

Accel-KKR
Menlo Park, CA
accel-kkr.com
Fund Type
Software / Tech-Enabled Services
Founded in 2000, Accel-KKR is a private equity firm focused on investing in middle market software and technology-enabled services companies.


Acme Cosmetic Components
Secaucus, NJ
acmepans.com
Lead Sponsor
Kirtland Capital Partners
Investment Date
January 2017
Acme Cosmetic Components is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of metal pans (godets), which are critical components in the packaging of eye shadow, blush, and other color cosmetics. The company is headquartered in Secaucus, New York and has an additional manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China.


AE Industrial Partners
Boca Raton, FL
aeroequity.com
Fund Type
Middle Market Private Equity
AE Industrial targets U.S. middle market companies specializing in manufacturing, distribution & supply chain management, MRO and industrial service within the following targeted industries: aerospace and defense, power generation and specialty industrial markets.


Align Capital Partners
Cleveland, OH & Dallas, TX
aligncp.com
Fund Type
Middle Market Private Equity
Headquartered in Cleveland and Dallas, Align Capital Partners is a $325 million, growth-oriented private equity firm that partners with business owners and management teams to create shared success. Align brings experience and resources to help companies accelerate their growth, to the benefit of management, employees, and investors. Align makes control investments in growth oriented, lower-middle market specialty manufacturing, distribution, and business services companies. Align has deep experience with these types of businesses, having completed more than 80 investments representing more than $5.0 billion of enterprise value since 2000.


American Safety Council
Orlando, FL
americansafetycouncil.com
Lead Sponsor
Falfurrias Capital Partners
Investment Date
May 2014
Realized Date
June 2020
American Safety Council (ASC) is a market leader in the engineering and delivery of e-Learning training solutions to traffic, workplace safety, medical continuing education, and other regulatory driven markets on behalf of government, institutions of higher learning, business and industry, as well as individual clients. ASC pioneers e-Learning solutions, which have been awarded a number of first-of-their-kind government approvals. These include the first approval of online driver license knowledge exams and use of voice and keystroke biometrics to validate student participation in a state traffic safety program.
ASC was founded in 1993 and is based in Orlando, Florida with offices in California, Nevada, Texas, and New York.


Amware Logistics
Eagle, CO
amwarelogistics.com
Lead Sponsor
Rotunda Capital Partners
Investment Date
June 2014
Amware, headquartered in Eagle, Colorado, is a Third Party Logistics Company that is dedicated to delivering customer-focused, quality-driven, and extremely accurate solutions to its customers. The Company has a unique multi-location, recurring revenue model with a balanced business mix of B2B and B2C customers. The Company has nine fulfillment warehouse locations in the U.S. and Canada that provide customers with lower delivery costs and improved service times resulting in strong sales retention and conversion rates.


Ardian North America Fund
New York, NY
ardian.com
Fund Type
Middle Market Private Equity
Ardian, founded in 1996, is a global private markets firm managing approximately $58 billion of assets in private equity, private debt, infrastructure, and real estate.


Auxo Investment Partners
Grand Rapids, MI
auxopartners.com
Fund Type
Lower Middle Market Private Equity
Auxo was created to partner with owners and management teams of companies at transition points, including owner-operators seeking retirement, entities seeking family succession planning solutions and leadership teams seeking capital for growth, the firm said. Auxo focuses on North America-based companies in the manufacturing, industrial, value-added distribution and business services industries with cash flows between $1.5 million and $15 million.


Bancsource
Republic, MO
bancsourceinc.com
Lead Sponsor
CapitalWorks
Investment Date
April 2015
Bancsource, founded in 1979 and headquartered in Republic, MO, provides maintenance services and sales of cash cycle equipment including ATMs, smart safes, scanners and other equipment for financial institutions and retailers nationwide.


Barings
Boston, MA
barings.com
Fund Type
Mezzanine
Barings, based in Boston, MA was formed to make to make direct mezzanine and equity investments in connection with private equity sponsored buyout and recapitalization transactions in the lower end of the North American middle market.


Berkshire Partners
Boston, MA
berkshirepartners.com
Fund Type
Large Private Equity
Berkshire Partners is a Boston, MA based private equity firm that invests in mid-sized private companies. Since the firm’s first fund in 1984, Berkshire Partners has raised aggregate capital commitments of over $11 billion. The firm has invested in over 100 operating companies with more than $20 billion of acquisition value and combined revenues in excess of $22 billion. It targets consumer products, retailing and related services, business services, transportation, energy, industrial manufacturing and communications.


Blue Point Capital Partners
Cleveland, OH
bluepointcapital.com
Fund Type
Middle Market Private Equity
Blue Point Capital Partners is a Cleveland, OH based private equity firm which invests in middle-market companies. Blue Point was founded in 1990 and focuses on the following sectors; manufacturing, business services, industrial textiles, printing, beverage packaging, agriculture, environment, chemicals and energy.


