Kinderhook Industries

Kinderhook Industries is a private equity investment firm founded in 2003 and headquartered in New York, New York. The firm specializes in investing in early-stage, middle-market companies across several sectors, including business services, environmental services, healthcare services, automotive, and light manufacturing. By focusing on these industries, Kinderhook Industries aims to support and enhance the growth of its portfolio companies, leveraging its expertise to create value and drive operational improvements. As a Registered Investment Adviser, the firm adheres to regulatory standards while managing its investments strategically.

Louis Aurelio

Managing Director and CAO

Davis Bak

Associate

Melanie Bis

Associate

Matt Bubis

Principal

Corwynne Carruthers

Managing Director

Blake Cholost

Vice President of Finance, Controller

Taylor Cosme

Senior Associate

Tom Curran

Associate

Kyle Dawson

Vice President

Nathan Druckenmiller

Principal

Nate Druckenmiller

Vice President

Christopher Flood

Senior Associate

Joshua Fontenot

Vice President

Kevin Gayhardt

Senior Associate

Jack Hodgson

Associate

Sam Keenan

Principal

Carney Mahon

Senior Associate

Robert Michalik

Managing Director

Thomas Tuttle

Managing Director and Founder

Brandon Watson

Managing Director

Michael Zoch

Managing Director

38 past transactions

Apex Waste Solutions

Private Equity Round in 2024
Apex Waste Solutions is a privately owned waste and recycling company based in Denver, recognized as a leader in sustainability. The company provides a comprehensive range of solid waste collection services, catering to residential, commercial, and industrial clients. Apex Waste Solutions emphasizes environmentally conscious and customer-focused practices, offering affordable solutions tailored to meet the needs of businesses and communities. In addition to standard waste collection, the company supplies roll-off containers to accommodate projects of various sizes, ensuring that clients have the necessary resources for effective waste management.

Kaizen Collision Center

Acquisition in 2024
Kaizen Collision Center is a provider of collision repair services located in the Southwestern United States. The company specializes in a variety of services, including paint and body repair, auto glass repair, and fleet services. Additionally, Kaizen Collision Center has expertise in repairing electric vehicles, offering specialized services tailored to this growing market. The company also focuses on employee training and fostering relationships within the community, ensuring a commitment to quality service and customer satisfaction. By serving both individual customers and insurance partners, as well as fleet companies, Kaizen Collision Center positions itself as a versatile and reliable choice for collision repair needs.

Kaizen Collision Center

Private Equity Round in 2024
Kaizen Collision Center is a provider of collision repair services located in the Southwestern United States. The company specializes in a variety of services, including paint and body repair, auto glass repair, and fleet services. Additionally, Kaizen Collision Center has expertise in repairing electric vehicles, offering specialized services tailored to this growing market. The company also focuses on employee training and fostering relationships within the community, ensuring a commitment to quality service and customer satisfaction. By serving both individual customers and insurance partners, as well as fleet companies, Kaizen Collision Center positions itself as a versatile and reliable choice for collision repair needs.

Compactor Rentals of America

Acquisition in 2024
Compactor Rentals of America, a division of National Waste Partners, specializes in providing rental services for commercial trash compactors and balers tailored to the industrial sector. The company offers a comprehensive rental program that includes essential services such as freight, delivery, installation, and maintenance. This service model is designed to assist various clients, including small and large businesses, school districts, government agencies, and utility companies, in enhancing their cash flow while reducing maintenance costs. By focusing on efficient waste management solutions, Compactor Rentals of America aims to meet the diverse needs of its clientele.

Continental Auto Parts

Acquisition in 2023
Continental Auto Parts is a distributor specializing in automotive parts and warehouse services. The company provides a comprehensive range of products tailored for the automotive industry, including headlights, sheet metal, mirrors, body panels, radiators, and alloy wheels. By offering these essential components, Continental Auto Parts supports its clients in obtaining the necessary parts for vehicle maintenance and repair.

Fitex Capital

Seed Round in 2023
Fitex Capital is an investment company that aids small and large SEs through financial services and acquiring services. It is a business acquisition vehicle that has qualities that set it apart from other entities involved in acquiring SMEs. They only purchase one business, not a portfolio of subsidiaries.

Gulf Tanks Holdings

Acquisition in 2022
Gulf Tanks Holdings provides environmental solutions across a diverse set of end markets on the containment of liquid and solid industrial waste.

