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Lincoln Road’s Newest Platform Corners Houston Landscaping Market

November 17, 2023

Lincoln Road has acquired Silversand Services and SLI Landscape, providers…...

O2 Sponsor Finance Backs Soundcore’s Paving Platform

April 10, 2023

O2 Sponsor Finance, a division of Old Second National Bank,…...

Abacus Backs Eureka’s Buy of Advertiser Perceptions

March 31, 2023

Eureka Equity Partners has acquired Advertiser Perceptions with senior debt…...

Always Active Abacus Starts Fast

February 22, 2023

Abacus Finance is continuing its active support of private equity buyouts with the close of new transactions for Thompson Street Capital Partners, American Pacific Group,…...

Abacus Backs Another LongueVue Platform

November 28, 2022

Abacus Finance Group has provided senior secured debt to support the acquisition of Summit Clinical Research by LongueVue Capital. Abacus also made an equity co-investment…....

O2 Backs West Edge’s Buy of Dakotaland Autoglass

November 28, 2022

O2 Sponsor Finance, a division of Old Second National Bank, has provided senior secured credit facilities to back the buy of Dakotaland Autoglass by West…...

Northstar Provides Mezz and Equity to May River’s Material Handling Platform

October 5, 2022

Northstar Capital has made an investment in Automated Handling Solutions, a portfolio company of May River Capital. Northstar provided mezzanine debt and made an equity co-investment. Northstar invests from $5…...

Abacus Backs New May River Platform

October 2, 2022

Abacus Finance was the provider of senior debt facilities to support the formation of Automated Handling Solutions (AHS) by May River Capital. In providing the financing, Abacus acted as the…...

O2 Sponsor Finance Backs Borgman’s Cheese Consolidation

August 23, 2022

Back in June, Gilman Cheese, a manufacturer of processed cheese and a portfolio company of Borgman Capital, acquired Dairyfood USA. The acquisition of Dairyfood was backed by O2 Sponsor Finance,…...

May River Acquires RLE Technologies

December 5, 2023

RLE Technologies, a maker of environmental monitoring equipment, has been acquired by May River Capital. RLE designs and manufactures wired and wireless environmental monitoring equipment, fluid leak detection, and airflow management products used…...

Granite Creek Bags NYP

November 17, 2023

Granite Creek has acquired NYP, a manufacturer and distributor of packaging materials. NYP sources, processes, and distributes a portfolio of textile-based packaging products used in the nursery, agricultural, and industrial markets. NYP’s products…...

Lincoln Road’s Newest Platform Corners Houston Landscaping Market

November 17, 2023

Lincoln Road has acquired Silversand Services and SLI Landscape, providers of commercial landscaping services in the Houston metropolitan area. Silversand’s and SLI’s services include landscaping, irrigation management, tree care, interior plant care and…...

Cortec Sells Chauvet to Court Square

November 14, 2023

Cortec Group has sold Chauvet & Sons, a provider of entertainment related lighting, control and power products, to Court Square Capital Partners. Chauvet is a provider of branded entertainment, theatrical, broadcast and film…...

May River Acquires RLE Technologies

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Lincoln Road’s Newest Platform Corners Houston Landscaping Market

Cortec Sells Chauvet to Court Square

Sterling’s School of Rock Sold to Roark’s Youth Enrichment Brands

Platinum to Carve Out Energy Business from Kohler

Bregal Sells TDBBS to Publicly Traded Central Garden & Pet

MPE Buys Mid-States Bolt & Screw

Six Pillars Raises the Roof with New Platform

Crest Rock Partners Invests in Specialty Alloy Distributor Midalloy

Patriot Pickle Acquires First Place Foods

May 23, 2023

Patriot Pickle, a maker and distributor of pickles and a portfolio company of Swander Pace Capital, has acquired First Place Foods. First Place Foods manufactures a wide variety of fermented (shelf stable) and refrigerated pickles, relishes, and other pickled vegetables that are sold to the restaurant, foodservice, institutional, and retail markets. Third-generation family-owned First Place Foods, led by President Pat Hunn, operates manufacturing and warehousing facilities near Dallas in Garland, Texas. “For more than 15 years, First Place Foods has…...

SK’s Canlak Coatings Buys Ceramic Industrial Coatings

May 9, 2023

Canlak Coatings, a portfolio company of SK Capital Partners, has acquired Ceram-Traz (DBA Ceramic Industrial Coatings). Ceramic Industrial Coatings is a manufacturer of custom and proprietary water and solvent-based wood coatings as well as other coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers (CASE) products. Ceramic Industrial, led by CEO Rob Laubscher, was founded in 1962 and operates a 90,000-square-foot facility in Osseo, Minnesota (headquarters) and a 52,000-square-foot facility in Kansas City, Kansas. “We are tremendously excited about our future partnership with Canlak…...

Gridiron Capital Promotes Three to Managing Director

November 17, 2023

Kian Continues Hiring Spree

November 7, 2023

Excellere Adds Business Development Pro

October 31, 2023

Shorehill Hires New Associate

September 27, 2023

Blue Wolf Adds New Business Development Pro

September 25, 2023

OceanSound Adds Seven New Professionals

September 20, 2023

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Janney Continues Acquisitive Ways with Buy of TM

November 14, 2023

Janney Montgomery Scott has agreed to acquire middle market investment bank TM Capital, a provider of M&A advisory services across the business services, industrials, healthcare, and consumer sectors. TM Capital is led by CEO James…...

Align Launches Independent Sponsor Strategy

October 3, 2023

Align Capital Partners (ACP) has announced the launched of a new independent sponsor-focused private equity strategy, Align Collaborate. ACP founded Align Collaborate in partnership with independent sponsor investors, Grant Kornman and Michael Kornman. Prior to…...

Lincoln’s Private Market Index Increases Marginally on Higher Fundamental Performance

November 10, 2023

The Lincoln Private Market Index (LPMI), which tracks changes in the enterprise value of US privately held companies, increased by 0.8% during the third quarter of 2023. According to Chicago-headquartered investment bank Lincoln International, the…...

U.S. Middle Market Shows Strongest Earnings Growth in Two Years

October 17, 2023

Golub Capital has reported that its middle market private company index has shown the strongest earnings growth over the past two years. According to Golub, middle market private companies in the Golub Capital Altman Index…...

Middle Market M&A Persists Amid Volatile Conditions

June 22, 2023

Capstone Partners has published its first quarter Capital Market Update and reports that total middle market merger and acquisition volume declined 14.3% year-over-year in Q1 2023 resulting from macroeconomic headwinds. However, Capstone further reports that…...

Cool Intentions – the Actual State of ESG

June 21, 2023

On many episodes of Middle Market Musings, the podcast I co-host with Charlie Gifford, the conversation turns to environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in business operations and investments. ESG is also a topic with…...

May River Acquires RLE Technologies

December 5, 2023

RLE Technologies, a maker of environmental monitoring equipment, has been acquired by May River Capital. RLE designs and manufactures wired and wireless environmental monitoring equipment,…...

Sysco Acquires Edward Don from Vestar

December 5, 2023

Vestar Capital Partners has sold Edward Don & Co., a distributor of foodservice equipment and supplies, to Sysco Corporation. Edward Don & Company (DON) is…...

Makai’s Paladin Buys Texize

December 5, 2023

Paladin Holdings, a portfolio company of Makai Capital Partners, has acquired Texize, a manufacturer of industrial and commercial soaps, and detergents. Greenville, South Carolina-based Texize…...