Trivest Partners has acquired North Star Seafood, a distributor of fresh and frozen seafood products. The North Star transaction represents the second platform company investment in Trivest Fund V and Trivest’s sixth overall investment in 2013. “We are delighted that North Star identified Trivest as the best partner to help expand upon the company’s strong…...
Archives for July 9, 2013
MidOcean Acquires Water Pik
MidOcean Partners has acquired Water Pik, a developer and marketer of health and wellness products, from EG Capital Group and Zodiac Marine & Pool, a Carlyle Group portfolio company. Vulcan Capital co-invested alongside MidOcean Partners on this transaction. “MidOcean has followed the success of Water Pik for a number of years, and we are very…...
Welsh Carson Acquires SRS from Warburg
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe has agreed to buy Service Repair Solutions, a provider of data and information services to the automotive service and repair industry, from Warburg Pincus which first invested in Service Repair Solutions in 2003. Service Repair Solutions (SRS) provides services to the automotive services and repair industry at the point of…...
Insight Equity Acquires Canfield Metal Coating
New Star Metals, a portfolio company of Insight Equity, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Canfield Metal Coating Corporation. As part of the transaction, New Star has reorganized the acquired assets under a new division called Canfield Coating LLC. “We are pleased to further broaden the New Star platform through the Canfield acquisition…...
Marlin Closes Fund 4 at $1.6 Billion
Marlin Equity Partners has held a first and final closing of Marlin Equity IV, LP with $1.6 billion of capital commitments. The firm completed the fundraise at its hard-cap in just over four months and was more than three times oversubscribed from its initial $1 billion target. Credit Suisse acted as an advisor and exclusive…...
