Telson Capital Means True Partnership

Telson Capital is a private investment firm that takes a true partnership approach to investing in, and growing, lower middle-market businesses.


Telson takes pride in being a value-added partner and building enduring relationships with its partners, portfolio companies and management teams.

We understand a financial investment and business partnership is also a mutual investment of trust. Our partnership mindset means we work best as a value-additive resource to the management teams of our partner companies, driving transformational change through rigorous operational initiatives complemented by tactical and accretive M&A, all the while maintaining a focus on fostering the culture and core competencies upon which the success and foundation of the business has been built.


  • C. Britt Barclay

    Managing Partner, Founder

  • Britt Barclay is the Managing Partner and Founder of Telson Capital.

    Prior to Telson Capital, Britt Barclay co-founded Independent Sponsor firm Timoneer Strategic Partners in 2019. Before co-founding Timoneer Strategic Partners, Britt was an investment banker at City Capital, and at Brown Gibbons Lang & Company, where he advised on a wide range of transaction structures through the execution of buy and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, private placements, and other advisory experience across a spectrum of industries, supporting client engagements through due diligence, financial and strategic analysis, valuation and other services.

    Britt attended Miami University of Ohio’s Richard T. Farmer School of Business, where he received a B.S. in both Accounting and Finance; he completed his MBA at the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business at Saint Louis University.