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We focus on key subsectors, including professional services, services to the financial sector, data and information services, supply chain logistics, and industrial services.

EFC Systems

DIGITAL AGRONOMY AND ERP SOLUTIONS FOR AGRIBUSINESS
Acquired by: Banneker Partners and Ever.Ag

EFC Systems empowers the agribusiness supply chain’s ability to seamlessly interact with wholesalers, retailers, and growers. Through the use of its industry-leading solutions, Merchant Ag, its comprehensive Ag focused ERP accounting and operations solution, and FieldAlytics, its digital agronomy operations platform, both retailers and their growers are able to improve the efficiency and profitability of their operations.

e-Emphasys

ASSET MANAGEMENT SAAS
Acquired by: TA Associates and True Wind Partners

e-Emphasys is a global IT solutions company, providing ERP software to Dealerships and Rental companies of heavy equipment for the agriculture, forestry, construction, mining, and material handling industries.

ACRE Investment Management

REFORESTATION
Executive Team: ACRE Investment Management, LLC

C2I is the parent company of ACRE Investment Management and GreenTrees. GreenTrees is the largest reforestation project globally, holding 98.6% of the voluntary carbon credit market.

Lonesource

BUSINESS SOFTWARE
Acquired by: Staples

Lonesource sells and delivers 200,000 consumables to businesses of all sizes. The company distinguishes itself in the marketplace by combining its extensive offerings with business process optimization services and state-of-the-art e-procurement technology.​

Clear Ag

AGRICULTURE & WEATHER ANALYTICS FOR AGRONOMIC DECISION SUPPORT
Acquired by: DTN

ClearAg is a global leader in decision support for agriculture, offering best-in-class solutions for customers throughout the agriculture supply chain.  ClearAg offers real-time, hyperlocal weather information and land surface models to make predictive agronomic solutions. 

Farm Market ID

AG MARKET INTELLIGENCE SAAS
Consulting 

Farm Market iD aggregates farm-level intelligence to help agribusinesses find and reach customers for their solutions.

FarmShots

SATELLITE AND DRONE IMAGERY
Acquired by: Syngenta

FarmShots is a platform to view and analyze satellite and drone imagery for agronomic decision support and the evaluation of relative farm performance for financial and actuarial purposes.​

Beck Ag

BUSINESS CONSULTING FOR AGRIBUSINESS
Consulting 

Beck Ag is a consulting and solutions provider to Agribusiness that partners with its clients to improve their operating efficiencies and business results.

ZedX, Inc.

DIGITAL FARMING
Acquired by: o-BASF Chemical Company

ZedX, Inc. is a world leader in advanced information technology for integrated decision support and agricultural business intelligence and has been a pioneer in “cloud biology,” or the convergence of data analytics, cloud computing, and biological expertise. ​

Manna Irrigation

IRRIGATION SAAS
Consulting

Manna, an irrigation intelligence leader, provides growers with the actionable information for irrigation decisions. Its sensor-free, software-only approach leverages high-resolution, frequently refreshed satellite data and hyper-local weather information to deliver highly affordable and accessible solutions for site-specific irrigation recommendations

Observant

IOT AND DIGITAL FARMING
Acquired by: Jain Irrigation

Observant Pty Ltd. is a leading technology platform offering products and services to optimize water management efficiencies for agriculture. Smart, connected software, sensors, and infrastructure enhance water management for connected customers to improve sustainability and profitability on the farm.

szl.it – Tanjo

MACHINE LEARNING
Capital Provided by: Drake Software

Tanjo is a machine learning platform that helps companies without market segments and personas create them. Tanjo feeds data into a proprietary algorithm, creating an interest graph that generates Animated Personas that lie at the cutting edge of AI and Machine Learning.

Syntegrity

TECH-ENABLED SERVICES
Acquired by RTI International (F&Co. was Buy Side Advisor)

Syntegrity enables organizations to streamline large group interaction to efficiently achieve solutions through IP through sophisticated algorithms and software rooted in neurology, cybernetics, and advanced mathematical models.​

Hoover

OIL AND GAS TRANSPORTATION
Acquired by: CITI

Hoover Group, Inc. provides a portfolio of intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), tote tanks, IBC transport frames, offshore containers, intermodal (ISO) tank containers, and related equipment for the storage and transportation of chemicals, liquids, and fluids. ​

Consult Supply

OFFSHORE CONTAINER PROVIDER
Acquired by: Hoover Containers
F&Co. was Buy Side Advisor

Based in Norway, Consult Supply services European and Asian offshore markets with chemical tanks, CCUs and other custom container solutions.

