Canal Holdings is a private equity firm investing junior capital in growing businesses at the lower end of the middle-market. It specializes in transactions like mezzanine debt, preferred equity, minority common equity, recapitalizations, add-on acquisitions, equity buyout, management buyout and prefers ownership stake. It invests in firms operating in the business service, industrial service, healthcare service, value-added distribution, manufacturing and consumer product sectors. The firm was founded in 2005 and is based in Twinsburg, Ohio.