Bluffton Motor Works
Bluffton, IN
blmworks.com
Lead Sponsor
CapitalWorks
Investment Date
December 2006
Realized Date
February 2011
Bluffton Motor Works makes sub-five horsepower motors to power a wide variety of applications throughout the world. This includes for air, industrial, laundry and material handling; bottling; car washes; commercial appliances; cranes and lifts; medical devices; food and fuel processing; gate and door operators; HVAC, pumps and more.
Bluffton has manufactured high quality fractional motors at its vertically integrated and state-of-the-art facilities in Bluffton, Indiana, since 1944. In 2012, Bluffton acquired Toledo Gearmotor Company of Sylvania, Ohio, and continues to operate that facility.
Bluffton Motor Works can design and produce almost any type of fractional motor, gearmotor or reducer. The company works with customers on custom designs, special tolerances and additional features. It also provides a variety of services during motor development including engineered samples, design assistance, performance testing, certification assistance, plant audits and inventory management.


BrandShare
New York, NY
brandshare.us
Lead Sponsor
Aperion Management
Investment Date
April 2015
BrandShare has created an eCommerce media network in the United States providing exclusive access for blue chip advertisers to reach consumers in their homes through a variety of ways including custom content (both digital and printed), offers, coupons, and samples in eCommerce packages from leading retailers.


C&M Conveyor
Bloomington, IN
cmconveyor.com
Lead Sponsor
CapitalWorks
Investment Date
June 2018
C&M designs, engineers, manufactures, and services turnkey automated material handling and conveying systems, serving as a value-added and critical partner to its industrial and commercial customers, particularly in the corrugated box industry. Headquartered in Bloomington, IN, C&M Conveyor, Inc., designs, manufactures and sells material handling equipment in the U.S., Canada and Central and South America.


Capewell Aerial Systems
South Windsor, CT
capewellaerialsystems.com
Lead Sponsor
CapitalWorks
Investment Date
February 2014
Realized Date
September 2018
Capewell Aerial Systems designs and manufactures highly advanced air soldier tactical gear, search, rescue and extraction products and electrical and mechanical timers. Their products are used in commercial and military applications around the world. Capewell Aerial Systems also produces electrical and mechanical timers for commercial and military applications.


CapitalWorks
Cleveland, OH
capitalworks.net
Fund Type
Lower Middle Market Private Equity
CapitalWorks is a private equity firm based in Cleveland, OH that acquires lower middle market companies in the Midwest. CapitalWorks typically invests in the following industries: manufacturing, aviation, chemical, distribution and business services.


Cayuse
Portland, OR
cayuse.com
Lead Sponsor
Primus Capital
Investment Date
September 2020
Operator of research administration software intended to increase transparency across all points of the research lifecycle. The company's user-friendly software platform addresses the research challenges such as risk, efficiency, planning, and data-driven research management, thereby modernizing processes and empowering globally connected research that reimagines collaboration and drives societal progress.


ClearCompany
Boston, MA
clearcompany.com
Lead Sponsor
Primus Capital
Investment Date
August 2018
Founded in 2004 and based in Boston, MA, ClearCompany is a provider of talent acquisition, management, engagement, and analytics software for companies ranging from 100-2,000 employees.


Cleveland HeartLab
Cleveland, OH
clevelandheartlab.com
Lead Sponsor
Mutual Capital Partners
Investment Date
October 2012
Realized Date
December 2017
Cleveland HeartLab is a leading diagnostics company specializing in the detection, prevention, and management of cardiovascular disease from a proprietary product pipeline licensed exclusively from the Cleveland Clinic, the global leader in cardiac health. Through its reliable group of biomarkers, Cleveland HeartLab is recognized as a leader in defining individual cardiovascular risk with the goal of educating and serving physicians, reference laboratories, wellness providers, and ultimately the individuals behind the tests. Cleveland HeartLab has determined the importance of monitoring an individual’s inflammation as a key way to assess his or her near-term risk in developing cardiovascular disease.


Cohesive Capital Partners
New York, NY
cohesivecapital.com
Fund Type
Co-Investment
Cohesive Capital Partners, a New York, NY based private equity firm, makes direct investments exclusively alongside high quality private equity sponsors that are leading the transactions. Their high-caliber direct deal-experienced team executes this approach which incorporates strategies for private equity investments in sponsor’s new portfolio companies as well as equity capital needs for existing portfolio companies. Cohesive’s strategy is a continuation of the direct investment strategy employed across two funds by John Barber while serving as the co-founder and Managing Partner of Citi Private Equity from 2001-2009.


Consolidated Precision Products
Cleveland, OH
cppcorp.com
Lead Sponsor
Warburg Pincus
Investment Date
December 2011
CPP is a leading supplier of precision engineered cast metal components and sub-assemblies for the commercial aerospace, defense and power generation markets worldwide.


Cuyahoga Capital Partners (Private Advisors)
Cleveland, OH
privateadvisors.com
Fund Type
Secondary
Cuyahoga Capital Partners (now known as Private Advisors) is a secondary private equity fund. The Cuyahoga team has been investing in secondary private equity transactions since the early 2000s. They pursue small, often negotiated secondary investments, with a focus on investments below $25 million and an emphasis on investments between $5 and $15 million. They target a wide variety of private equity strategies including buyout, growth equity, venture capital, mezzanine, diversified energy, and fund of funds.


