Northwest Capital Appreciation (NCA) is a Seattle-based private equity firm with the mission to acquire and build profitable middle market companies located on the West Coast of the U.S. and Western Canada. NCA partners with proven management teams to build value by making investments in the business and industrial service industries. NCA is a leading provider of private equity capital to Northwest-based companies, having invested $80 million of equity through over $200 million in total transaction value in the region. NCA has built value by making investments in leveraged buyouts, consolidations, recapitalizations and growth financings of smaller middle market companies, defined as companies with enterprise values generally from $25 to $250 million. The firm has been active since 1992, and has invested and committed over $190 million of equity capital in ten investments. The current team has been successfully investing together since 2004.