Koch

Koch, Inc., headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, is a multinational corporation with subsidiaries engaged in manufacturing, trading, and investments. It operates in various industries, including petroleum and chemical manufacturing, energy, fiber and polymer production, minerals and fertilizers, pulp and paper, and ranching. Koch employs over 100,000 people worldwide, with a significant presence in the United States. Its Koch Chemical Technology Group designs, manufactures, and services process and pollution control equipment for industries and municipalities globally. Koch Equity Development, the acquisition and investment subsidiary, focuses on strategic acquisitions and principal investments to enhance Koch's capabilities.

Jeremy Bezdek

Managing Director, Strategic Platforms

Mike Harris

Managing Director

Matt Hewitt

Managing Director

Tony Streich

Managing Director

Joe Scribbins

Managing Director

31 past transactions

Jostens

Private Equity Round in 2024
Jostens, Inc. is a Minneapolis-based company that has been providing products and services for high schools and universities since its founding in 1897. The company specializes in creating a variety of school-related items, including jewelry, yearbooks, memory books, and other scholastic products. Additionally, Jostens offers products tailored for athletic champions and their fans, catering to the K-12 educational, college, and professional sports segments. Through its diverse offerings, Jostens helps students and institutions commemorate achievements and create lasting memories.

iconectiv

Acquisition in 2024
Iconectiv is a technology company that specializes in developing solutions for network and operations management, digital identity management, and fraud prevention within the telecommunications industry. Their cloud-based platform facilitates secure and seamless interconnection between networks, devices, and applications, offering services such as numbering registry, data exchange platforms, and advanced analytics to support complex operations missions and enhance system interoperability.

EliseAI

Series D in 2024
EliseAI is an artificial intelligence company specializing in a conversational platform designed for business automation, particularly within the real estate sector. Their virtual leasing assistant assists real estate management companies by managing inquiries, scheduling property viewings, and ensuring consistent follow-up with prospects to prevent lost leads. This platform enables apartment managers to enhance customer service, optimize revenue, and lower property management costs. By leveraging machine learning, EliseAI's solution streamlines operations for real estate professionals of all sizes, fostering improved engagement with prospective tenants and facilitating efficient management of leasing processes.

CPM Holdings

Private Equity Round in 2024
CPM Holdings, Inc. is a manufacturer and supplier of engineered process systems and equipment, primarily serving the animal feed, oilseed processing, bioenergy, compounding, and human food processing industries. Founded in 1883 and based in Waterloo, Iowa, the company operates through three segments: Engineered Process Systems, Process Equipment, and All Other. The Engineered Process Systems segment specializes in equipment for oilseed preparation and extraction, as well as vegetable oil refining and biodiesel production. The Process Equipment segment provides a range of machinery, including flaking mills, hammer mills, and pellet mills, used in animal feed production and various industrial applications. The All Other segment focuses on extrusion and thermal processing equipment for diverse applications, including plastics compounding and food processing. CPM's equipment is recognized for its performance in demanding applications, enabling clients to effectively meet their operational needs.

HqO

Series D in 2023
HqO, Inc. operates a Software-as-a-Service tenant engagement platform tailored for commercial real estate professionals. The platform enables landlords to foster community and enhance tenant experiences by providing a mobile application that connects tenants to building amenities and each other, as well as integrating with building systems. It allows tenants to access features such as building entry via smartphone, shuttle tracking, and food ordering. Additionally, HqO's offerings include analytics, mobile access, transit data, alerts, and smart building solutions. The company serves a diverse clientele, including property owners, asset managers, property managers, real estate brokers, and tenants. Founded in 2015 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, HqO also has offices in London and Paris. The company was previously known as VentureApp Inc. before rebranding in January 2018.

EliseAI

Series C in 2023
EliseAI is an artificial intelligence company specializing in a conversational platform designed for business automation, particularly within the real estate sector. Their virtual leasing assistant assists real estate management companies by managing inquiries, scheduling property viewings, and ensuring consistent follow-up with prospects to prevent lost leads. This platform enables apartment managers to enhance customer service, optimize revenue, and lower property management costs. By leveraging machine learning, EliseAI's solution streamlines operations for real estate professionals of all sizes, fostering improved engagement with prospective tenants and facilitating efficient management of leasing processes.

PLOT

Seed Round in 2023
PLOT combines Logistic Mapping, Delivery Coordination, and Lead Time Management to take away the arduous and low-level tasks that Construction teams hate.