Cyprium Partners
Cleveland, OH
cyprium.com
Fund Type
Mezzanine
Cyprium Partners is a Cleveland, OH based private investment firm that provides mezzanine and equity capital to profitable, middle-market companies. Cyprium is a non-control investor, allowing company owners to retain both economic and operational control.


Day View Capital Partners
San Francisco, CA
dayviewcap.com
Fund Type
Technology
Headquartered in San Francisco, Day View Capital invests in leading technology businesses around the world. They work with founders, employees and investors to find creative capital solutions.


Dickson
Addison, IL
dicksondata.com
Lead Sponsor
May River Capital
Investment Date
April 2018
Dickson was founded in 1923 and is based in Addison, IL. The Company is a leader in the design and manufacture of test and measurement instrumentation focused on environmental conditions, such as data loggers, chart recorders, indicators and sensors, as well as related software tools and services. Dickson serves a diversified installed based of customers (75%+ of Fortune 100 companies) with a focus on more regulated healthcare, pharmaceutical, and medical device end markets, which carry stringent environmental and quality control requirements.


Discount Drainage Supplies
Cleveland, OH
discountdrainage.com
Lead Sponsor
Foundation Investment Partners
Investment Date
March 2018
Realized Date
September 2020
Discount Drainage Supplies (DDS) based in Akron, OH is a pipe, valve and fittings distributor focused on drainage products used by construction contractors throughout the Ohio market. DDS’ products are used in residential construction, commercial construction and public works projects. The Company has three facilities in Ohio located in Akron, Columbus and Cincinnati. DDS focuses on keeping a broad base of products on hand ready for rapid order processing and delivery (often within 24 hours) at competitive prices.


Edlio
Los Angeles, CA
edlio.com
Lead Sponsor
L Squared Capital Partners
Investment Date
October 2016
Realized Date
October 2018
Founded in 2011 and based in Los Angeles, CA, Edlio is a leading provider of cloud-based software to the K-12 market. Built on a Software-as-a-Service platform, Edlio’s content management system facilitates connections and interaction among teachers, administrators, parents and students through a variety of different modules.


Engine Control Systems (ECS)
Lead Sponsor
CapitalWorks
Investment Date
December 2005
Realized Date
September 2009
ECS was founded in Ontario, Canada in 1980 and is a manufacturer of technology-based emission control systems. It develops, manufactures and supplies a full range of custom-built technology-based and standard emission control products for original equipment, aftermarket and retrofit applications. The products are used for treating harmful exhaust emissions primarily in the heavy duty diesel market. ECS’ technology-based products change or modify the nature of the exhaust gases, thereby reducing hazardous elements rather than simply attenuating noise.


EverArc Holdings, LTD.
New York, NY
everarcholdings.com
Investment Date
December 2019
Everarc Holdings is a SPAC which trades on the London Stock Exchange. Everarc has $400 million of capital which it will deploy to acquire a business for purposes of a long-term hold.


FineLine Technologies
Norcross, GA
finelinetech.com
Lead Sponsor
L Squared Capital Partners
Investment Date
November 2016
FineLine Technologies is a leading provider of data and RFID solutions to more than 220 global retailers and consumer brands and 30,000 manufacturers worldwide. FineLine’s FastTrak – a cloud-based, end-to-end client-facing technology platform – streamlines retail logistics between suppliers and retailers, providing speed and accuracy on complex orders with a fully integrated ordering, production and tracking experience.


Flight Options
Cleveland, OH
flightoptions.com
Lead Sponsor
Resilience Capital Partners
Investment Date
March 2008
Flight Options has earned a reputation as a leader and innovator in the private aviation industry. The Cleveland, Ohio-based company marked its 10th anniversary in 2008 and offers the complete spectrum of programs from fractional ownership to leasing, aircraft management, and JetPass Membership. Flight Options provides personalized service to over 1,400 Owners and Members, with a fleet of more than 110 luxury aircraft.


GEMCITY
Dayton, OH
gemcity.com
Lead Sponsor
CapitalWorks, LLC
Investment Date
November 2017
GEMCITY Engineering and Manufacturing specializes in manufacturing design-and-build and build-to-print custom equipment, contract manufacturing and high precision CNC machining. GEMCITY provides a broad spectrum of capabilities, technologies and methodologies in a LEAN manufacturing environment. GEMCITY differentiates itself in a wide variety of end markets by maintaining a highly technical culture that is a leader in developing complex products that require high levels of technical expertise. GEMCITY was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio.


Global Thermoelectric
Calgary, Alberta
globalte.com
Lead Sponsor
Rockwood Equity Partners
Investment Date
August 2008
Realized Date
August 2014
Global is the leading designer and manufacturer of high reliability industrial remote power systems for pipeline, wellhead, telecommunications and remote monitoring and control applications. Technologies deployed include proprietary thermoelectric generators as well as solar and genset based cycle charging systems. Global's technology is also used in specialized military heating equipment.


Guardian Capital Partners
Wayne, PA
guardiancp.com
Fund Type
Middle Market Private Equity
Guardian Capital Partners is a private equity firm based in suburban Philadelphia that makes control investments in lower middle market private companies located primarily in the United States with annual revenues generally between $20 million and $100 million and EBITDA generally between $3 million and $9 million. Guardian is focused on and has expertise in three specific sectors: consumer products, niche manufacturing and specialty business services. We partner with management teams and provide business and liquidity solutions to sellers of family-owned businesses, businesses seeking a strong and supportive financial partner or non-core divisions of larger corporations.