Dolphin Energy Equipment

OFFSHORE CARGO EQUIPMENT
Acquired by: Hoover Containers
F&Co. was Buy Side Advisor

Dolphin is a provider of cargo and waste management rental equipment and related consumables in the Gulf of Mexico region.

NYTEX Energy Holdings

OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION
Acquired by: North State Capital Investors

NYTEX Energy Holdings, Inc. is the Dallas-based energy holding company of NYTEX Petroleum, Inc., an exploration and production company focusing on early-stage development of minor oil and gas resource plays.​

FDF Energy Services

OIL AND GAS DRILLING
Acquired by: Prophet Equity

FDF is the largest fracturing materials logistics company in the U.S. FDF focuses on the storage and transportation of both proppants, which include sand, resin-coated sand, and ceramics during the drilling of a horizontal oil or natural gas well and drilling mud and other production and completion materials.

Republic Crane

INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION
Sold National Distribution Rights to: Liebherr

Republic Crane is the national distributor of Liebherr material handling equipment in the United States.​

SciQuest

LAB SUPPLIES PROCUREMENT SAAS (DOE)
Acquired by: AKKR

SciQuest makes cloud-focused software that focuses on streamlining and lowering the cost of purchases between buyers and suppliers.

ScentAir

RETAIL SERVICES
Senior Secured Credit Facility Mezzanine Notes

ScentAir is the global leader in olfactory (scent) marketing. ScentAir works with businesses worldwide to develop scent marketing strategies for businesses to enhance their customer experience.

RTI International

TECHNICAL AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Consulting and Buy Side M&A Advisory

Advised RTI on initiatives serving agricultural entrepreneurs (farmers) and sustainability initiatives worldwide through USAID and other governments / NGO programs.

Cameron M. Harris & Company

INSURANCE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Acquired by: Wells Fargo

CMH is an insurance brokerage offering commercial property and casualty insurance, insurance for individuals, employee benefits and other products.

ESC

LOYALTY REWARDS PROGRAM
Acquired by: TSYS

Enhancement Services Corporation (ESC) provides targeted loyalty consulting and travel, as well as gift card and merchandise reward programs to more than 40 national and regional financial institutions in the United States.​

FlexBen

HEALTHCARE IT AND FINANCE TECH
Acquired by: WageWorks

FlexBen provides an administrative, planning, and data management platform for consumer-driven tax-advantaged spending accounts for health and dependent care. Products include flexible spending (FSA), health reimbursement (HRA), and health savings (HSA).

Gator Leasing

SHIPMENT LEASING AND MANAGEMENT
Acquired by: Ryder

Gator Leasing, Inc. operates as a truck leasing and rental company in Florida. It provides leasing, rental, logistics, used truck sales, risk management, and fleet services.

IBP

BUILDING PRODUCTS
Capital Provided by: Stonehenge Growth Capital

Installed Building Products, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest insulation installers for the residential new construction market and is also a diversified installer of complementary building products, including waterproofing, fire-stopping and fireproofing, garage doors, rain gutters, shower doors, closet shelving and mirrors, throughout the United States.

LPA

INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING (DOT)
Acquired by: Michael Baker Corporation

LPA provides comprehensive engineering, architectural, planning, environmental, program management, design-build, and construction management and inspection services for the development of aviation and surface transportation projects.

Safe-Guard

FINANCE AND INSURANCE TECH
Acquired by: HIG Capital

Safe-Guard is a leading F&I platform providing after-market warranty products and services for new, used, and leased motor vehicles.​

Triangle Ice

PACKAGED ICE
Acquired by: ReddyICE

Triangle Ice manufactures and distributes packaged ice, and serves most significant consumer packaged goods channels of distribution, as well as restaurants, special entertainment events, commercial users and the agricultural sector.

SlantRange

COMPUTER VISION ANALYTICS FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Acquired by: Hiphen

SlantRange is a platform to view, analyze and provide decision support for research, development and management purposes, primarily related to phenotyping for crop performance.