Akoya Capital is a direct investment firm based in Chicago, Illinois. Established in 2005, the private equity firm creates and nurtures partnerships between management and capital. It specializes in buy and builds strategy, growth-based strategies, buyouts, acquisitions, add-on acquisitions, add-on investments, organic growth, turnarounds, corporate carve-outs, recapitalizations, industry consolidations, lower and middle-market companies, loans, platform investments, and growth capital investments. It operates as an investment arm of The Carlyle Group. The assets are managed by the executive management team.