Blake F. Austin

Principal, Strategic Services

Nick Birney

Associate

Brian Blackman

VP, Finance and Operations

Bob Bode

Principal, Strategic Services

Brett Bowerman

Principal

Phil Carpenter III

Co-Managing Partner

Joe El Chami

Principal

Craig W. Dolinick

Cfo

Adam Felsenthal

VP, Legal and Compliance

Cameron R. Foster

Associate

Dennis Gorczyca

Investment Professional

John Howard

Co-Managing Partner

Elizabeth M. Kelly

MD

David Knoch

Head of Strategic Services and Partner

Michael Lenkeit

Senior Associate

Laurence E. Leonard

Operating Partner

Jim McDonough

Principal

Eve Mongiardo

COO and Partner

Sahil Patel

Associate

John Rebein

Associate

Devraj Roy

Partner

Joshua Suchow

VP, Finance and Operations

Keith E. Zadourian

Partner

26 past transactions

Alpha Packaging is a plastics company offering bottles and jars.

Coker Tire

Acquisition in 2018
Coker Tire Company supplies and sells tires and wheels to its customers worldwide. The company also provides apparel, collectibles, tire and wheel packages, and tire and wheel accessories. It markets and sells products through distributors and online. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee with a store and warehouse in City of Industry, California.

Cavalcade Midstream

Private Equity Round in 2018
Cavalcade Midstream, LLC tailored midstream solutions through Greenfield development and strategic merger and acquisition for energy industry. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
On December 31, 2020, RTW Retailwinds, Inc. went out of business as per its Chapter 11 liquidation filing under bankruptcy. RTW Retailwinds, Inc. operates as a specialty women’s omni-channel retailer with a multi-brand lifestyle platform in the United States. It offers a merchandise assortment, including wear-to-work, casual apparel, and accessories comprising pants, dresses, jackets, knit tops, blouses, sweaters, denims, T-shirts, active wear, handbags, jewelry, and shoes under the New York & Company, NY&C, Soho New York & Company Jeans, Lerner, Fashion to Figure, and FTF brand names for women between the ages of 25 and 49. The company sells its merchandise through a network of its retail and outlet locations, as well as online at nyandcompany.com, nyandcompanycloset.com, fashiontofigure.com, and happyxnature.com. As of February 1, 2020, it operated 387 retail and outlet locations in 33 states. The company was formerly known as New York & Company, Inc. and changed its name to RTW Retailwinds, Inc. in November 2018. RTW Retailwinds, Inc. was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Dynojet Research

Acquisition in 2015
Dynojet Research, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of fuel management and diagnostic products for customers worldwide. It offers automotive dynamometers and powersports dynamometers. The company’s installations include OEM manufacturers, importers, exhaust manufacturers, tuners, race teams, dealers, service shops, and motorcycle and ATV magazines. It also sells marketing materials, such as baseball caps, T-shirts, Dynojet banners, Dynojet small stickers, and Dynojet large stickers online. Dynojet Research, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is based in North Las Vegas, Nevada with additional offices in Belgrade, Montana; Wijchen, the Netherlands; Barnacre, United Kingdom; and Krefeld, Germany.

Coker Tire

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
Coker Tire Company supplies and sells tires and wheels to its customers worldwide. The company also provides apparel, collectibles, tire and wheel packages, and tire and wheel accessories. It markets and sells products through distributors and online. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee with a store and warehouse in City of Industry, California.
Bendon, Inc. publishes and designs children’s books, games, coloring, and activity products. The company offers coloring and activity books, sticker scene books, giant sticker books, paint books, trace and learn books, artist pads, play packs, imagine ink, word search books, create-a-face books, board books, storybooks, workbooks, reward stickers, flash cards, and giftables through retail outlets. Bendon, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Ashland, Ohio.

CamelBak Products LLC

Acquisition in 2003
CamelBak Products LLC manufactures and sells hydration solutions. It offers a complete line of technical hydration packs, accessories, and aviation and CVC-approved tactical gloves for military forces globally. The company offers personal hydration gear solutions and products ranging from hydration packs to reusable bottles and individual UV purification systems. Its products include packs for bikes, daypacks, and military and tactical applications; everyday, outdoor, sports, bike, filtering, insulated, stainless steel, and glass water bottles; and accessories, including reservoirs, reservoir accessories, bottle parts, bottle accessories, replacement filters, cleaning kits, pack accessories, and more. The company sells its products through distributors in Africa, Asia, Canada, the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Middle East, the Pacific, and Europe. CamelBak Products was founded in 1989 and is based in Petaluma, California.