Compass Minerals

Post in 2022
Compass Minerals International, Inc., headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, is a global producer and seller of salt and specialty plant nutrition and chemical products. The company operates through three segments: Salt, Plant Nutrition North America, and Plant Nutrition South America. The Salt segment offers a range of sodium and magnesium chloride products, serving diverse markets such as road deicing, chemical production, water treatment, and consumer goods. The Plant Nutrition segments provide sulfate of potash specialty fertilizers, organic products, micronutrient products, and chemical solutions to distributors, retailers, and growers. Compass Minerals is committed to responsible resource management, as reflected in its sustainability principles and reports, aiming to create value for customers, employees, and shareholders while prioritizing health, safety, and environmental stewardship.

SoundHound AI

Post in 2022
SoundHound AI is a technology company specializing in voice-enabled artificial intelligence and conversational intelligence solutions. Founded in 2005 and based in Santa Clara, California, the company offers a range of products, including Hound, a voice-enabled search engine, and SoundHound, a music search and discovery application. Additionally, it provides Houndify, a platform that supports natural language understanding, speech recognition, and the ability to process complex queries. SoundHound AI helps brands create customized conversational experiences, allowing them to voice-enable their products and access valuable data for enhanced customer interactions. With locations in major cities across the United States, Canada, and Japan, the company aims to improve user engagement through natural voice interactions across various industries.

Tradeshift

Venture Round in 2021
Tradeshift is a global cloud-based business network that connects buyers and suppliers, streamlining supply chain processes. Founded in 2009, the company offers a suite of services including eProcurement, AP automation, risk management, seller engagement, and payment solutions. Tradeshift's platform enables businesses to connect with their suppliers digitally, facilitating early payment discounts, risk mitigation, and the elimination of manual processes. With a presence in multiple countries, Tradeshift operates as a subsidiary of Tradeshift Holdings Inc. and also has an innovation lab, Tradeshift Frontiers, dedicated to exploring emerging technologies for B2B commerce and global supply chain transformation.

ESS

Post in 2021
ESS is a long-duration energy storage company that specializes in iron flow battery technology, providing solutions for commercial, industrial, utility, microgrid, and off-grid applications. Established in 2011, ESS aims to support a future powered by clean and reliable energy. The company utilizes an innovative energy management system that features a safe and non-toxic iron-electrolyte combined with a patented flow cell design. This approach allows ESS to deliver high-performance energy storage at a lower cost, making its technology suitable for a wide range of applications from retail energy management to utility-scale renewable energy integration. With a team experienced in distributed power generation and energy storage technologies, ESS is well-positioned to contribute to the growing demand for sustainable energy solutions.

Nerdy

Post in 2021
Nerdy is a leading curated direct-to-consumer platform for live online learning. Nerdy’s mission is to transform the way people learn through technology. The Company’s purpose-built proprietary platform leverages technology, including AI, to connect learners of all ages to experts, delivering superior value on both sides of the network. Nerdy’s comprehensive learning destination provides learning experiences across 3,000+ subjects and multiple formats—including one-on-one instruction, small group classes, large format group classes, and adaptive self-study. Nerdy’s flagship business, Varsity Tutors, is one of the nation’s largest platforms for live online tutoring and classes.

Snyk

Series F in 2021
Snyk Ltd., established in 2015, specializes in a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that enhances application security. It focuses on identifying, rectifying, and monitoring known vulnerabilities across critical components of modern applications, including code, open-source libraries, containers, and infrastructure as code. Snyk's offerings, such as Snyk Code (static application security testing), container vulnerability management, and application security management, integrate seamlessly with developers' workflows, improving security posture, productivity, and collaboration. With over 1,200 global customers, including industry leaders like Google and Salesforce, Snyk is recognized for its developer-first approach and strategic partnerships.

SmartRent

Post in 2021
SmartRent is an enterprise home automation company specializing in smart home and smart building technology tailored for multifamily communities. The company develops a comprehensive platform that enables property owners and managers to monitor and control their assets effectively, enhancing operational efficiencies while also creating opportunities for additional revenue. SmartRent’s offerings include software and hardware solutions that provide seamless visibility and control for property managers, while also delivering an integrated home control experience for residents. Operating primarily in the United States, SmartRent is committed to improving the management of multifamily properties through innovative technology solutions.