Better Health Group

Private Equity Round in 2022
Physician Partners, give you the power to transform lives. Working together as a team to shape the future of healthcare, they are at the forefront of innovation and best practices to improve the health of their communities. Their team provides the platform, technology solutions and new health programs in a collaborative environment to our primary care providers with the sole purpose of achieving Better Health. Their commitment, their passion and their culture sets them apart from others and is the cornerstone of everything they do. Their team settles for nothing less than a new and profoundly better way of delivering truly proactive health care rather than simply building a better version of the same old reactive sick care model that serves our communities today.

Rental Equipment Investment

Acquisition in 2022
REIC ensures small businesses are supported, jobs stay in the community, and the local feel remains consistent. One key difference is that now with the extra financial backing of REIC, smaller rental companies are able to upgrade and expand within the community. Financial assistance and businesses growth occurs - everyone wins, both the community and the employees. REIC is a holding company that invests its capital in purchasing well-run rental equipment companies. They are continuing to open new rental locations throughout the United States.

Primal Pet Foods

Acquisition in 2021
Primal Pet Foods is a manufacturing company that specializes in providing raw foods, chews, and treats for dogs and cats. Committed to enhancing pet health and well-being, the company produces a variety of minimally processed diet products, including bone broth, raw goat milk, and raw frozen mixes and grinds. Additionally, Primal offers raw meaty bones and recreational bones made from inspected proteins, along with fresh certified organic fruits and vegetables, as well as non-synthetic vitamins and minerals. By focusing on natural ingredients, Primal Pet Foods enables pet owners to maintain their pets' diets in a way that closely aligns with their natural dietary needs, ultimately improving their quality of life and overall health. The company distributes its products through both physical and digital retail channels.

Live Oak Environmental

Acquisition in 2021
Live Oak Environmental is a solid waste hauling company based in northwestern Louisiana, offering services to residential, commercial, and industrial waste generators. The company operates under a long-term municipal contract in Bossier City and provides a range of waste management solutions, including waste pickup, heavy construction equipment hauling, and roll-off services for non-hazardous industrial waste. This includes the disposal of materials such as sewer sludge, asbestos, and contaminated soil from various clients, including factories, construction and demolition sites, contractors, and remodelers. Live Oak Environmental is committed to helping local businesses manage their waste responsibly while contributing positively to the environment.

asTech

Venture Round in 2021
asTech is the provider of remote diagnostic solutions and services to the collision industry.asTech provides cutting-edge, expert diagnostics using OEM tools to provide safe and accurate repairs. asTech provides remote diagnostics using its patented device and also provides access to ASE-Certified Master Technicians, who are trained to be virtual diagnosticians. asTech Master Technicians can service many trouble codes remotely and provide real-time assistance to shop technicians at the vehicle when needed. asTech also offers mobile repair, key replacement, calibration services, and BlueDriver®, the #1 vehicle scan tool solution on Amazon. asTech is based in Plano, Texas.

Automotive Keys Group (AKG)

Venture Round in 2021
Automotive Keys Group is a high-growth specialty automotive products business providing industry solutions to its customers throughout North America. AKG is a remanufacturer and distributor of replacement automotive keyless entry remotes, other key replacements, and related equipment. The company sells into a variety of end markets through several sales channels and customer-facing brands. With a diverse set of supplier relationships, AKG provides a comprehensive product offering for over 95% of the vehicles on the road.

Automotive Keys Group (AKG)

Private Equity Round in 2021
Automotive Keys Group is a high-growth specialty automotive products business providing industry solutions to its customers throughout North America. AKG is a remanufacturer and distributor of replacement automotive keyless entry remotes, other key replacements, and related equipment. The company sells into a variety of end markets through several sales channels and customer-facing brands. With a diverse set of supplier relationships, AKG provides a comprehensive product offering for over 95% of the vehicles on the road.

AbsoluteCARE

Venture Round in 2021
AbsoluteCARE is a healthcare provider based in Baltimore, Maryland, with additional locations in Atlanta. Founded in 2000, the company focuses on delivering comprehensive and preventative care through a patient-centered ambulatory intensive care model. It serves as the primary care provider for complex and high-utilization patients, addressing various chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and HIV/AIDS. By emphasizing value-based care, AbsoluteCARE aims to provide affordable and effective primary care to high-acuity patients, ensuring they receive the necessary support for their health needs.