Vitamin Shoppe

Acquisition in 2002
Vitamin Shoppe is an online and physical retail company that specializes in vitamins, minerals, and sports nutrition supplements. With over 600 stores in the United States, the company has now expanded its presence to Canada, Panama, and India. Vitamin Shoppe was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in North Bergen, New Jersey.

Ohio Transmission Corporation

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Ohio Transmission Corporation engages in the distribution of industrial equipment, pumps and seals, bearings, fluid power products, finishing products, automation and safety systems, power transmission products, and electrical products in the United States. It also provides technical support and repair services for industrial motion controls, factory automation products, fluid power systems, pumping systems, spray finishing products, and power transmission equipment. The company caters to power and utility, steel, automotive, food and beverage, chemical process industry, medical, pulp and paper, OEM, and general industrial markets. Ohio Transmission Corporation was formerly known as Ohio Transmission and Pump Company and changed its name to Ohio Transmission Corporation in January 2010. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio with branches in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.
California Resources Corporation operates as an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company in the State of California. The company sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids to marketers, California refineries, and other purchasers that have access to transportation and storage facilities. It holds interests in approximately 2.1 million net acres of mineral acreage. As of December 31, 2019, the company had net proved reserves of 644 million barrels of oil equivalent. It also engages in the generation and sale of electricity to the local utility, other third parties, and the grid. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Santa Clarita, California.

rag & bone

Private Equity Round in 2013
From its origins in New York in 2002, rag & bone instantaneously distinguished itself by combining their British heritage with directional, modern design. Today, Marcus Wainwright and David Neville's brand has become synonymous with innately wearable clothing that innovatively melds classic tailoring with an edgy yet understated New York aesthetic.
JAG flocomponents LP designs, manufactures, and distributes pipeline valves. NPT and SW products, flanged trunnions, floating ball valves, spring returns, mud valves, pig valves, API 6D pipeline valves, gates, globes and checks, and butterfly valves. The company also provides parts, such as one piece bar stocks, threaded/seal-welded body parts, bolted body parts, body NPT and SW, swing checks, forged trunnions, fully-welded forged trunnions, cast floaters, forged flanged floaters, exposed and Hidden springs, conduit gate valves, S and PS gates, PS globes and PS checks, forged gates, forged globes, forged checks, and double and triple offset butterfly products; cast gates, globes, and checks; and pressure seal high temperature gates, globes, and checks. It sells its products through distributors in Canada and the United States. JAG flocomponents LP was founded in 2001 and is based in Edmonton, Canada. It has a manufacturing plant in Dalian, China. The company has distribution facilities in Edmonton, Canada; and Houston, Texas.
Coker Tire Company supplies and sells tires and wheels to its customers worldwide. The company also provides apparel, collectibles, tire and wheel packages, and tire and wheel accessories. It markets and sells products through distributors and online. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee with a store and warehouse in City of Industry, California.
Dynojet Research, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of fuel management and diagnostic products for customers worldwide. It offers automotive dynamometers and powersports dynamometers. The company’s installations include OEM manufacturers, importers, exhaust manufacturers, tuners, race teams, dealers, service shops, and motorcycle and ATV magazines. It also sells marketing materials, such as baseball caps, T-shirts, Dynojet banners, Dynojet small stickers, and Dynojet large stickers online. Dynojet Research, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is based in North Las Vegas, Nevada with additional offices in Belgrade, Montana; Wijchen, the Netherlands; Barnacre, United Kingdom; and Krefeld, Germany.
Star Avenue Capital is a private equity firm.

Interxion

Venture Round in 2000
As of March 13, 2020, InterXion Holding N.V. was acquired by InterXion II B.V. InterXion Holding N.V. provides carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data center services in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. The company enables its customers to connect to a range of telecommunications carriers, cloud platforms, Internet service providers, and other customers. Its data centers acts as content, cloud, and connectivity hubs that facilitate the processing, storage, sharing, and distribution of data between its customers. The company offers colocation services, including space and power to deploy IT infrastructure in its data centers; a range of output voltages and currents; connectivity services that enable its customers to connect their IT infrastructure to exchange traffic and access cloud platforms; and systems monitoring, systems management, engineering support, and data backup and storage services, as well as installs and manages physical connections running from its customers’ equipment to the equipment of its telecommunications carriers, Internet service providers, Internet exchange customers, and other customers. It provides its services to telecom operators, Internet service providers, and content delivery networks; content and cloud providers; and enterprises through direct sales forces, as well as through tradeshows, networking events, and industry seminars. As of December 31, 2018, it operated 51 carrier and cloud neutral colocation data centers in 13 metropolitan areas in 11 countries. The company is also involved in real estate management/holding businesses. InterXion Holding N.V. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.