GWS Tool Group
Tavares, FL
gwstoolgroup.com
Lead Sponsor
L Squared Capital Partners II
Investment Date
September 2019
GWS Tool Group is a US-based, vertically integrated manufacturer of highly engineered custom, standard, and modified standard cutting tools, primarily servicing the aerospace and defense, power generation, automotive and medical sectors. GWS has acquired multiple businesses in the course of its growth which now serve as the respective manufacturing divisions for the Company.


H-D Advanced Manufacturing
Chicago, IL
oc-gear.com
Lead Sponsor
Weinberg Capital Group, The Riverside Company and Hicks Equity Partners
Investment Date
December 2012
Formed in December 2012, H-D Advanced Manufacturing (“H-D”) is a holding company formed by The Riverside Company, Hicks Equity Partners and Weinberg Capital Group to acquire operating companies in high-precision manufacturing. To date, H-D has completed four acquisitions, including Overton Chicago Gear Corporation, a manufacturer of large, high-precision gears and gearboxes; Innovative Mechanical Solutions, a manufacturer of highly engineered, custom bearings for the directional drilling motor industry; Leading Edge Heat Treating Services, a provider of superior heat treating solutions; and Sungear, a manufacturer of loose gearing and gear assembly products utilized in aerospace applications.


Housatonic Partners
Boston, MA & San Francisco, CA
housatonicpartners.com
Fund Type
Middle Market Private Equity
Housatonic Partners is a private equity investment firm founded in 1994 with over $1 billion in capital under management. Housatonic invests in growing, profitable companies in the recurring services, media and communications industries. Housatonic has partnered with exceptional management teams in more than eighty small-to-midsized companies in these industries since 1994.


Hunt Engineering
Salem, OH
huntvalve.com
Lead Sponsor
May River Capital
Investment Date
November 2015
Realized Date
December 2018
Hunt Engineering, based in Salem, Ohio, is a specialty valve engineering and manufacturing company with capabilities to serve the Navy market and the industrial primary metals and power generation markets.
Hunt Engineering supports the requirements of ship yards, the United States Navy and Industrial Customers worldwide for valves, components, engineered solutions, specialized assembly and testing and valve troubleshooting.


Huron, Inc.
Lexington, MI
huroninc.com
Lead Sponsor
Seven Mile Capital Partners
Investment Date
August 2015
Huron, based in Lexington, MI, is a leader in the engineering and manufacturing of complex tubular assemblies and precision machined components for the North American automotive industry. The Company utilizes advanced technologies, vertically integrated processes, and state-of-the-art systems to engineer and manufacture critical engine and transmission components and assemblies for its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers. The Company is a leader in working with OEM's to deliver fuel-efficient powertrain technologies. The Company's product offering includes turbocharger coolant tubes, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) tubes, engine coolant lines and oil handling tubes, in addition to transmission and axle vent solutions, valves and other precision machined components.


hyperWALLET
Vancouver, BC
hyperwallet.com
Lead Sponsor
Primus Capital
Investment Date
May 2014
Realized Date
November 2018
Founded in 2000, hyperWALLET (HW) provides easy to use, compliant and disruptively priced payment services connecting bank accounts, card accounts, mobile phones and cash outlets around the world. HW mainly serves B2C customers by offering solutions to connect corporations with global related party payees and provides corporations with efficient, transparent, local currency electronic payments at a significantly lower cost than current methods (money orders/checks).


IF&P Foods
Indianapolis, IN
indyfruit.com
Lead Sponsor
Rotunda Capital Partners
Investment Date
August 2017
IF&P Foods is a leading produce distributor in the Midwest. It serves as a critical link between over 7,500 customer locations and over 450 suppliers who rely on IF&P’s comprehensive range of products and highly dependable logistics and delivery capabilities. The company provides fresh and packaged produce varieties, as well as partially prepared meal components, to a variety of customer types including grocery stores, restaurants, schools and food management companies.


Imperial Parking Corporation (ImPark)
Vancouver, Canada
impark.myparkingworld.com
Lead Sponsor
Gates Group Capital Partners
Investment Date
October 2006
Realized Date
October 2011
Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Impark is one of the largest parking management companies in North America and currently leases or manages in excess of 2,000 parking locations, consisting of more than 400,000 parking spaces, in over 25 markets throughout Canada and the United States.


Ivanti
South Jordan, UT
ivanti.com
Lead Sponsor
Clearlake Capital
Investment Date
September 2020
Ivanti is an infrastructure software company providing a suite of license and subscription-based software solutions focused on IT service management and endpoint security to middle market businesses.


Kanopy
San Francisco, CA
kanopy.com
Lead Sponsor
L Squared Capital Partners
Investment Date
June 2018
Kanopy is a leading over-the-top (OTT) video-streaming distribution platform serving primarily academic institutions and public libraries. The Company provides faculty, students, and patrons of academic institutions and public libraries with an engaging, user-friendly platform for accessing over 30,000 highly curated films for entertainment, personal development, research, course work, and campus showings.


