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Great Lakes Data Racks & Cabinets to Be Acquired by Vertiv Holdings Company

Mergers & Acquisitions

Industrials

Industrial Technology

6803 Great Lakes NT SP PENDING

Hg Capital to Make Strategic Investment in A-LIGN

Technology

Business Services

IT Services

7046 Hg Capital - A-LIGN NT PENDING

Banner Capital Management Completes Multi-Asset Continuation Vehicle for Eight Portfolio Companies

Consumer

Private Capital Solutions

6621 PCA Banner Capital NT

Western Smokehouse Partners Acquired by Monogram Capital Partners

Food & Beverage

6698 Western Smokehouse Partners NT

Caputo Cheese Acquired by Tilia

6653 Caputo Cheese NT

Ideal Tridon Acquired by Nautic Partners

Engineered Equipment, Products & Components

5411 Ideal Tridon Holdings NT

The Learning Experience Acquired by Harvest Partners

6682 The Learning Experience NT

Advent International Corporation to Acquire LayerZero Power Systems

Energy, Power & Infrastructure

6898 Advent International Corporation - LayerZero Power Systems SP PENDING

Vista Equity Partners Makes Strategic Growth Investment in Amtech Software 

Vertical Software

6992 Vista Equity Partners - Amtech Software NT

Elbfrost to be Acquired by NPM Capital

Food Services

6696 Elbfrost NT PENDING

DCCM Acquired by Court Square Capital Partners

Engineering & Construction

6605 DCCM NT

Fresca Mexican Foods Acquired by C.H. Guenther & Son

6658 Fresca Mexican Foods NT

DUDE Wipes Receives Strategic Growth Investment from TSG Consumer

Consumer Products

6886 Dude Wipes NT SP

Wedgewood Weddings Acquired by TJC LP

6587 Wedgewood NT

Elgen Manufacturing Company Acquired by Worthington Enterprises 

Building Products & Materials

6432 Elgen Manufacturing NT

MPM Products to Be Acquired by Partners Group

6672 MPM NT PENDING

Palatine Private Equity Forms Buyout Fund V

Primary Fund Placement

PCA 6231 Palatine Private Equity NT

LS Power Acquires ENGIE Services U.S.

6890 LS Power - ENGIE Services U.S. NT

Ontellus to Be Acquired by Datavant

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Professional & Tech-Enabled Services

6641 Ontellus NT PENDING

Chex Finer Foods Receives Strategic Investment From Paine Schwartz Partners

5959 Chex Finer Foods NT SP

Great Rail Journeys Acquired by Vitruvian Partners

Consumer Services

6619 Great Rail Journeys NT

Providence Equity Partners to Acquire Global Critical Logistics

Transportation & Logistics

Third-Party Logistics

6799 Providence Equity Partners - GCL NT PENDING

Harris Williams advised West Star Aviation, a portfolio company of Norwest Equity Partners, on its sale to The Sterling Group. West Star Aviation is a leading independent provider of MRO services to the business aviation industry.

West Star Aviation Acquired by Greenbriar Equity Group

Aerospace, Defense & Government Services

Aviation Services

6609 West Star Aviation NT

Mercalis Merges With PharmaCord

Outsourced Pharma Services

HCIT

6381 Mercalis NT

Waud Capital Partners Completes Junior Capital Raise for Unifeye Vision Partners

Providers

6804 Unifeye Vision Partners - NT

CraftMark Bakery Acquired by One Equity Partners

5601 CraftMark Bakery NT

Richards Manufacturing Acquired by TE Connectivity

6968 Richards Manufacturing Company NT

Kohlberg & Company Acquires RESA Power

Utility & Telecom

6921 Kohlberg and Company - RESA Power NT

Equity Methods Acquired by HGGC

Tech-Enabled & Professional Services

6288 Equity Methods NT

Frontline Road Safety Acquires InfraStripe

Infrastructure

XXXX Frontline Road Safety - InfraStripe NT

Perimeter Healthcare Acquired by a Private Investor

5652 Perimeter Healthcare NT

Mosaic Companies’ Opustone Acquired by Construction Resources, a Subsidiary of The Home Depot

6662 Opustone - NT

Graham Partners Completes Continuation Vehicle for Gatekeeper Systems

6777 PCA Graham Partners - Gatekeeper Systems NT

TTSP HWP Acquired by Tikehau Capital

General Industrial

6617 TTSP HWP NT

New State Capital Partners Forms Fund IV

6291 PCA New State Capital Partners NT

HITRUST Receives Growth Investment From Brighton Park Capital

Defense and Space

6257 HITRUST NT SP

Electro Rent's intellirent Acquired by Sandbrook Capital

Environmental Services

6602 intellirent NT

HighGround Acquired by Knox Lane

6601 HighGround NT

Frontline Road Safety Acquired by Bain Capital

6580 Frontline Road Safety NT

A&M Capital Partners Acquires East Coast Power

Energy Management

6697 A&M Capital Partners - East Coast Power NT SP

Macquarie Asset Management Acquires DynaGrid

6783 Macquarie Asset Management - DynaGrid NT SP

The Riverside Company Acquires Wall Street Prep

6855 Riverside Company - Wall Street Prep NT

Carbon6 Acquired by SPS Commerce

6526 Carbon6 NT SP

Select Aerospace and Defense Electronics Businesses of Excelitas Acquired by Teledyne

6394 Excelitas Technologies Corp NT

Frontenac Forms Frontenac XIII Private Capital L.P.

PCA Frontenac XIII NT

Omega Systems Receives Strategic Investment From Revelstoke Capital Partners

6594 Omega Systems NT

GPRS Forms Strategic Partnership With Roark and Kohlberg

6599 GPRS NT

Unison Therapy Services Acquired by Ascend Capital Partners

6519 Unison Therapy Services NT

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Receives Minority Investments from ADIA and GIC

Commercial & Industrial Services

6555 Pye-Barker NT

Yellowstone Landscape Receives Minority Investment from Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions

6481 Yellowstone Landscape NT

Eastern Communications, Ltd. Acquired by Dunes Point Capital, LP

Government Technology and Services

Specialty Distribution

6510 Eastern Communications NT SP

Prescott’s Acquired by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners

6144 Prescott-s Inc. NT

team.blue Receives Investment From CPP Investments and Sofina

Technology and Data Services

6550 team.blue NT

Broad Sky Partners Makes Strategic Investment in Frontline Managed Services

Harris Williams advised Broad Sky Partners on their strategic investment in Frontline Managed Services, a portfolio company of BV Investment Partners.

6762 Broad Sky Partners - Frontline Managed Services NT

Nature Infrastructure Capital Closes Single Asset Fund for ECO STOR

Renewables & Distributed Energy

PCA Nature Infrastructure Capital NT

AE Industrial Partners Completes Capital Raise For Global Cybersecurity Solutions Platform​