[company_age]10.0[/company_age][employees]1-10 employees[/employees][funding]series_unknown[/funding][description]Kidd & Company is a family office investor focused on control equity investments in the lower end of the middle market. The firm has a non-traditional approach to private equity investing, both in terms of firm structure and investing philosophy. Kidd & Company is not a typical private equity firm—it is not a fund. The partners fund the operational costs of the firm, and they invest their own money in every transaction. The firm's investing philosophy is rooted in identifying opportunities that will produce above-market returns for the firm and its investor-partners through rigorous execution of a strategy-led investment thesis. Kidd & Company's unique structure allows it to be more creative and flexible in its transactions. The firm partners with founders/owners and senior management of businesses who have created valuable franchises but who, for personal, professional and financial reasons, have reached a stage in their business life cycle where they desire outside resources—managerial, operational and financial—to help them take their businesses to the next level, while also addressing their lifestyle objectives.[/description][ps]Private equity investments[/ps]