its objectives whether that is an ownership transition, recapitalization, liquidity event, management buyout, corporate carve-out, growth capital infusion, acquisition financing, or some other capital need 

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Capital 7 is a Midwestern private equity firm founded by professionals focused on developing true partnerships with management teams while aligning incentives. Capital 7 seeks to positively impact a company’s capital structure to facilitate achievement of its objectives whether that is an ownership transition, recapitalization, liquidity event, management buyout, corporate carve-out, growth capital infusion, acquisition financing, or some other capital need

To provide private capital and operating experience to entrepreneurial, growing businesses so that they can achieve long-term success.

Capital7 focuses on what it knows best. Lower, middle market companies in the following four vertical categories: Oil & Gas; Specialized Manufacturing & Distribution; Healthcare Technology; and Real Estate. Within these sectors, the team brings its extensive operating experience to assist their portfolio companies in their growth with strategic planning, capital, management, and technology.

  • Annual Earnings: $2 million to $12 million EBITDA
  • Transaction Types: Buy-outs; Growth/Acquisition; Corporate Carve-outs
  • Security Types: Common Equity; Convertible Preferred Equity; Subordinated Debt

OUR TEAM

EXECUTIVE PARTNERS

Basil Hourani

Basil Hourani

BASIL HOURANI is co-founder and Executive Partner of CAPITAL7 and is currently managing an active portfolio of investments including operations in Specialty Hospital, Hotel, Casino, Technology and Real Estate. Basil’s prior experience includes 25+ years in the healthcare software and services industry. Basil served as President and CEO of Pulse Systems, Inc., a national provider of healthcare information technology he co-founded.  Pulse developed Electronic Medical Records, Medical Practice Management and Revenue Cycle Management software solutions, and was later merged with Cegedim SA (CGM: Euronext Paris) – a global health technology company based in Paris, France.  Prior to Pulse, he served as the President and CEO of MEDCAT, a healthcare software solutions company he co-founded that was focused on developing and servicing Medical Practice Management software and medical transaction services.  He serves on several boards of directors of for-profit and non-profit organizations.

John Shawver

John Shawver

JOHN C. SHAWVER: Mr. Shawver is the President of Stelbar Oil Corporation. He has held various positions in the company throughout this 30 plus year career including Landman, Exploration Manager, Executive Vice President and President. He served on the boards of Full Service Beverage Company and All-American Bottling Company both of which were large independent soft drink bottling companies. He served as a director of the East Texas Reef Fund and a manager of the Alaska Venture Capital Group. ETRF and AVCG were both oil and gas exploration companies. He was a partner in a multi-unit Marriott Hotel franchise operation. He is a partner in AdvantEdge Quality Cars, a subprime automobile finance business. Mr. Shawver is a trustee of the KU Endowment and serves on the Investment Committee.

Casey Voegeli

Casey Voegeli

CASEY VOEGELI: An entrepreneur from Wichita, KS with extensive manufacturing and real estate experience. Casey studied business administration at the University of Kansas and Wichita State University before joining his family business, Exacta Aerospace Inc., in 1997. Exacta manufactures aerospace structures and assemblies for commercial, business and military aviation. After joining the company in 1997, Casey helped grow the business into one of the largest privately held aerostructure manufacturers in Wichita before selling to a Fortune 500 industry leader in 2013. Following the sale of Exacta, the Voegeli's founded Birds Eye Holdings, LLC. Birds Eye's current portfolio includes over 750,000 s.f. of direct real estate and over 50 syndicated commercial real estate investments throughout the U.S as well as two operating companies, Cocoa Dolce LLC., an artesian chocolate company purchased in 2015 and MAX Aerostructures, founded in 2016, which manufactures aerospace structures and assemblies.

People Option 2

Executive Partner

Basil Hourani

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John Shawver

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Executive Partner

Casey Voegeli

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Partner

George Laham

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Partner

Alif Hourani

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Partner

Trent Sebits

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Partner

Ben Voegeli

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Executive Director

Jared Sprole

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PORTFOLIO

Clients Option 1

Bradley Fair

Bradley Fair

Bradley Fair, is amongst the nation's first established lifestyle shopping centers. Bradley Fair is the flagship of the 320-acre Wilson Estates master-planned development, which includes office, residential, hotel and retail.

Kansas Crossing Casino + Hotel

Kansas Crossing Casino + Hotel

Kansas Crossing Casino + Hotel offers a first rate, Vegas style gaming experience offering the best casino games, featuring the newest slots and live action table games ranging from Craps and Roulette to Blackjack and more! Kansas Crossing features a 400 seat intimate show venue and 2,000 person outdoor concert venue featuring some of the biggest names in music, comedy and other live entertainment. Directly attached to the casino, is 123 rooms and suites Hampton Inn Hotel with It’s signature comfort known around the world.

River Vista

River Vista

River Vista, a 202-unit luxury apartment project located on the west bank of the Arkansas River.

Tier1

Tier1

Tier 1, LLC ("Tier 1") is a land development company that has successfully executed on the acquisition and development of three projects in Wichita, KS consisting of over 2 million square feet of commercial development land. Tier 1, LLC has worked with numerous national and regional brands within the retail, food and beverage, financial services and healthcare industries.

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  • Energy
  • Finance
  • Healthcare
  • Manufacturing & Engineering
  • Real Estate
  • Software & Services
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