Bendon

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Bendon, Inc. publishes and designs children’s books, games, coloring, and activity products. The company offers coloring and activity books, sticker scene books, giant sticker books, paint books, trace and learn books, artist pads, play packs, imagine ink, word search books, create-a-face books, board books, storybooks, workbooks, reward stickers, flash cards, and giftables through retail outlets. Bendon, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Ashland, Ohio.

OTP Industrial Solutions

Acquisition in 2015
OTP Industrial Solutions is an industrial distributor and expert technical support for industrial pumps, fluid power, finishing, mechanical, bearings and electrical applications. Offering superior, internationally acclaimed products, resources and equipment, combined with a high level of knowledge and passion, OTP Industrial Solutions deliver valuable solutions designed to help customers achieve their goals. Founded in 1963, the company also offers repair services and maintenance programs designed to reduce costs and improve operations.
Universal Hospital Services, Inc. is a leading nationwide provider of health care technology management and service solutions to the health care industry. UHS owns or manages over 700,000 units of medical equipment for over 7,000 national, regional and local acute care hospitals and alternate site providers in all 50 states.

Alpha Packaging Holdings, Inc.

Alpha Packaging Holdings, Inc. produces bottles and jars made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP), and polylactic acid (PLA) for the pharmaceutical, nutritional, personal care, consumer chemical, and food and beverage markets. Alpha Packaging Holdings, Inc. is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Dynojet Research

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Dynojet Research, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of fuel management and diagnostic products for customers worldwide. It offers automotive dynamometers and powersports dynamometers. The company’s installations include OEM manufacturers, importers, exhaust manufacturers, tuners, race teams, dealers, service shops, and motorcycle and ATV magazines. It also sells marketing materials, such as baseball caps, T-shirts, Dynojet banners, Dynojet small stickers, and Dynojet large stickers online. Dynojet Research, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is based in North Las Vegas, Nevada with additional offices in Belgrade, Montana; Wijchen, the Netherlands; Barnacre, United Kingdom; and Krefeld, Germany.
From its origins in New York in 2002, rag & bone instantaneously distinguished itself by combining their British heritage with directional, modern design. Today, Marcus Wainwright and David Neville's brand has become synonymous with innately wearable clothing that innovatively melds classic tailoring with an edgy yet understated New York aesthetic.
Mold-Rite Plastics, LLC manufactures and supplies rigid plastic packaging components for nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, personal care, household chemicals, and automotive markets. It offers continuous thread, child resistant, hinged dispensing, hinged liquid dispensing, hinged single flap dispensing, hinged dual flap dispensing, hinged large format dispensing, strap caps, push/pull, dispensing plugs, twist open-twist close, disc tops, open spout, snip tip, cover caps, and jars and specialty jars. The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. It has manufacturing facilities in Plattsburgh, New York; Twinsburg, Ohio; and Somerset, New Jersey.

Chromalox

Acquisition in 2013
For more than 90 years, customers have relied on Chromalox for the utmost in quality and innovative solutions for commercial and industrial heating applications. Chromalox manufactures the worldâ€:tm:s largest and broadest line of electric heat and control products, including heating components, immersion heaters, circulation systems, heat transfer systems, boilers, industrial and comfort air heating, heat trace cables, sensors and precision electronic controls. With multiple manufacturing, engineering, warehousing and sales locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia, Chromalox is a global supplier providing the highest level of customer support. Chromalox is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Bendon

Acquisition in 2015
Bendon, Inc. publishes and designs children’s books, games, coloring, and activity products. The company offers coloring and activity books, sticker scene books, giant sticker books, paint books, trace and learn books, artist pads, play packs, imagine ink, word search books, create-a-face books, board books, storybooks, workbooks, reward stickers, flash cards, and giftables through retail outlets. Bendon, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Ashland, Ohio.