McCown De Leeuw & Co., Inc. (MDC) is a private equity firm specializing in platform acquisitions and add-on acquisitions of middle market companies with approximately $1.2 billion of capital under management. The firm focuses on buying and building companies in partnership with management. It prefers to invest between $5 million to $100 million in companies with revenues between $10 million to $100 million. The firm prefers to acquire controlling stakes in the portfolio companies. It also provides investment advisory services. McCown De Leeuw was founded in 1984 and has an additional offices in New York, New York. Since its founding, MDC has completed 338 platform investments. The firm is no longer making new investments for MDC Funds.