Family Investment Company · Atlanta

We buy good small companies from retiring owners — and we keep them.

Nicholas Loring Capital is a family investment company in Atlanta. We acquire durable, well-run businesses across the Southeast and hold them. There is no fund behind us and no exit clock in front of us.

"Your name stays on the truck. Your customers keep their guy."

Founded by AJ Miceli — eighteen years of building, buying, and running businesses. Former McKinsey & Company strategy and M&A leader, prior business owner, and Atlanta resident. You deal with him directly, start to finish.

Start a confidential conversation What we promise sellers

The Problem We Were Built For

Most owners get two bad options and a stranger's timeline.

You spent thirty or forty years building a company with your name on it. Now the children have careers of their own, and the calls are starting to come in.

The competitor down the road wants your customer list and your territory, not your company. The private equity fund wants a platform it can restructure and resell inside five years, because that is what its investors are owed. Neither is dishonest about it. Both are simply buying something other than what you built.

We started Nicholas Loring Capital to be the third option: a buyer who wants the business as it is, intends to keep it, and treats the handoff as the most important part of the transaction rather than the last item on a checklist.

Stewardship, not taxidermy. We are not preserving your company under glass — we are running it, investing in it, and building on what you started.

Our Promise

What actually happens after the closing.

This is the part sellers ask about, and the part most buyers answer vaguely. Here is our answer.

Your name stays

The company keeps its name, its logo, and its place in the market. We are not assembling a brand — we are buying yours because it works.

Your people are dealt with straight

Your team is a large part of why the business is worth buying. We invest in their tools and training, promote from inside, and do not arrive with a cost-cutting playbook. Where the work does change over time, people hear it from us early and directly rather than finding out.

Your customers keep their guy

The relationships you built stay intact. Customers should notice better response times and steadier service, not a new invoice template and an unfamiliar voice on the phone.

The company gets modernized, carefully

We run our companies on a modern operating platform — better systems, better data, less administrative drag on the people doing the work. We change how the office runs before we ever change how the work gets done.

There is no exit clock

We are not a fund, so no one is counting down to a resale. We buy companies to own and compound them, which means our incentive is the same as yours always was: make it better every year.

You leave on your terms

Some owners want out in ninety days. Some want two years and a desk. Both are fine. We structure the transition around what serves the business and what you actually want your next chapter to look like.

Who You Are Dealing With

A promise is only as good as the person making it.

AJ Miceli, founder of Nicholas Loring Capital — AJ Miceli
Founder · Nicholas Loring Capital

AJ has spent eighteen years building, advising, and running businesses. He founded and ran his own advisory firm for six years, spent seven years at McKinsey & Company leading strategy and acquisition work for private equity and Fortune 500 clients, and most recently ran a company day to day as its P&L executive, taking it from nothing to a seven-figure revenue run rate in about a year.

He holds an MBA from Duke's Fuqua School of Business and a master's in financial services, and he lives in Atlanta with his wife and son. Nicholas Loring Capital is his family's long-term endeavor, built to own good companies well — the way his grandfathers would have understood it.

There is no deal team here, no associate who calls you back. Every conversation, every offer, and every closing runs through AJ personally.

"An owner is not handing over a spreadsheet. They are handing over their life's work, their people, and their name. I want them watching five years later, glad they picked us."

Where the Name Comes From

Two grandfathers. One code.

Nicholas Loring Capital is named for the two men who taught this family what owning a business actually means.

Nicholas

He built one thing well.

A construction company, run for most of his working life — Detroit first, then New Jersey. One business, decades of steady work, and a name that meant something to the men who worked for him.

Loring

He built a portfolio.

An insurance agency first, then an Airstream dealership, a boat builder in Costa Rica, a farm. He was not restless — he kept them, some for decades, running them alongside one another until they had built something that outlasted him.

One went deep. One went wide. Both held what they built.

A family investment company is not a new idea around here. Loring was running one before anyone called it that.

The code they shared

·Take care of your people.

·Do what is right.

·Never require credit for it.

Different businesses, different decades, same standard. Both men were known in their towns for quiet help that only surfaced years later.

That code is the entire reason this company carries their names. It is also the standard we expect to be held to by every owner who sells to us.

What We Buy

One company at a time, and only ones we understand.

Established and profitable

Roughly $750,000 to $3 million in annual owner earnings, with a multi-year record. Companies that have already proven themselves through a cycle or two.

Southeast, from Atlanta

We are headquartered in Atlanta and look across the Southeast. For the right company, we will go where the opportunity is.

Services and B2B

Businesses built on trust, licenses, relationships, routes, or hard assets — durable things that do not go out of style.

A team already in place

Managers or key people who know the work — part of why a company is worth buying in the first place. Businesses that run entirely through the owner are the hardest to hand off well.

An owner ready for the next chapter

Especially owners without an heir who wants the business, who would rather sell to someone who will keep it than to whoever bids highest.

A reputation worth keeping

A name that means something in its market. If you are proud of what you built, that is the strongest signal we look for.

If most of this describes your company, the boxes you do not check are worth a conversation rather than a disqualification. Every discussion is confidential — including from your employees, your customers, and your competitors.

The Process

Direct, quiet, and on a schedule you can plan around.

A private conversation

A call or a cup of coffee. You tell us about the business, the people, and what a good outcome looks like for you. No obligation, and nothing leaves the room.

A serious look at the numbers

Under a signed confidentiality agreement, we review financials and learn how the company actually runs. We do this work with our own tools and move quickly — no six-month document chase, no rotating cast of analysts.

A written offer in plain English

A fair price with financing prepared, and every term explained without jargon. We build the structure around what matters most to you: price, timing, your people, and your role in the handoff.

A clean closing

We keep the process moving and we keep our word. Deals this size typically close within a few months of an accepted offer.

A real transition

You hand off on your timeline, with as much or as little involvement as you want. Then you get to watch what happens next — which, in our view, is the whole point.

For Brokers, Attorneys & Accountants

A buyer you can put in front of your client.

If you represent an owner, you are staking your reputation on whoever walks through the door. Here is what you need to know about us.

We are a real buyer, not a tire-kicker

Personally committed capital and lender relationships in place before we engage. We will tell you what we can do and how it is financed on the first call.

We move fast and stay bought

Diligence is run by the principal with modern tooling, not staffed out to a rotating team. Fewer requests, shorter timelines, and far less retrading on the back end.

We tell you no quickly

If a company is not a fit, you will hear it within days with the reason attached. Your time is worth more than a polite maybe.

Your client stays your client

We respect your process, your fee, and your relationship. Referrals sent to us do not get worked around.

We are actively reviewing opportunities and welcome listings, off-market situations, and quiet introductions. Send materials directly to AJ.

Contact

If retirement is anywhere on the horizon, the conversation should start early.

The best transitions are planned quietly, years in advance. Reach out for a confidential, no-obligation conversation — even if you are only beginning to think about what comes next.

Call AJ directly

(404) 678-5960

Or email

aj@nicholasloring.com

Every call and message is answered personally by AJ. Brokers, attorneys, and accountants welcome.

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