Capital Waste Services

Acquisition in 2019
Capital Waste Services is a waste management company based in Columbia, South Carolina, offering a range of services for residential, commercial, and industrial clients. The company specializes in waste collection, disposal, and recycling, utilizing a fleet of trash pick-up vehicles to ensure efficient service. Capital Waste Services focuses on the recycling of various materials, including cardboard, metal, concrete, and tree brush, to support environmentally responsible waste management. By meeting the timely cleanup needs of its customers, the company plays a vital role in maintaining hygiene and sustainability in the Midlands of South Carolina.

Chemtron

Acquisition in 2019
Chemtron Corporation is an environmental services company that specializes in waste management solutions for various sectors, including healthcare, government, commodities, retail, and manufacturing. The company provides a comprehensive range of services, including waste disposal, recycling, lab packing, and environmental remediation. Chemtron is committed to helping both private and public entities effectively manage their hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Through its diverse offerings, the company plays a vital role in promoting sustainable waste management practices across multiple industries.

Adell Corporation

Acquisition in 2019
Adell Corporation, founded in 1952 and based in Sunnyvale, Texas, specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of door edge guards for the automobile industry. As the original developer of these products, the company has evolved from its early bright stainless designs to today's fully encapsulated, body-color-matched options. Adell Corporation provides a range of in-house services, including engineering, extruding, injection molding, metal fabricating, packaging, painting, and quality control. It serves a diverse clientele that includes major automotive manufacturers such as Toyota, Lexus, Honda, Acura, Subaru, Volkswagen, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Nissan, and Mazda. The company is committed to innovation and excellence in order to meet the increasingly stringent demands of its customers.

Rocky Ridge

Acquisition in 2019
Rocky Ridge OEM authorized specialty vehicle manufacturer (“SVM”) for light-duty pickup trucks.

All States Ag Parts

Acquisition in 2018
All States Ag Parts is a leading supplier of agricultural parts in North America, specializing in used, new aftermarket, and remanufactured components for tractors, skid steers, combines, and various other agricultural equipment. The company provides parts for a wide range of brands, including John Deere, Case IH, Ford, New Holland, Allis Chalmers, Massey Ferguson, and Agco, among others. In addition to its extensive inventory, All States Ag Parts offers same-day shipping to ensure timely delivery for its customers.

SCA Performance

Acquisition in 2018
SCA Performance is an authorized specialty vehicle manufacturer focused on light-duty trucks, specifically catering to the off-road performance vehicle market. The company receives new vehicles directly from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and enhances them by adding specialized design packages. These modified trucks are then sold to new truck dealers, complete with a full OEM warranty. SCA Performance is recognized for its proprietary premium design packages and high-quality installations, ensuring that their vehicles stand out in the marketplace.

Studykik

Private Equity Round in 2018
StudyKIK is the leading website where855 500 0217 clinical trial companies list their studies and eager volunteers find them to sign up instantly. It has never been easier to search and find clinical trials of all therapeutic types! Give it a try… you may be surprised with the studies you find! StudyKIK’s mission is change lives by helping new treatments come to market faster and to enable anyone who wants to volunteer for a research study to easily search.

Gold Medal Environmental

Acquisition in 2018
Gold Medal Environmental, a waste and recycling services company, provides non-hazardous solid waste management collection, disposal, and recycling services for businesses, universities, residences, and municipalities in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Northern Delaware. It offers temporary and permanent open top dumpsters and roll-offs for construction and remodeling projects, demolition jobs, special events, and other short-term commercial services, as well as provides commercial dumpster rentals throughout the Philadelphia and South Jersey surrounding areas using various container sizes. The company also provides commercial recycling and garbage collection services; a line of compaction and waste reduction systems, as well as handles residential solid waste and recycling collection programs; and recycling services.

Intergulf Corporation

Acquisition in 2017
Intergulf Corp. provides solutions to industry partners by specializing in procuring, blending, treating, and processing petroleum, petrochemical products, and waste streams. Strategically located along the Houston Ship Channel, Intergulf is actively involved in the petrochemical community and understands the dynamics involved in this sensitive, highly regulated arena. Intergulf operates in five business segments: waste & recycling, petroleum products, marine services, distillation and transportation.

