Stephen Schmeltekopf is a co-founder and partner at FC Crestone, a Denver-based middle market, private equity firm. Over the past 10 years, the partners at FC Crestone have completed 26 transactions—13 platform investments and 13 add-on acquisitions—coast-to-coast. The firm’s investments span a wide range of industry sectors, including manufacturing, industrial, business-to-business services, retail, transportation, distribution, and consumer products.