Deals
Rainier Partners has invested in Wilmar Corporation and its subsidiaries (Wilmar), a supplier, distributor, and category manager of tools and equipment to the automotive aftermarket and other industries.
Rainier’s investment will help accelerate Wilmar’s growth in additional product categories, end markets, and geographies, while preserving the Company’s unique culture and customer focus.
The Cantalini family will retain a significant ownership interest in the Company alongside Rainier.
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) has acquired a majority interest in Rosboro from Wynnchurch Capital.
Rosboro is a manufacturer of glued laminated timber (glulam), an engineered wood product used in a wide range of building and construction applications, and a variety of lumber products.
Financial terms of the private deal, which will see Wynnchurch Capital remain a significant minority shareholder, have not been disclosed.
Clearview Capital Fund IV, and its affiliates (Fund IV) has announced the acquisition of Outdoor Edge Cutlery Corporation (Outdoor Edge) to Revo Brands, the parent company of Real Avid.
Revo Brands operates in partnership with Vertikal Brands, an executive team assembled by Fund IV to pursue the acquisition of premium brands in the outdoor industry. The Outdoor Edge transaction closed on 4 November, 2021.
Outdoor Edge is a manufacturer of premium knives and hand tools purposely designed for outdoor enthusiasts and professional tradesmen.
Revo Brands is a platform investment in Fund IV, a USD550 million committed fund raised in
FloWorks, a specialty flow control distribution platform backed by Clearlake Capital Group, has acquired SemiTorr Group (SemiTorr), a specialty fluid handling systems and components distributor.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
SemiTorr and its group of companies will operate as a standalone division within FloWorks and retain its well respected brand. Kevin Waddell and his leadership team will continue to manage SemiTorr with support provided jointly by SemiTorr’s and FloWorks’ shared services teams.
RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Jefferies, UBS Investment Bank, Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, and Audax Private Debt provided debt financing to support the transaction.
Wheel Pros, a designer, manufacturer and distributor of proprietary branded aftermarket vehicle enhancements for light trucks, SUVs, passenger cars and ATVs/UTVs backed by Clearlake Capital Group, has acquired throtl, an aftermarket e-commerce platform for automotive and off-roading enthusiasts.
throtl’s Rick Beckerman, Co-Founder and CEO, Evan Beckerman, Co-Founder and COO, and Erol Erturk, Co-Founder and CTO, will remain with the combined company.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
BV Investment Partners (BV), a private equity firm focused on the tech-enabled business services, software and IT services sectors, has made a significant, growth-oriented investment in Marlabs Inc, a global digital solutions company.
Founded in 1996 by CEO Siby Vadakekkara and Srinivasan Balram, Marlabs is an end-to-end IT services provider that enables its customers to build and manage IT applications and infrastructure. Marlabs serves clients globally and across sectors, with particular strength in healthcare, life sciences and financial services. Based in Piscataway, NJ, Marlabs has over 900 US employees and over 1,500 employees in India.
Align Capital Partners’ (ACP) accounting, tax and valuation advisory firm, WilliamsMarston has acquired Bay Valuation Advisors (BVA), a provider of valuation advisory services throughout the United States.
This is the third acquisition WilliamsMarston has completed in the past 13 months which brings the Firm’s headcount to more than 135 professionals and further establishes WilliamsMarston as a national leader in accounting, tax and valuation advisory services to private equity-backed and public growth companies.
Founded in Oakland, California in 2007, BVA supports its more than 200 clients’ financial and tax reporting, dispute resolution and other corporate financial needs.
Cairngorm Capital Partners portfolio company, Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), has acquired Dougfield Plumbers Supplies Limited (Dougfield), expanding its network of specialist plumbing and heating merchants into Wales and across the South West.
Established in 1993, Dougfield Plumbers Supplies is a highly successful independent plumbers merchant supplying trade and retail customers across South Wales and the South West of England. Headquartered in Stroud, Gloucestershire, Dougfield has 10 branches in Swansea, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Devon and Cornwall, all stocking an extensive range of plumbing, heating and bathroom products. Dougfield Plumbers Supplies has demonstrated strong organic growth since its formation.
Following its recent
Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has made an additional GBP3.5 million investment into Hospital Services Limited (HSL).
Established in 1962, and based in Belfast, with additional offices in Dublin and East Midlands, HSL is a specialist distributor of diagnostic medical devices, surgical equipment and consumable products, servicing public and private hospitals across the UK and Ireland.
Foresight first invested into HSL in 2015 via its Venture Capital Trusts. Since then, HSL has experienced a period of sustained growth with revenue increasing three-fold in the six years since initial investment.
Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, has made a strategic investment in BlueConic, a pure-play customer data platform.
BlueConic’s existing investors, including Spring Lake Equity Partners, Sigma Prime Ventures, and Converge Venture Partners, will continue as minority investors in the Company.
The investment in BlueConic was led by Vista’s Endeavor Fund, which is focused on high-growth enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled businesses seeking to expand their impact in the markets they serve. Endeavor partners with companies and their management teams, providing the capital, expertise, and support to build
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