Built by operators.
Legacy Industrial Partners is the first private investment holding company purpose-built around midstream critical minerals processing assets. We fill the critical gap between upstream mining and downstream U.S. manufacturing, providing American-owned processing capacity and offtake for strategic minerals.
LIP is part of the Legacy and Heritage family of companies. Our team draws on decades of industrial operations across environmental services, metals and mining, battery materials, and industrial gases — and on a research partnership with Heritage Research Group that gives LIP a scientific and engineering edge unmatched among investment platforms.
We combine the operating discipline of an industrial company with the structure and governance of an institutional investment platform.
Why a holding company, not a fund.
Aligned with strategic and financial goals. As a corporate entity with a hand-selected base of aligned investors, LIP exits based on strategic and economic factors rather than a pre-defined fund life. Longer hold periods help mitigate supply vulnerability and temporary price-cycle downturns.
Flexibility to fill supply chain gaps. A nimble structure lets LIP act as an implementation engine for policy goals — acquiring and operating strategic assets, developing additive business lines, and building from scratch where M&A opportunities don’t exist.
Focused on operating performance. Our effort is directed where it matters most for Western reindustrialization: building and operating assets, not managing fund compliance or financial engineering.