Acme Cryogenics, a portfolio company of Graham Partners, has acquired Cryogenic Experts. Graham Partners acquired Acme Cryogenics in April 2016 from Gladstone Investment Corporation. Acme Cryogenics is a manufacturer of products and a provider of field services used in the production, distribution, and storage of cryogenic liquids and industrial gases. Acme’s customers operate in the […]
Archives for January 2019
BV Acquires Nonprofit Fundraiser
BV Investment Partners has acquired a majority interest in RKD Group, a provider of fundraising and marketing services to the nonprofit sector. RKD Group services more than 260 nonprofit organizations, including hospitals, social service, health, disease research, animal welfare, and faith-based charities. The company utilizes a multichannel approach that leverages technology and data science to […]
Silver Oak Invests in Keystone Partners
Silver Oak Services Partners has acquired Keystone Partners, a provider of outplacement, career management, executive coaching, and leadership development services. Keystone’s services are provided to a range of employees from entry-level to senior executives. The company operates through three divisions: Keystone Associates, a provider of career management services through the executive level; Camden Consulting Group, […]
Huron’s Pueblo Closes Two Add-Ons
Huron Capital has added two new companies to its HVAC services platform, Pueblo Mechanical & Controls, with the buys of Newgaard Mechanical and CFM Mechanical. Huron launched Pueblo Mechanical in December 2017 in partnership with industry veteran Dan Bueschel. The company provides a full spectrum of HVAC replacement, retrofit and repair services primarily for facilities […]
Clearview Merges Vineyard Companies
Wilson Orchard & Vineyard Supply (Wilson), a portfolio company of Clearview Capital, has merged with Oregon Vineyard Supply (OVS). Clearview Capital acquired Wilson in December 2016 through its third fund. The management teams of both Wilson and OVS remain as equity owners in the combined company alongside Clearview. Oregon Vineyard Supply, known as OVS, is […]
Aterian Adds to Vander-Bend
Vander-Bend Manufacturing, a portfolio company of Aterian Investment Partners since May 2018, has acquired J.L. Haley Enterprises. J.L. Haley is a metal fabrication manufacturer that specializes in parts used primarily in medical device applications. The company’s core capabilities include development, engineering, CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, and assembly. J.L. Haley, with 140 employees, was founded […]
Brown Brothers Harriman Sells KabaFusion
BBH Capital Partners (BBHCP) has sold its ownership interest in KabaFusion, a provider of acute and specialty home infusion services, to Pritzker Private Capital. BBHCP is a private equity fund sponsored by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. KabaFusion operates seven fully accredited specialty pharmacies located in California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas […]
Renovo Hits Hard-Cap for Fund III
Renovo Capital has closed its third fund, Renovo Capital Fund III LP, at the hard-cap of $225 million. The firm’s earlier fund closed in September 2014 with $132 million of capital commitments. Fundraising for Fund III began in September 2018 and it received support from both existing and new investors including pension programs, insurance companies, […]
Arlington Buys Triumph’s Fab Business
Arlington Capital Partners has agreed to acquire the fabrications business of publicly-traded Triumph Group. Triumph Fabrications consists of four companies that manufacture, coat, and assemble complex sheet metal components for fixed wing and rotorcraft platforms. In total, the four businesses generated revenues of approximately $150 million during Triumph Group’s last fiscal year which ended in […]
Bertram Buys Flow Control from AEA
Bertram Capital has acquired Flow Control Group, a distributor of process control and fluid handling products, from AEA investors. Flow Control Group (FCG) has more than 10,000 customers and 47 regional distribution and service centers located throughout the United States and Canada. The company was founded in 2014 and has completed 18 acquisitions since its […]
Thoma Bravo Closes Fund XIII
Thoma Bravo has completed fundraising for Thoma Bravo Fund XIII LP with a hard-cap and oversubscribed close at $12.6 billion. Fund XIII received support from Thoma Bravo’s network of limited partners which include sovereign wealth funds, public pension funds, multinational corporations, insurance companies, fund-of-funds, endowments, foundations and family offices. Thoma Bravo specializes in investing in […]
Lincoln Hires New TMT Pro
Lincoln International has hired Bob Lockwood to lead the firm’s coverage of the internet and digital media sector. Mr. Lockwood will be based in Lincoln’s New York office and will be part of its technology, media and telecom (TMT) group. Mr. Lockwood has 25 years of investment banking experience and has advised private equity and […]
OpenGate Adds to EverZinc
EverZinc, a portfolio company of OpenGate Capital, has acquired G.H. Chemicals Ltd., and Microzinc Inc. (together GHC). GHC is a Canadian manufacturer and exporter of French Process zinc oxide products. For industrial use, zinc oxide is produced using three methods: indirect process, direct process, and wet chemical process. The indirect process, also called the French […]
Eureka Sells West Academic
Eureka Equity Partners has sold West Academic Publishing, a provider of learning materials for the law school market, to Levine Leichtman Capital Partners. West Academic provides legal textbooks, casebooks, study guides and other course-related materials in both print and digital media formats for law school faculty and students in the United States. The company provides […]
Advent Acquires BioDuro
Advent International has made a majority investment BioDuro, a life sciences contract research organization (CRO). BioDuro provides its biopharmaceutical clients with integrated drug discovery services which include target identification, investigational new drug (IND) applications with the FDA, and manufacturing of drug substances for clinical trials. The company, led by CEO Cyrus Mirsaidi, has operations in […]
Granite Bridge Adds to InterMed
The InterMed Group, a portfolio company of Granite Bridge Partners, has acquired Horizon CSA from its owners Mike Marrow and Dale Allman. Horizon CSA is a provider of biomedical and clinical engineering equipment services to acute care hospitals and other healthcare providers in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic US. Horizon CSA is based north of Charlotte in […]
Enlightenment Invests in System High
Enlightenment Capital has made an investment in System High Corporation, a provider of proactive protection, security engineering, counterintelligence, and cybersecurity services to government and commercial customers. System High was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Chantilly, VA with an additional office in Colorado Springs, CO (www.systemhigh.com). “System High will serve as the initial investment […]
Audax Keeps Building CoolSys
Source Refrigeration Holdings (DBA CoolSys), the parent of company of a number of refrigeration and HVAC companies nationwide and a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, has acquired Arjae HVAC and Mechanical Services. Audax acquired Source Refrigeration from Arsenal Capital Partners in December 2015. Arjae HVAC and Mechanical Services provides commercial and industrial HVAC installation […]