AEA Investors

AEA Investors is a private investment firm founded in 1968 and headquartered in New York. With over $15 billion in assets under management, the firm specializes in private equity and debt investments, focusing on middle market companies in North America and Europe. AEA targets sectors such as industrials, consumer, services, technology, healthcare, and software, seeking controlling investments in businesses with enterprise values ranging from $25 million to $2 billion. The firm offers a range of financial solutions, including mezzanine investments, senior secured financing, and equity co-investments, to support buyouts, recapitalizations, and acquisitions. AEA's unique approach leverages the extensive relationships and industry expertise of its investors, known as participants, to identify and nurture investment opportunities, aiming for superior, risk-adjusted returns.

Keith Alexander

Partner, Private Debt

John Almeida

Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

Benjamin Althaus

Partner

Chandler Anthony

Principal

Tara Brantley

Principal, Growth Capital

Felix Braun

Principal, Middle Market Private Equity

Baron Carlson

Partner and Co-Head of Small Business Private Equity

Joseph Carrabino Jr.

Managing Director

Kevin Cassidy

Associate

Justin De La Chapelle

Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

John Cozzi

Partner and Co-Head of Small Business Private Equity

Karolyne DeBriyn

Associate

Gregory Delaney

Operating Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

Martin Eltrich III

Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

Martin Eriks

Principal

Benjamin Fischer

Principal, Small Business Private Equity

Brendan Gallagher

Vice President, Small Business Private Equity

John Garcia Ph.D

Chairman and Partner

Ramzi Gedeon

Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

Gabriele Giaroli

Associate, Middle Market Private Equity

Rahul Goyal

Head of Strategic Relationships and Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

Groves, Thomas W.S.

COO of Private Debt Funds and Partner, Private Debt Team

Frank Herr Ph.D

Operating Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

James Ho

Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

Jessica Hodgkinson

Vice President

Brian Hoesterey

Partner and CEO

Alexander Hoffman

Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

Christopher Horton

Senior Associate, Small Business Private Equity

Haroon Ismail

Principal, Middle Market Private Equity

Christian Johnson

Partner of AEA's Private Debt team

Anneka Kamel

Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

Nathan Khalil

Vice President and Founding Member of Growth

Andreas Kramvis

Operating Partner

Rachel Kumar

Principal, Strategy and Operations on Small Business Private Equity

Vinay Kumar

Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

Susan Lin

Managing Director

Frederick J. Lynch

Operating Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

Michael Maechling

Partner, Private Debt

David Manzano

Partner, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Investment Committee Member

Lee McCabe

Operating Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

Nannette McNally

Partner, Private Debt

Allexandre Mehfar

Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

Alexandre Mehfar

Partner

Jeffrey Nagel

Operating Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

Brian Prescott

Principal and Partner, Private Debt

Thomas Pryma

Partner and COO

Mordy Rothberg

Executive Partner of AEA's Small Business Private Equity team

Leah Rubin

Associate

Jeffrey Schmidt

Principal, Private Debt Team

Daniel Schorr

Partner, Small Business Private Equity

John Sedlacek

Principal, Small Business Private Equity

J. Louis Sharpe

Partner, Middle Market Private Equity

John Smith

Partner, Private Debt

Martin Strasser

Managing Director

Timothy Whelan

Partner, Small Business Private Equity

Alan Wilkinson

Partner and Chairman, Small Business Private Equity Investment Committee

Timothy Wong

Principal, Private Debt

Lisa Xiao

Vice President

Rachel Zhou

Associate, Middle Market Private Equity

Scott E. Zoellner

Partner and Head of Capital Markets

32 past transactions

Bespoke Partners

Private Equity Round in 2022
Provider of human capital and headhunting services catering to private equity-backed enterprise software companies. The company offers executive search, recruitment and staffing services, behavioral assessment, advisory services and other related services, thereby enabling portfolio companies to achieve the investment thesis.

Polygon

Acquisition in 2021
Polygon is a global provider of property damage restoration and temporary humidity control services, catering to diverse sectors such as insurance, property management, construction, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. The company operates a 24-hour service network, ensuring prompt and effective responses to disasters that minimize losses and manage costs for its clients. As the European market leader, Polygon excels in addressing major and complex claims on a national scale in France, underscoring its commitment to customer satisfaction and relationship building. Through ongoing investments in personnel, technology, and equipment, Polygon consistently delivers environmentally sustainable and cost-effective solutions, reinforcing its reputation for best-in-class service.

Visual Comfort & Co.