Kelso & Company
New York, NY
kelso.com
Fund Type
Private Equity
Kelso & Company has been investing in North American private equity for over 33 years. Kelso benefits from a successful investment track record, a long-tenured and stable investing team, a reputation as a preferred partner to management teams and strategics, and a significant alignment of interest with all of its partners. Since 1980, Kelso has raised a total of eight private equity funds, representing over $8 billion of outside LP capital, and has made over 110 investments.
Kelso was founded by Louis Kelso, commonly referred to as the inventor of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP"). The tenets of the Kelso ESOP heritage, including a significant alignment of interest and history of partnership, remain key components of the firm's strategy and differentiation.


Kirtland Capital Partners
Cleveland, OH
kirtlandcapital.com
Fund Type
Lower Middle Market Private Equity
Founded in 1977, Kirtland Capital Partners (KCP) invests in value-added manufacturing, distribution and business-to-business service companies. Kirtland has a proven leadership team with extensive investment and operating experience and average 25 years of investment experience and 16 years with Kirtland. Kirtland has completed 24 platform acquisitions and 37 add-on acquisitions with superior investment returns. KCP invests in target companies with enterprise value typically between $20 and $75 million.


L Squared Capital Partners
Newport Beach, CA
lsquaredcap.com
Fund Type
Middle Market Private Equity
L Squared Capital Partners is a private investment firm based in Newport Beach, CA. L Squared makes long-term investments in leading growth companies in technology-enabled services, industrial technology and education sectors. A unique investor base of family offices enables the firm to focus on long-term value creation driven by revenue and earnings growth.


Learners Edge
Lakeville, MN
learnersedgeinc.com
Lead Sponsor
L Squared Capital Partners
Investment Date
September 2016
Realized Date
December 2020
Based in Lakeville, MN, Learners Edge is a leading direct-to-teacher provider of online professional development, continuing education and master’s degree programs for K-12 teachers. Founded in 2002 by two middle-school geography teachers, the company was established with the mission to help teachers advance their classroom skills and careers, while also improving student learning. Co-founders Joe Cotter and Kyle Pederson started with innovative distance-learning courses, enabling teachers to secure their education and training whenever and wherever they preferred. As the distance learning model transitioned online, they invested heavily in an online platform that could deliver full course curriculum.


Lewellyn Technology
Linton, IN
lewellyn.com
Lead Sponsor
Evolution Capital Partners
Investment Date
August 2012
Realized Date
November 2017
Located in Linton, IN, Lewellyn Technology is an industry leader in Arc Flash Hazard Analysis (Incident Energy Analysis), Electrical Safety Training and Electrical Safety Policy Development. Using a seminar platform across the US to drive sales, the Company hosts or participates in over 25 arc flash and electrical safety awareness seminars a year to educate safety personnel on a variety of safety issues directly and indirectly impacted by a potential arc flash as defined by The National Fire Protection Agency’s (NFPA) national consensus standard for protecting employees from electrical hazards including arc flash and shock (70E). OSHA continues to increase compliance and associated fines. Lewellyn’s arc flash analyses are among the most thorough, comprehensive and results-oriented in the business and tend to drive the follow-up training business.


Linsalata Capital Partners
Cleveland, OH
linsalatacapital.com
Fund Type
Middle Market Private Equity
Linsalata Capital is a middle-market private equity firm based in Cleveland, OH.
Linsalata was founded in 1984 and has done over 104 acquisitions, with combined transaction value exceeding $3 billion. Linsalata Capital Partners has raised more than $1.4 billion of equity over seven funds.


LNC Partners
Reston, VA
lnc-partners.com
Fund Type
Mezzanine
LNC Partners is a Northern Virginia based investment firm that provides debt and equity to support buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations and other ownership liquidity needs.


M/G Transport
Ft. Mitchell, KY
mg-transport.com
Lead Sponsor
Auxo Investment Partners
Investment Date
November 2017
Founded in 1967, M/G is a leading dry barge transportation and logistics company. The Company specializes in the inland barge transportation industry, carrying over 5 million tons of product a year.


May River Capital Fund
Chicago, IL
mayrivercapital.com
Fund Type
Middle Market Private Equity
Founded in 2012, May River Capital is a Chicago-based private equity investment firm focused on small, high-caliber, industrial growth businesses that have the potential to be transformed into larger, more valuable enterprises.


MCM Capital Partners
Cleveland, OH
mcmcapital.com
Fund Type
Lower Middle Market Private Equity
MCM Capital Partners is a microcap private equity firm focused on acquiring niche manufacturers, value added distributors and specialty service companies generating up to $75 million in annual revenues and having enterprise values up to $50 million.


MECA & Technology Machine Inc.
Green Bay, WI
mecagb.com
Lead Sponsor
May River Capital
Investment Date
August 2016
MECA is a manufacturer and engineering provider of tight tolerance machined components, such as carbon fiber, steel, stainless steel and aluminum cylinders, gears, composite flexographic plate and bridge sleeves, aluminum and carbon fiber anilox sleeves, and mechanically engraved cylinders for the industrial, packaging, flexographic printing, coating and converting industries.


