MiddleGround Closes Second Buy
MiddleGround Capital has acquired Peterson American Corporation (DBA Peterson Spring),…
Genstar Adds Facilities to Tekni-Plex
Tekni-Plex, a portfolio company of Genstar Capital, has agreed to…
Montage Acquires METALfx
Montage Partners has acquired Advanced Manufacturing and Development (DBA METALfx)…
One Rock Builds C-Store Foodservice Giant
Orion Food Systems, a portfolio company of One Rock Capital…
Wellspring Acquires Lucky Strike
Wellspring Capital Management has acquired Lucky Strike Entertainment, an operator…
Wellspring Closes Buy of Paragon Films
Wellspring Capital Management has completed its acquisition of Paragon Films,…
Silver Peak Invests in The Cleaning Guys
Silver Peak Partners has invested in CG Environmental (DBA The Cleaning Guys). The Cleaning Guys (TCG) provides hazardous and non-hazardous material cleanup and disposal, field services, and emergency response services to municipal and commercial customers throughout Texas and Colorado. The company’s capabilities include chemical spills, gas spills, and biological hazards. TCG operates out of five…
PetroChoice Acquires Superior Petroleum
PetroChoice, a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, has acquired Superior Petroleum. PetroChoice was acquired by Golden Gate Capital from Greenbriar Equity Group in December 2015. Superior Petroleum is an ExxonMobil stocking distributor of lubricants to the automotive and manufacturing industries in Northwest Indiana and the Chicagoland area. The company’s products include motor oils, industrial…
Huron’s Pueblo Closes Fourth Add-On
Huron Capital has added to its HVAC services platform, Pueblo Mechanical & Controls, with the buy of the Arizona operations of Westover Corporation which provides HVAC services to municipal, commercial and industrial customers across Arizona. This transaction represents the fourth add-on acquisition completed by Pueblo. Huron launched Pueblo Mechanical in December 2017 in partnership with…
Blue Sage Exits Cobalt Environmental
Blue Sage Capital has closed the sale of Cobalt Environmental Solutions to Bison Oilfield Services, an Oklahoma-based water infrastructure, logistics and solutions provider. Cobalt Environmental Solutions is an operator of oilfield wastewater disposal and hydrocarbon extraction facilities in the South-Central Oklahoma Oil Province (SCOOP) and Merge fields (the Merge field is located adjacent to the…
TowerBrook Invests in Employee-owned KeHE
TowerBrook Capital Partners has made an investment in KeHE Distributors to replace a longtime minority shareholder of the company. KeHE is a distributor of natural and organic products to chain and independent grocery and natural food stores across North America. The company has 5,500 employees and operates 15 distribution centers with a headquarters in Naperville,…
Lovell Minnick Sells J.S. Held to Kelso
Lovell Minnick Partners has agreed to sell J.S. Held, a consulting firm focused on the construction industry and insurance claim management, to Kelso & Co. Lovell Minnick acquired J.S. Held in March 2015. J.S. Held’s services include property loss consulting, dispute resolution, and construction and development services to insurance carriers, independent claims adjusters, and other…
Variations on the Theme of Investment Banking
Greenberg Variations Capital (GVC), a new investment banking firm devoted to clients engaged in one-off or lightly competitive transactions, has opened for business, according to Andrew Greenberg, GVC’s chief executive…
New Biz Development Pro at Aurora
Aurora Capital Partners has added Scott Erickson to its team as Principal, Business Development. Mr. Erickson has more than 12 years of business development, origination, and marketing experience. Prior to…
Kroger and Lindsay Goldberg Form PearlRock
The Kroger Co. and Lindsay Goldberg have formed PearlRock Partners to invest in consumer product brands. According to the two founders, PearlRock will be one of the largest data-driven investment…
Nobel Laureate Joins General Atlantic
General Atlantic has added world-renowned economist and Nobel Laureate Michael Spence to its team as a special advisor. A recognized expert in macro and micro economic growth, Dr. Spence serves…
Gallant Adds Biz Development Pro
Gallant Capital has hired Jamie Kim as the firm’s new head of business development. Ms. Kim is responsible for sourcing and assessing investment opportunities, managing relationships with transaction advisors and…
Mason Joins FTV Capital as Partner
FTV Capital has added Alex Mason as a new partner. Mr. Mason will focus on enterprise technology and technology-enabled services investments from the firm’s San Francisco office. Mr. Mason joins…
TA Hits Hard Cap on Lucky 13
TA Associates has held a first, final, and hard cap closing of its thirteenth fund, TA XIII LP, with total capital commitments of $8.5 billion. TA began raising the new…
TPG Closes New Tech Fund
TPG has closed TPG Tech Adjacencies LP (TTAD) with $1.6 billion in capital commitments, surpassing its hard cap of $1.5 billion. TTAD will target investments in the technology industry and…