Venture Round in 2021
Visual Comfort & Co. is a leading designer and manufacturer of decorative and functional lighting solutions for both residential and commercial markets. Established in 1982 and based in Houston, Texas, the company specializes in a wide range of lighting products, including retro, industrial, traditional, contemporary, and outdoor styles. With a commitment to high style and functionality, Visual Comfort & Co. utilizes natural materials and hand-applied finishes to create distinctive lighting fixtures and portable lighting products. The company serves various sectors, including electrical wholesale, home improvement, and home décor, offering a diverse selection of fashionable and functional designs.

Verdesian Life Sciences

Acquisition in 2021
Verdesian Life Sciences, LLC is a Cary, North Carolina-based company dedicated to developing and producing innovative agricultural solutions aimed at enhancing nutrient management and efficiency. Founded in 2012, the company offers a wide range of products including biologicals, seed treatments, inoculants, and various nutrient and soil management technologies. Its portfolio features solutions such as micronutrients, phosphorus fertilizer enhancers, and nitrogen management technologies designed to optimize plant health and improve crop yields. Verdesian also provides specialized products for diverse agricultural sectors, including high-value specialty crops, row crops, and turf and ornamental markets. With manufacturing facilities in California, Washington, and Indiana, the company is committed to addressing the challenges of increasing food production demands while prioritizing environmentally sustainable practices.

Process Sensing Technologies

Acquisition in 2020
Process Sensing Technologies (PST) provides a comprehensive suite of instruments and analyzers for precision measurements. Essential for industrial process control, these products ensure process safety, increase plant efficiency and reduce fuel use – saving customers millions of dollars each year. The product ranges include precision hygrometers and dew-point transmitters for trace moisture measurements in both gases and process liquids. Rugged relative humidity probes and transmitters provide environmental control in demanding industrial conditions, while in the oil and gas sector pipeline transmission companies rely on our moisture and hydrocarbon dew-point analyzers to ensure the quality of natural gas. PST is also a leading provider or oxygen and binary gas analyzers, using zirconia, paramagnetic and electrochemical technologies for applications where personal or process safety, end product quality or combustion efficiency are of importance. The PST Group has a global presence with multiple locations in Europe, Asia and the Americas and looks for more opportunities to continue its growth through investment into new markets.

Contract Land Staff

Acquisition in 2020
Contract Land Staff (CLS) is a provider of land management and right-of-way services throughout the United States. The company offers a comprehensive range of services, including project management, acquisition, training, staffing, and field services, catering to both public and private sector clients in the energy, utility, and transportation sectors. CLS's entry into the right-of-way technology space was driven by the need for a tailored solution that combined advanced technology with extensive industry experience. Recognizing a gap in the market for an integrated GIS viewer, CLS developed its own proprietary technology to meet the complex demands of land asset and project management, positioning itself as a leader in the right-of-way service industry.

Univar Solutions - Environmental Sciences Business

Acquisition in 2020
Univar Solutions - Environmental Sciences Business is a premier pest management business serving customers in the U.S.

API Technologies

Acquisition in 2019
API Technologies Corp. specializes in the design and manufacture of systems, subsystems, modules, and components for radio frequency (RF), microwave, millimeter wave, and security applications. The company operates through three main segments: Systems, Subsystems & Components; Electronic Manufacturing Services; and Secure Systems & Information Assurance. Its offerings include RF and microwave solutions, microcircuits, opto-electronic media conversion, and secure network systems, catering to various industries such as aerospace, defense, medical, energy, and communications. API Technologies also provides secure access and information assurance products, alongside comprehensive electronic manufacturing services like prototype development and supply chain management. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Marlborough, the company serves clients in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Germany, and internationally.

Numotion

Acquisition in 2018
Numotion has decades of experience providing people with access to freedom. They have a trained staff of caring and passionate credentialed professionals and assignments from most insurance companies. With a strong local focus, they aim to be the most responsive and innovative provider of custom wheelchairs to do business with.

Spectrum Plastics Group

Acquisition in 2018
Spectrum Plastics Group is a plastics company providing PVC tubing and thermoplastic tubing extrusion. Spectrum Plastics Group offers a full range of custom design, engineering and fabrication services, as well as meets the requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 13485, FDA, operating multiple Class 7 & Class 8 clean rooms.