Performance Motorsports

Acquisition in 2017
Performance Motorsports (PMi) is an accumulation of independent businesses that are all owned by Dover Corporation, each with market leading brand recognition that sells primarily pistons, and other engine related components into the Motorsports and Powersports markets (high performance racing, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, personal watercraft, etc.). The companies are market leaders in manufacturing highly engineered engine components on their respected fields. PMi’s customer base runs the gamut from recreation to the very highest levels of professional racing, in every facet of the Motorsports and Powersports Industries. The products supplied are forged and cast pistons, connecting rods, and crankshafts; along with their complimentary components, piston rings, bearings, gaskets, camshafts, and a variety of other internal valve train and engine components. Other products include suspension, braking, clutching, and chassis components. With PMI’s ability to engineer solutions for their customers and the infrastructure to test, manufacture, and distribute these products worldwide, PMi really has no equal in the field.

NitroFill

Private Equity Round in 2016
NitroFill, Inc. specializes in the production of nitrogen tire inflation systems, offering a patented solution that generates nitrogen for tire inflation. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida, the company provides several related services, including tire repair and replacement coverage for NitroFilled tires, as well as emergency towing and roadside assistance. NitroFill serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies, governmental organizations, and military installations across the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and other international markets. By replacing traditional air with nitrogen, NitroFill's products enhance fuel economy, extend tire life, and significantly reduce the risk of tire failures, all while contributing to a smaller carbon footprint. The company markets its offerings through a network of dealers, ensuring accessibility for customers in the automotive sector.

National Truck Protection

Acquisition in 2016
National Truck Protection Co., Inc. specializes in providing warranties and service contracts tailored for the North American trucking industry. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Cranford, New Jersey, the company offers a range of products, including private label warranties for original equipment manufacturers and extended service contracts for the used truck market. Its warranty options include standard plans, as well as premium plans that cover critical components such as lubricated parts, injectors, and turbochargers. National Truck Protection also delivers comprehensive repair and breakdown management services, catering to the needs of dealers, truck owners, operators, and fleets. Through its extensive network of corporate and independent dealers, the company supports the medium and heavy-duty used commercial truck sector with robust aftermarket warranty solutions.

VitreosHealth

Venture Round in 2016
VitreosHealth enables disruptive change in population health management. Vitreos Insights-as-a-Service delivers population risk models, and predictive and prescriptive health insights so everyone throughout the healthcare continuum can achieve a patient-centric focus and contribute to financial performance. With VitreosHealth’s closed-loop performance management process, you can transform the business of population health management into a center of excellence to enhance clinical efforts and drive better health outcomes. Insights start with predictive clinical risk scores, non-clinical markers, gaps-in-care, and prescriptive care recommendations. We show your care managers, clinicians, administrators and C-suite, which patients and members are going to become high risk, predict their probability of hospitalization or escalation of chronic disease, and help determine the interventions they need right now to delay or avoid high-cost healthcare episodes. Healthcare providers and payers choose the insights delivery method that’s right for their organization – mobile 3-click insights apps, embedded into the EHR or workflow system, or via other electronic format. VitreosHealth Population Health Management powers all predictive and prescriptive analytics, leverages a comprehensive portfolio of disease-specific predictive risk models, and applies every source of data at your disposal: EHR, claims or billing, household, consumer, socio-economic and behavioral. VitreosHealth – everything you need to power population health management. As a pioneer of Advanced Population Health analytics for Big Data, we leverage the broadest set of data sources including EHR, claims, HRAs, socioeconomic and well-being data for predictive risk and prescriptive care management. We offer this through the first healthcare Insights-as-a-Service (IaaS) delivery model for population risk models, and predictive and prescriptive health insights for a complete view into the healthcare continuum. Each “insights-view” achieves a patient-centric focus from every stakeholder perspective within the healthcare organization that will contribute to quality health outcomes and improved financial performance.

