Neptune Beach, Florida – July 29, 2025 – Shoreline Equity Partners (“Shoreline”), a purpose-driven lower middle market private equity firm based in Neptune Beach, Florida, is pleased to announce the promotions of Mac McCready to Vice President and Mark Fregat to Finance Manager.

Mike Hand, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, said, “We are incredibly thankful to have such talented individuals join our team, make a tremendous impact, and choose to continue advancing through their careers with us.  It goes without saying that Mac and Mark embody the high standards we have established at Shoreline but do so in a very egalitarian manner fully embracing the collaborative culture we have proudly built.  I appreciate all the contributions they have made to date and I am thrilled to have an opportunity to see them continue growing within our firm.

Mac McCready was promoted from Senior Associate to Vice President and is responsible for evaluating and executing investment transactions as well as managing portfolio companies.  He currently works closely with the teams of Career Now Brands and C&S Chemicals.  Prior to joining Shoreline, Mac worked as an analyst at Raymond James in their Diversified Industrials group.  Mac graduated from Vanderbilt University with a double major in Engineering Science and Economics and a minor in Financial Economics.

Mark Fregat was promoted to Finance Manager from Senior Finance Associate.  Prior to joining Shoreline, Mark was most recently a Senior Associate in fund administration with SS&C Global, a leading financial services technology firm.  Mark holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Central Florida.

About Shoreline Equity Partners 

Shoreline is a lower middle market private equity firm focused on actively partnering with leading management teams. Shoreline follows a total stakeholder model, meaning success should be a “win-win” proposition for shareholders, employees, customers, vendors, and the communities within which the firm’s companies operate. Shoreline professionals believe in honesty, incentive alignment, and creating bigger, better businesses without relying on financial engineering or cost cutting to generate returns. With over $750 million of committed capital under management, Shoreline seeks to lead equity investments of up to $150 million per transaction in support of buyouts, recapitalizations, and corporate divestitures. Targeted businesses have enterprise values ranging from $50 million to $350 million and EBITDA of $5 million to $25 million. The firm strives to partner with management teams of businesses primarily within the specialized manufacturing, value-added distribution, and business and facility services sectors, among others. For more information, please visit www.shorelineequitypartners.com.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​