# About XS | The value creation system for the lower middle market

> XS gives independent sponsors and lean firms the value creation capability large funds build in-house.

## Value creation, made quantitative.

XS was built to make value creation measurable, attributable, and forward-looking.

A NEW ERA FOR VALUE CREATION

## Vision

A market where capability is no longer gated by fund size.

## Mission

We give firms one system to find, buy, and grow the right companies.

## Built by people who know the work.

### Founders

#### Nick Hunter

Co-Founder, XS. Co-Founder, Exonix

Nick has spent 28+ years building technology businesses across media, ad tech and software. A founding member of pureIntegration, he scaled it to $20M in revenue and 150 professionals and led its pivot to a product model. At XS he leads product and engineering, turning Access's operating playbook into software independent sponsors can run every day.

[Nick Hunter on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickhunter3/)

#### Akash Patel

Co-Founder, XS. Co-Founder, Exonix

Akash has spent 21+ years turning complex engineering into business outcomes for leaders across financial services, healthcare, media and the public sector. He has architected platforms handling 2 trillion records a year and $2B+ in revenue, delivered $200M in new revenue through data modernization, and directed M&A technology integrations valued up to $38M.

[Akash Patel on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/akash-patel-5026843/)

### Advisors

#### Kevin McAllister

Founder & Managing Partner, Access Holdings

Kevin founded Access Holdings in 2013 to acquire businesses it wants to own, rather than those that simply happen to be for sale. He leads the firm's strategy and investment activity and has grown Access to more than $2.3 billion in assets and 50+ people across Baltimore and New York. Previously American Capital Strategies. MBA, Chicago Booth.

[Kevin McAllister on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-mcallister-5979347/)

#### Sam Tidswell-Norrish

Partner, Access Holdings. Board, XS

Sam leads fundraising, investor relations, marketing and communications at Access Holdings, which he joined as Partner in 2025. He was a founding team member and Managing Director at Motive Partners, the fintech-focused private equity firm, and served as EVP and Chief Marketing Officer of Dun & Bradstreet. He chairs OPUS, a platform for early-stage entrepreneurs.

[Sam Tidswell-Norrish on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/samtidswellnorrish/)

#### Omar Rahman

Partner, CFO and CCO, Access Holdings

Omar has spent 20+ years across financial services and consulting, with a deep command of investment and client management spanning financial modeling, valuations, financial and tax reporting, cash flow forecasting, and strategic planning. Before Access he was a Director at EJF Capital and a Manager at The Carlyle Group. MBA, Georgetown McDonough; MAcc, George Washington University.

[Omar Rahman on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/omar-r-7928841/)

#### Matthew Treuth

Principal & Head of A2C, Access Holdings

Matthew leads the Access Acceleration Center (A2C), Access Holdings' value creation team. He joined as Principal in 2024 and became Head of A2C in 2026. Previously an Operating Executive at Alpine Investors, CFO at Aspen Standard Wealth, and nearly six years at PwC. He serves on the board of Zeus Fire and Security and was named a 2026 PEI New Face of Finance. MBA, Northwestern Kellogg. Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

[Matthew Treuth on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-treuth/)

## Who we are

XS delivers outcomes.

XS gives Independent Sponsors and lean investment firms the value creation capability large funds build in-house: origination from thesis to close to add-on activity, live data across every company owned, and the operating professionals to move the numbers. One system, from the first deal through the hold.

The core product suite was ideated and incubated by principal investors, alongside XS’s technical founding team.

How it works. XS operating professionals work alongside your firm from first thesis to exit. The XS system is what makes that possible at lean-firm economics: the whole market mapped and scored against your buy box, every target in an evidence-linked dossier, every portfolio company live down to the transaction, and every point of EBITDA traced to the initiative and the person who created it. The software finds the lever. The operator works it with you until the number moves.

XS does the analysis a deal team would take weeks to assemble, and hands it to the people who decide. It never advances a deal or moves money on its own. The judgement stays yours; it just arrives with the number attached.

We count what matters: deals entered with conviction, problems caught early, and performance a firm can attribute.

## Connect with us

Tell us who you are and what you are working on. We read every message.

- [Connect with us](https://xs.global/#connect)
- [hello@xs.global](mailto:hello@xs.global)
- 551 5th Avenue, Suite 2620, New York, New York 10176
- [LINKEDIN](https://www.linkedin.com/company/xsglobal)