Excelitas Technologies

Acquisition in 2017
Excelitas Technologies is an electrical equipment company. It provides electronic products. The Company offers emitters, flash lamps, high energy switching devices, photonic detectors, energetic safety systems, light emitting diodes, pulsed xenon lighting, and thermal infrared detectors. Excelitas Technologies was founded in 2010 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

TricorBraun

Acquisition in 2016
TricorBraun Holdings Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading distributor of rigid packaging solutions across North America. The company offers a diverse range of packaging products, including plastic and glass containers, closures, dispensers, tubes, and flexible packaging, catering to various customer end markets. In addition to its extensive product offerings, TricorBraun provides comprehensive services such as package design, engineering, global sourcing, and logistics management. With a commitment to innovation, TricorBraun Design & Innovation serves as an integrated design studio that specializes in package design and custom mold building, earning several prestigious awards in the packaging industry, including WorldStar and AmeriStar awards.
Omega Acquisition Corporation is a global provider of aftermarket climate control components for a broad range of vehicles, including light vehicles, heavy duty trucks, agricultural/off-road equipment and specialty markets.Omega Acquisition Corporation (comprised of Omega Environmental Technologies, GPD and Santech)

Scan Global Logistics

Acquisition in 2016
Scan Global Logistics provides freight forwarding and logistics services. Scan Global Logistics is an international freight forwarding and logistics platform that provides its customers customized, complex, high touch solutions.

1-800 Contacts

Acquisition in 2015
1-800 Contacts, Inc. is a leading online retailer of contact lenses and glasses in the United States, headquartered in Orem, Utah. Founded in 1995, the company specializes in offering a wide range of contact lenses, including daily disposables, toric lenses, color lenses, and bifocal options, as well as vision care solutions. It serves over 8 million customers and maintains a stock of more than 15 million contact lenses, delivering over 200,000 lenses daily. The company emphasizes customer convenience, with 98 percent of orders shipped within one business day of prescription verification. In addition to contact lenses, 1-800 Contacts operates Glasses.com, which provides a selection of name-brand glasses along with free In-Home Try-On, shipping, and returns, aiming to innovate the online glasses shopping experience.

Balboa Water Group

Acquisition in 2015
At the core of Balboa Water Group, is a fundamental commitment to the leisure water industry to provide a simple, comprehensive, single source solution to their product range that include the highest quality in pumps, blowers, electronic control systems, jets, white goods and accessories. Their dedication to excellence and quality has earned us the position as the premiere single source provider of product design, state-of-the-art manufacturing, and an unsurpassed reputation for reliability World-wide. With nearly three decades of innovative design, enormous geographic reach, and a long history of entrepreneurship, Balboa Water Group is proud to offer a diverse portfolio of world-class products for your whirlpool bath or hot tub.

ThreeSixty

Acquisition in 2015
ThreeSixty Group, originally known as MerchSource, was founded in Southern California in 1999. Today, ThreeSixty designs, sources and distributes consumer products across diverse categories under a portfolio of owned and licensed brands. The Company provides curated merchandise programs which it distributes to major retailers across almost every retail channel in the U.S. representing over 70,000 retail stores.

Flow Control Group

Acquisition in 2015
Flow Control Group serves a key role in providing mission-critical, complementary products enabling customers to operate their manufacturing facilities efficiently and effectively.

Galco Industrial Electronics

Acquisition in 2014
Galco Industrial Electronics, Inc. is a distributor based in Madison Heights, Michigan, specializing in industrial and commercial electrical and electronic control products. Established in 1975, the company provides a wide range of items including electromechanical products, circuit protection, industrial control products, motor drives, networking equipment, and semiconductors. In addition to its extensive product offerings, Galco also supplies safety products and hardware tools, as well as testing and measuring instruments. The company serves various industries, including automotive, steel processing, and wastewater treatment, by delivering on-site and in-house repair services, along with engineering services such as integration and retrofits. Through its diverse portfolio, Galco Industrial Electronics aims to meet the needs of commercial and industrial businesses, contractors, and government agencies.

24 Hour Fitness

Acquisition in 2014
24 Hour Fitness is a fitness center chain based in Carlsbad, California, founded by Leonard Schlemm in 1983. The company offers a range of training services, including personal training, group exercise classes, and team sports programs. Its classes are designed to cater to various fitness goals and intensities, ensuring a comprehensive approach to fitness. Additionally, 24 Hour Fitness provides a program called Fit:Perks, which allows customers to earn points and receive rewards for their participation. The company also sells fitness accessories, apparel, electronic products, and dietary supplements through its online store, aiming to meet all the fitness needs of its customers in one place.

Siemens Water Technologies Corp

Acquisition in 2013
Siemens Industry, Inc. Siemens Water Technologies Corp. provides industrial, municipal, commercial, and consumer water and wastewater treatment systems, products, and services.

Evoqua Water Technologies

Acquisition in 2013
Evoqua Water Technologies specializes in the manufacturing of water and wastewater treatment products and systems, including disinfection solutions for municipal and industrial applications. With a history spanning over a century, the company is recognized for its innovative approaches and expertise in water management. Evoqua operates through two main segments: Integrated Solutions and Services, which provides comprehensive systems and service solutions tailored to customer requirements, and Applied Product Technologies, which develops products for distribution through third-party channels. As a subsidiary of Evoqua Water Technologies LLC, the company is headquartered in Günzburg, Germany, and is dedicated to safeguarding and enhancing the quality of water, a vital natural resource.