LeisureLink

Venture Round in 2016
LeisureLink, Inc. is a company that provides sales, marketing, and distribution solutions tailored for the North American vacation rental property management industry. It offers an integrated platform that connects property managers to various online travel agencies, travel agents, and vacation rental channels, enhancing their visibility and access to potential guests. The company’s tools enable property managers to monitor competitive pricing, adjust inventory prices based on market dynamics, and ensure consistent pricing across different online platforms. Additionally, LeisureLink offers the MarketSpan platform, which automates pricing, promotions, and inventory allocation, while also consolidating accounting and reporting across channels. Serving a diverse clientele that includes boutique hotels, resorts, and vacation rental properties, LeisureLink aims to boost bookings and revenue for its partners. Founded in 2001 and initially based in Salt Lake City, Utah, the company is now headquartered in Pasadena, California, and operates as a subsidiary of VacationRoost Group Inc.

ProCare Automotive

Acquisition in 2016
ProCare Collision is a state-of-the-art, local body shop that provides personalized customer service to make auto body repair a worry-free experience. At ProCare Collision, we provide you with a personal service consultant who can assist you with scheduling a free repair estimate, 24-hour towing, rental car assistance, and your insurance claim. We are dedicated to exceeding your expectations and getting you back on the road.

Sumter Transport

Acquisition in 2015
Sumter Transport Company is located in Sumter, SC and has been providing these variations of service since 1951. For over 60 years, Sumter Transport has been the leader in innovative, non-traditional approaches to waste management and transportation. Our emphasis has been on mechanical methodologies that reduce the need for human effort and exposure while increasing the speed of removal. With our network of disposal facility partnerships, we have become the largest supplier of refinery waste to cement kilns throughout the United States. Health and Safety is Sumter Transport’s # 1 priority companywide. Our commitment to Sumter Transport Company’s health and safety program benefits everyone – our employees, our customers, the community, and the environment in which we share. Safety, quality, dependability, and solutions to your problems have been the keys to Sumter Transport’s continued years of success.

ACV Enviro

Acquisition in 2015
ACV Enviro is an industrial service firm with nearly 40 years of experience in providing a range of waste management services to both commercial and government clients. The company specializes in hazardous and non-hazardous waste management, offering comprehensive solutions that include assessment, remediation, treatment, transportation, laboratory storage, and disposal. ACV Enviro operates on a 24-hour basis, often taking on challenging projects that require specialized expertise and technology. Their services extend from ultra-high-pressure hydroblasting and light construction to the transportation and disposal of hazardous materials. With a commitment to quality and innovation, ACV Enviro has established a strong reputation for effectively addressing complex industrial waste issues across various locations, including major urban utility facilities and municipal systems.

Custom Ecology

Debt Financing in 2015
Custom Ecology (formerly known as Stafford Logistics) provides outsourced waste services for large commercial waste collection businesses and waste generators. The company’s services provide hauling for three waste streams: municipal solid waste, hazardous waste and industrial waste. The company is headquartered near Atlanta in Mableton, GA

Invisible Media

Seed Round in 2015
Invisible Media, Inc. is a real-time mobile data, decision-making, marketing automation, and analytics platform for a mobile-first world. It help brands leverage data and real-time technologies to create better user experiences for consumers across physical and digital channels. Invisible Media, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, United States.

Superwinch

Acquisition in 2015
Superwinch is the largest privately held winch manufacturer in the world. The Company markets to both consumer and industrial customers through a diverse array of product offerings that include electric winches, hydraulic winches, power drives, accessories, parts and hubs. Its products are primarily sold under the well-recognized Superwinch brand name and through select private-label and co-branding relationships. The Company’s winches have an outstanding reputation in the marketplace for their superior design, reliability and value proposition and have established a loyal following among off-road enthusiasts and industrial OEMs alike

ZVRS

Acquisition in 2015
CSDVRS, LLC provides video phones and video relay services (VRS) that enable deaf and hard of hearing individuals to have telephone conversations with hearing people worldwide. It offers videophones and accessories; and Z4, a software solution for computers and mobile devices to enable VRS.

GlobalHealth

Acquisition in 2014
GlobalHealth, Inc. is a health maintenance organization based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that offers a variety of health insurance and plan services. Founded in 1919, the company provides Medicare plans, drug management programs, and individual and family plans, catering to state, federal, and commercial employees, as well as seniors and retired government employees. Emphasizing patient-focused care, GlobalHealth was established to give physicians and patients greater control over healthcare decisions while maintaining affordability. The organization is known for its comprehensive offerings, including specialized services for seniors and a range of pharmaceutical options designed to support members' health needs. GlobalHealth aims to deliver an accessible and understandable healthcare experience to its members, ensuring high-quality care at manageable costs.
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