Microf
Albany, GA
microf.com
Lead Sponsor
Rotunda Capital Partners
Investment Date
May 2015
Microf is an innovative consumer finance firm that provides rent-to-own (RTO) solutions for the residential HVAC industry. Microf’s unique solution addresses a lack of financing options for consumers that are challenged by a need to replace their HVAC system. Microf’s first-to-market RTO product provides unmatched flexibility to consumers through quick response times, flexible product offerings, specialized HVAC expertise and its proprietary relationships with Carrier-branded distributors and dealers across the United States.


MicroGroup
Medway, MA
microgroup.com
Lead Sponsor
Kirtland Capital Partners
Investment Date
June 2015
Realized Date
April 2017
MicroGroup, Inc., headquartered in Medway, MA, is a leading supplier of precision metal components and assemblies primarily for the medical device and diagnostic markets, with a unique focus on tubing-related products. The company’s customers include over half of the top 100 medical device companies and many of the leading diagnostic companies.


Microporous, LLC
Piney Flats, TN
microporous.net
Lead Sponsor
Seven Mile Capital Partners
Investment Date
January 2014
Microporous Products is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of high performance rubber, polyethylene (PE) and hybrid (e.g., rubber and PE) battery separators for flooded lead-acid batteries. Separators are a highly-engineered, mission critical component of lead-acid batteries. The Company is the largest independent producer of separators for deep-cycle flooded lead-acid batteries as well as a manufacturer of separators for motive, stationary and automotive flooded lead-acid batteries. Microporous has two plants: a plant in Piney Flats (TN) which manufactures rubber and PE separators, and a state-of-the-art PE separator plant in Feistritz, Austria.
Its customers are manufacturers of lead-acid batteries for deep cycle, motive power, stationary and automotive applications. Primary applications for deep cycle batteries are golf carts, aerial work platforms and floor scrubbers; the primary application for motive power batteries are forklifts; and the primary application for stationary batteries is stand-by / back-up power for telecom, data centers, power plants and other sites.


Motion & Flow Control Products, Inc.
Portland, OR
mfcpinc.com
Lead Sponsor
Colville Capital
Investment Date
September 2020
Motion & Flow Control Products, Inc. is a distributor of motion and flow control products. The company supplies hydraulic and automation components and systems, engineered products, lubrication and filtration products, hydraulic and industrial hoses and fittings, instrumentation products and more.


Neff Crane Rental
Cincinnati, OH
neffrental.com
Lead Sponsor
Odyssey Investment Partners
Investment Date
December 2005
Realized Date
June 2007
Neff Crane Rental is one of the nation's largest construction and industrial equipment rental companies. The company's primary focus is in ground-engaging equipment and its fleet includes the latest earthmoving equipment, compressors, generators and lifts from leading manufacturers. The company operates through its network of branches located in the following five geographic regions: Florida, Southeastern, Mid-Atlantic, Central and Western.


Netchex
Mandeville, LA
netchexonline.com
Lead Sponsor
Primus Capital
Investment Date
March 2015
Netchex, headquartered in Mandeville, LA, is a provider of cloud-based payroll, human resources and benefits software. Netchex uses a SaaS-based platform to create tools used for recruiting staff, managing paperless onboarding procedures, tracking labor costs and managing benefits, payroll and tax.


New Harbor Capital
Chicago, IL
newharborcap.com
Fund Type
Middle Market Private Equity
New Harbor Capital is a Chicago, IL based private equity firm with over 20 years of experience investing in growth oriented business services, healthcare and education companies. New Harbor partners with strong management teams to systematically enable accelerated growth in value creation. New Harbor seeks to invest between $10 million and $30 million in companies with EBITDA between $3 million to $12 million. New Harbor seeks to make majority investments, select minority or other customized structures.


Nivel
Jacksonville, FL
nivelparts.com
Lead Sponsor
Kelso & Co.
Investment Date
January 2012
Nivel Parts & Manufacturing, LLC is a national supplier of aftermarket parts and accessories to the large and growing golf car market.


Norcross Safety Products
Lead Sponsor
Odyssey Investment Partners
Investment Date
February 2006
Realized Date
May 2008
Based in Oak Brook, IL, Norcross is a manufacturer of personal protective equipment, providing integrated head-to-toe protective equipment solutions. The company is a recognized leader in a number of market segments and has one of the industry's most extensive distribution networks with more than 2,500 distributors.


Odyssey Investment Partners
New York, NY
odysseyinvestment.com
Fund Type
Private Equity
Odyssey Investment Partners is a private equity firm that was founded in 1997 and based in New York, NY. Odyssey makes majority, control investments in established middle-market companies in a variety of industries.


Oracle Elevator
Columbus, OH
oracleelevator.com
Lead Sponsor
L Squared Capital Partners
Investment Date
May 2017
Oracle Elevator is the leading independent non-union provider of elevator maintenance, repair, and modernization services across all major brands of equipment. The Company was founded in 2004 and currently operates 22 branch locations across 13 states.


Pacific Bag
Seattle, WA
pacificbag.com
Lead Sponsor
Bratenahl Capital Partners
Investment Date
July 2006
Realized Date
August 2010
Pacific Bag is a provider of packaging materials and equipment. The Company offers stock and custom printed flexible packages, such as rollstock laminations, gusseted bags, stand-up pouches, one-way valves for coffee packaging, specialty tins and more.


