Centre Lane Partners

The Centre Lane Team is an experienced, cohesive team that brings to bear a combination of relevant skills and experiences, including private equity, credit and distressed investing, corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, restructuring and operations. Experienced, disciplined and flexible, we look to partner with management teams and companies to strategically contribute to their growth by providing both our financial and operating expertise to create long-term value.

Kenneth Lau

Co-Founder and Managing Director

9 past transactions

Salary.com

Private Equity Round in 2021
Salary.com remains the technology leader in providing employee compensation data, software, and services to enterprises, small businesses, and individuals. Their enterprise software helps companies manage their compensation expenditures with real-time, decision-ready data and analytical tools. The Salary.com website is one of the most widely recognized destinations for those seeking reliable information about employee pay levels and compensation-related best practices, trends, and policies. Cloud-based data and software combined with their professional services make the expertise of Salary.com's team of certified compensation professionals available to everyone - from the largest employers to small business owners and individuals - facilitating fast, accurate decisions that deliver superior results.

Synacor

Acquisition in 2021
Synacor's online content, portal and comprehensive front-end technology solutions enable MSOs, ISPs and telecommunications companies to bundle, promote and deliver narrowband and broadband premium content and services as part of existing Internet access products. Its solutions offer the combined strength of a flexible portal framework, a robust provisioning platform, a unified back-end and a network of in-demand standard and premium content enabling service providers to maintain critical contact with consumers as they shift from screen-to-screen while seeking increasingly personalized entertainment experiences.

Turning

Acquisition in 2019
Turning Technologies creates leading instructional, assessment delivery and data collection solutions for learning environments. Founded in 2002, the company began with the development of response technology that was affordable, user-friendly and better documented so that users could easily grasp its benefits. Today, over 15 million response devices have been delivered to K-12 schools, universities and businesses worldwide. As the recognized leading provider of assessment delivery and data collection systems, Turning acquired eInstruction in 2013 to expand both its market share and product offerings across all industry segments. eInstruction is a proud pioneer in education technology with more than 30 years’ experience and a diversified solution set that includes innovative classroom instruction systems, interactive whiteboards, research-based software and professional development that facilitate significantly higher levels of collaboration, engagement and achievement across all stages of the learning process. Adding to its robust product portfolio, Turning also now offers the Triton Data Collection System, a technology-enabled testing solution that combines the front end ease of paper testing with the efficiencies of computer-based testing, rock solid reliability and security for various assessment and certification environments.

Infobase Publishing

Acquisition in 2018
Infobase Publishing is one of America's providers of supplemental educational materials to the school and library markets. Product formats include books, eBooks, online databases, eLearning Modules, videos, and digital products under such well-known names as Facts On File, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Chelsea House, Bloom's Literary Criticism, World Almanac®, and Ferguson Publishing. With thousands of titles and numerous award winners, Infobase provides students, librarians, and educators with authoritative, reliable resources supporting the curriculum across a wide variety of subject areas˜from history, science, and literature to careers, health, and social issues.
Alternative BioMedical Solutions is a provider of laboratory technologies and services needed by mature and emerging markets. It is a supplier of high-performance mass spectrometry, toxicology, and chemistry measurement systems. They became a traditional market and continue to innovate, developing applications in emerging laboratory science.

Perform[cb]

Acquisition in 2016
Perform[cb] is a powerhouse in performance marketing, specializing in the cost-per-acquisition marketing model.

Vitamin World

Acquisition in 2016
At Vitamin World®, they believe that nutrition starts at the source. They travel the world to find the freshest, purest, and potent health ingredients in order to craft the highest quality vitamins and supplements for our customers. And our high quality doesn't just apply to our products; it applies to our people. Their staff of trained and friendly Associates in our more than 380 stores nationwide can help guide you on your journey to becoming your best self. Whether you're a wellness novice or a health enthusiast, Vitamin World® is committed to bringing quality ingredients, products and people, from the source to you

Saladworks

Acquisition in 2015
Saladworks is the nation's first and largest fresh-tossed salad franchise concept, with over 100 locations across the country. Saladworks offers a "fanatically fresh" menu of America's Best Salads with signature dressings, proprietary soups, and Focaccia Fusion sandwiches. All Saladworks salads are made-to-order, chopped on-location, and assembled right in front of your eyes. With the addition of the True Nutrition menu, Saladworks' varieties of signature salads are all 500 calories or less.

Jobe's Company

Acquisition in 2015
Jobe’s Company is a marketer and producer of branded gardening products, offering fertilizers, landscape fabrics and sustainable organic solutions. Its Jobe’s Organics is one of the most recognized brands in organic fertilizer segment. A leader in the innovation of fertilizer spikes, soil amendments, potting soil and water-soluble fertilizer, continually develops and manufactures new products to meet the needs of environmentally-conscious consumers. Its Weed Block and Landmaster Fabrics division is the largest U.S. manufacturer of commercial-grade solutions and driven by product innovation. Based in Waco, Texas with plants in Waco, Texas and Paris, Ky., The Jobe’s Company sells to the 100 largest lawn and garden retailers in North America. Formerly called Easy Gardener Products, The Jobe’s Company is focused on easy-to-use, natural and effective gardening products that make life healthier, richer and more worthwhile.
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