Aramsco

Acquisition in 2013
Aramsco is a leading distributor specializing in environmental safety, emergency response, and surface preparation markets, serving specialty contractors and service professionals across the U.S. and Canada. The company provides a wide range of products and services related to fire and water damage restoration, hazardous material removal, and abatement of asbestos, lead, and mold. Additionally, Aramsco offers solutions for concrete and steel surface treatment, supplying clients with essential equipment, specialty chemicals, and personal protective equipment necessary for project completion. With a vast inventory of over 50,000 quality products, Aramsco is committed to safeguarding individuals and environments from various hazardous situations.

Brand Networks

Private Equity Round in 2013
Founded in 2006, Brand Networks delivers relevance-driven social marketing and advertising to 650 enterprise customers, including half of the Fortune 100 and 17 of AdAge’s 25 Most Advertised Brands. The Brand Networks Platform is the world’s first social marketing software with a relevance engine at its core, designed to help marketers achieve the highest possible levels of effectiveness and efficiency across paid, earned and owned channels, at every stage of the social marketing process. Brand Networks is headquartered in Boston with offices in San Francisco, New York City, Rochester, Los Angeles, Chicago, London and Sydney. For more information, please visit bn.co.

Sparrows Offshore Group

Private Equity Round in 2012
Sparrows Offshore Group specializes in providing engineered products and services to the energy industry, focusing on lifting and mechanical handling, cable and pipe lay, and fluid power solutions. The company offers a range of engineering design services, including mechanical, structural, hydraulic, and electrical design, as well as technical consulting and bespoke design of lifting and handling equipment. Additionally, Sparrows Offshore provides structured inspection, operations, and maintenance services in safety-critical areas, along with a variety of equipment such as cranes, mechanical handling systems, and hydraulic systems available for sale or rental. This comprehensive approach enables clients in the industrial and offshore energy sectors to optimize efficiency and ensure the reliability and safety of their operations.

NES Group Limited

Acquisition in 2012
Established in 1978, NES Global Talent is an award winning manpower specialist that provides candidates across the Oil & Gas, Power, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Chemicals, Mining and, IT sectors worldwide. It provides guaranteed staffing solutions, sourced from a global talent pool by a dedicated, discipline specific team of over 500 consultants.

IAC Acoustics

Acquisition in 2012
IAC Acoustics is a provider of engineered noise and acoustic control solutions and test facilities to various industries, including energy & power, industrial, commercial construction, aviation, and automotive end markets.

Vycom

Acquisition in 2005
Headquartered in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Vycom (a division of CPG International) is a manufacturer of market-leading brands of highly engineered Olefin and PVC sheet products designed to replace wood, metal and other traditional materials in a variety of applications. CPG International currently employs over 500 team members at 4 locations, with 1,000,000 SF of manufacturing under one roof. Vycom's extensive inventory and product offering gives their customers the convenience of single source purchasing and the ability to maximize efficiency while minimizing freight expense. A key to their success has not only been in generating branded value for their products, but also in developing a streamlined and efficient manufacturing process that permits flexible expansion to meet growing customer demands. From sheet extrusion to sheet compression, from their extensive made-to-stock inventories to their custom run-to-size and orders, Vycom strives to be recognized as the essential partner in creating and implementing solutions for Olefin and PVC polymers that optimize quality and performance.

Compression Polymers Holdings

Acquisition in 2005
World-class manufacturers of engineering thermoplastic sheet and plate

Nanostream Inc.

Series C in 2003
Nanostream Inc. provides products and services for pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

Telephia

Series D in 2001
Telephia is a provider of research on consumer usage data in the telecom and mobile media markets. Telephia’s portfolio of marketing and service quality information products helps mobile service operators, device manufacturers, infrastructure companies, and enterprises make better business decisions. Mobile companies use Telephia information products to track their position in the mobile marketplace; optimize investment decisions; and drive adoption and usage of their services and products. Telephia was acquired by Nielsen Mobile in June 2007.

Telephia

Series C in 2000
Telephia is a provider of research on consumer usage data in the telecom and mobile media markets. Telephia’s portfolio of marketing and service quality information products helps mobile service operators, device manufacturers, infrastructure companies, and enterprises make better business decisions. Mobile companies use Telephia information products to track their position in the mobile marketplace; optimize investment decisions; and drive adoption and usage of their services and products. Telephia was acquired by Nielsen Mobile in June 2007.
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