Polypore International
Charlotte, NC
polypore.com
Lead Sponsor
Warburg Pincus
Investment Date
March 2006
Realized Date
May 2011
Polypore is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of polymer-based microporous membranes used in separation and filtration processes. The company’s energy storage segment engages in developing, manufacturing and marketing polypropylene monolayer and multilayer membrane separators for lithium batteries that are used in consumer electronic devices, such as mobile phones, portable audio/visual devices, laptop computers, cameras and power tools. Its separation media segment provides membranes and modules which are used in healthcare, industrial and specialty filtration applications.


Primus Capital
Cleveland, OH
primuscapital.com
Fund Type
Growth-Oriented Private Equity
Primus Capital is a private equity firm based in Cleveland, OH that invests in growth companies in the healthcare, software, technology-enabled services and education industries. Primus pursues the following types of transactions:buyouts, control and minority recapitalizations, secondary share purchases and expansion financings.


Pro Mach
Cincinnati, OH
promachbuilt.com
Lead Sponsor
Odyssey Investment Partners
Investment Date
December 2005
Realized Date
July 2011
Pro Mach is a provider of integrated packaging and processing products and solutions for food, beverage, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, and other diverse companies. Through multiple brands, Pro Mach provides product packaging and processing equipment, PMMI certified trainers, installation, parts, and service in Bottling & Capping, Primary Packaging, Flexible Packaging, Material Handling, Identification & Tracking, and End of Line Packaging.
Pro Mach has a diverse customer base, from Fortune 500 companies to smaller, privately-held businesses worldwide, which depend on reliable, flexible, technologically advanced equipment and integrated solutions. Pro Mach is headquartered near Cincinnati, Ohio, with manufacturing facilities and offices throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.


QualityMetric
Johnston, RI
qualitymetric.com
Lead Sponsor
Vesey Street Capital Partners
Investment Date
July 2020
QualityMetric represents the industry standard for health measurement and patient-reported outcomes (PROs). QualityMetric works with the world's largest healthcare and life sciences companies to provide highly accredited, scientifically proven tools to capture the patient’s voice during the clinical trials process. QualityMetric’s products and services help evaluate and market new drugs and other medical products, screen populations for chronic disease, assess treatment effectiveness, and identify future health risks.


Radix Wire
Cleveland, OH
radix-wire.com
Lead Sponsor
Hunter Valley Company
Investment Date
February 2013
Realized Date
November 2018
Radix is a manufacturer of electrical wire and cable for high temperature applications. The Company’s products are used in aerospace, automotive, metallurgy, consumer appliances and manufacturing industries.


Ranpak Corp.
Concord, OH
ranpak.com
Lead Sponsor
Odyssey Investment Partners
Investment Date
December 2007
Realized Date
October 2014
Ranpak is a leading manufacturer of in-the-box paper protective packaging systems and materials in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. The Company's patented Padpak and Fillpak converters utilize multi-ply roll or single-ply fanfold kraft paper to create on-demand packaging material. Ranpak's customers are typically OEM's and distributors operating in a wide array of industries, including industrial, automotive, medical, consumer products and technology. In addition to its headquarters, Ranpak operates four manufacturing facilities located in Nevada, Kansas, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands.


Raptor Scientific
Berlin, CT
raptor-scientific.com
Lead Sponsor
L Squared Capital Partners II
Investment Date
September 2019
Raptor Scientific was founded in 2019 by L Squared Capital Partners and backed with a $60 million equity commitment to consolidate the highly fragmented Aerospace & Defense focused testing and measurement market. The Company completed its first acquisition of Space Electronics in September 2019.


Seacoast Capital
Danvers, MA and San Francisco, CA
seacoastcapital.com
Fund Type
Mezzanine
Seacoast Capital invests mezzanine and equity capital in small, growing companies led by strong, entrepreneurial management teams. Seacoast invests in high quality U.S. businesses that are market leaders in industrial sectors of manufacturing, distribution, business services and industrial technologies. Seacoast looks for companies in growing or fragmented industries with revenues in excess of $10 million and operating earnings in excess of $2 million. Seacoast has a particular interest in companies located in underserved urban and rural markets. In all cases, Seacoast partner with managers who have proven track records and significant equity stakes. Seacoast Capital is based in Danvers, MA and San Francisco, CA.


Selmet, Inc.
Albany, OR
selmetinc.com
Lead Sponsor
Blue Point Capital Partners
Investment Date
November 2011
Realized Date
August 2018
Selmet Inc. is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of titanium castings and machined parts for the aerospace industry.


Stancor Pumps
Monroe, CT
stancorpumps.com
Lead Sponsor
Knox Capital
Investment Date
September 2014
Stancor Pumps Inc., headquartered in Monroe, CT, is a manufacturer of electric submersible pump systems, as well as related controls, accessories and parts. Stancor primarily serves the mining market and other general industrial and commercial markets (e.g. environmental, construction, wastewater and utility). Its products are designed to perform under heavy-duty conditions and transfer water without ejecting harmful substances into surrounding environment (e.g. sewers, rivers). Stancor was founded in 1985 when the current Owners of the business joined together and purchased the submersible pump business of their former Swedish-based employer, Alimak Corp.


Sun America
Alliance, OH
sun-america.com
Lead Sponsor
Hunter Valley Corporation
Investment Date
March 2015
Sun America, headquartered in Alliance, OH, is a leading manufacturer of specialty baking cups and thermoformed plastic trays, primarily for commercial bakeries, branded food product companies, supermarkets, foodservice distributors, and retail foodservice providers. Sun America’s products are manufactured with a high degree of precision as their functionality is critical to their customers’ automated production lines.


Sundyne
Arvada, CO
sundyne.com
Lead Sponsor
Warburg Pincus
Investment Date
March 2020
Sundyne designs, manufactures, and provides afermarket support for highly engineered pumps and compressors used in process industries, including natural gas processing and liquefied natural gas, petrochemical, oil refining, chemical and industrial, and other applications. Sundyne's leading portfolio of highly engineered centrifugal sealed and sealless pumps and gas compressors serves mission-critical, niche applications.


Teaching Strategies, LLC
Bethesda, MD
teachingstrategies.com
Lead Sponsor
L Squared Capital Partners
Investment Date
October 2014
Realized Date
May 2018
Teaching Strategies is the provider of early childhood educational resources, including curriculum and web-based assessment products. The Company offers the industry’s widest selection of research-based, developmentally appropriate instruction and assessment products to the growing early childhood market. Teaching Strategies serves over 20,000 early childhood educators globally.


The Riverside Company
Cleveland, OH and New York, NY
riversidecompany.com
Fund Type
Middle Market Private Equity
The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm based in Cleveland, OH focused on investing in and acquiring growing businesses valued at up to $250 million. Riverside invests in companies with the goal of building them into more effective enterprises through management techniques, organic growth and add-on acquisitions.


TRP Energy, LLC
Houston, TX
trpenergy.com
Lead Sponsor
Trilantic Capital Partners
Investment Date
May 2015
TRP is a Houston-based oil and gas company focused on identifying, acquiring and developing non-operated working interest positions across the United States. TRP plans to build a portfolio of non-operated positions across the premier basins by partnering with proven operators. TRP will target high-quality oil and gas assets with well control that offer significant undeveloped upside.


United Scope
Irvine, CA
unitedscope.com
Lead Sponsor
L Squared Capital Partners
Investment Date
November 2017
United Scope is a global provider of microscopy and optical solutions to a diverse range of end markets including the education sector, life sciences and other scientific research fields, and various industrial applications.


United Site Services
Westborough, MA
unitedsiteservices.com
Lead Sponsor
Odyssey Investment Partners
Investment Date
June 2003
Realized Date
June 2006
Provider of portable and temporary restroom services in the United States. The Company additionally offers temporary power, storage and fence, sweeping services and portable hand washing services.


Vesey Street Capital Partners
New York, NY
vscpllc.com
Investment Date
September 2019
Fund Type
Healthcare
VSCP is a private equity firm with substantial and differentiated healthcare services sector and sourcing expertise. Specifically, we specialize in middle market buyouts, with a focus on businesses with strong cash flow characteristics that create value for hospitals, physicians, and health insurers by enhancing efficiency, expanding productivity, reducing costs, and growing revenues. Since inception, the firm has deployed approximately $450 million in capital, primarily as a control investor.


Virtium
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
virtium.com
Lead Sponsor
L Squared Capital Partners
Investment Date
August 2015
Realized Date
May 2019
Virtium is a leading provider of customized, ruggedized, and highly engineered industrial memory and embedded solid state drive (SSD) products to the industrial market. In recent years, the Company has experienced significant growth as a result of increasing demand for highly customized memory and storage products.


W&W Dairy
Monroe, WI
wwdairy.com
Lead Sponsor
Main Street Capital
Investment Date
April 2018
W&W Dairy was founded in 2005 and is a private-label, Hispanic cheese manufacturer located in Monroe, WI. They primarily sell to distributors, who then sell to grocers and restaurants around the country.


WA Jones
Columbia City, IN
wajonestruckequipment.com
Lead Sponsor
Foundation Investment Partners
Investment Date
July 2019
The Company provides specialty vehicle assembly and truck body upfitting services for customers in Indiana and throughout the Tri-State Area and maintains a wide variety of inventory for sale or rent.


Warburg Pincus
New York, NY
warburgpincus.com
Fund Type
Large Private Equity
Warburg Pincus is a private equity firm located in New York, NY with investments focused on all stages of companies from start-ups and later stage to recapilizations and large scale buy-outs. Warburg Pincus typically invests in the following industries: energy, healthcare, telecom, media, real estate, technology, consumer, industrial and financial services.


Wedgewood Pharmacy
Swedesboro, NJ
wedgewoodpetrx.com
Lead Sponsor
New Harbor Capital
Investment Date
June 2016
Realized Date
April 2021
Wedgewood provides compounded medications to over 100,000 pet owners through more than 36,000 veterinarian customer relationships across the country. The company offers preparations for the companion animal, equine and specialty ophthalmology markets. Wedgewood’s leading market position is driven by their commitment to quality and customer service, and unmatched regulatory compliance.