Halo Investing

Series C in 2021
Halo Investing, Inc. is a financial technology company based in Chicago, Illinois, that operates a multi-issuer platform focused on structured notes. Founded in 2015, the company aims to democratize access to structured notes, a sophisticated investment product typically available only to ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Halo provides advisory services to investment management firms, offering predefined investment strategies, customized note calendars, and portfolio diversification solutions tailored for financial advisors. Its platform enables clients to analyze, purchase, and manage structured notes throughout their lifecycle, enhancing efficiency for both investors and issuing banks. Additionally, Halo Investing manages securities and investment portfolios for individuals, pension plans, and profit-sharing plans.

Astranis

Series C in 2021
Astranis is a satellite technology developer focused on providing high-speed internet access to underserved regions. The company aims to address the digital divide by launching satellites that can transmit data to specific terrestrial locations, facilitating internet connectivity for the estimated 4 billion people worldwide who currently lack access. By offering reliable internet services at significantly lower costs than traditional methods, Astranis enables governments and businesses to connect communities and expand internet access globally.

Transaction Network Services (TNS)

Acquisition in 2021
Transaction Network Services (TNS) is a global provider of data communications and interoperability solutions, offering managed communication services to service providers and enterprises worldwide. With a focus on innovation, advanced technology, and service excellence, TNS serves thousands of companies in retail, banking, financial markets, and telecom industries. By managing mission critical communications platforms, TNS enables efficient and effective communication and transactions for its clients. Operating some of the largest real-time community-based networks globally, TNS facilitates secure interactions and transactions between businesses while providing access to necessary data and applications through highly available platforms.

Infor

Acquisition in 2020
Infor, Inc. is a provider of enterprise software and services, specializing in cloud-based applications across various sectors, including healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, retail, and the public sector. The company offers a comprehensive suite of products designed to facilitate front and back office business processes, including enterprise resource planning, financial management, human capital management, and customer relationship management. Infor's industry-specific solutions, such as CloudSuite and Infor Nexus, enable organizations to effectively monitor and manage assets, optimize supply chain activities, and enhance operational efficiency through rich data analytics. Additionally, the company provides technical support, product upgrades, and consulting services to ensure clients maximize their software investments. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York, Infor serves both large enterprises and small to midsize companies, delivering tailored software solutions that address the unique needs of various industries.

Getty Images

Venture Round in 2019
Getty Images, Inc. is a digital media company that specializes in the creation, distribution, and licensing of visual content, including images, audio, and video products. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Getty Images serves a global clientele across various sectors such as news, sports, and entertainment. The company offers a diverse range of services, including contemporary and archival imagery, photo assignment services, and research and clearance for licensing. Additionally, Getty Images provides technological solutions like the Getty Images API for streamlined content access, Media Manager for brand asset management, and STUDIO, which focuses on authentic brand storytelling. With a commitment to enhancing visual communications, Getty Images leverages advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve search functionality and user experience, reinforcing its position as a leader in the visual content industry.

Desktop Metal

Series E in 2019
Desktop Metal, Inc. is a manufacturer of additive manufacturing solutions, specializing in 3D printing technologies for metal and carbon fiber. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, the company offers a range of products, including the Production System for industrial manufacturing, the Shop System for machine and job shops, the Studio System designed for office use, and the Fiber desktop 3D printer. Desktop Metal serves a variety of industries such as automotive, aerospace, healthcare, consumer products, heavy industry, machine design, and research and development. Its innovative systems, materials, and software facilitate on-demand digital mass production, providing the speed, cost-efficiency, and part quality necessary for modern manufacturing. The company markets its solutions across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region, with a significant portion of its revenue generated from the Americas.

Infor

Private Equity Round in 2019
Infor, Inc. is a provider of enterprise software and services, specializing in cloud-based applications across various sectors, including healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, retail, and the public sector. The company offers a comprehensive suite of products designed to facilitate front and back office business processes, including enterprise resource planning, financial management, human capital management, and customer relationship management. Infor's industry-specific solutions, such as CloudSuite and Infor Nexus, enable organizations to effectively monitor and manage assets, optimize supply chain activities, and enhance operational efficiency through rich data analytics. Additionally, the company provides technical support, product upgrades, and consulting services to ensure clients maximize their software investments. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York, Infor serves both large enterprises and small to midsize companies, delivering tailored software solutions that address the unique needs of various industries.

Getty Images

Funding Round in 2018
Getty Images, Inc. is a digital media company that specializes in the creation, distribution, and licensing of visual content, including images, audio, and video products. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Getty Images serves a global clientele across various sectors such as news, sports, and entertainment. The company offers a diverse range of services, including contemporary and archival imagery, photo assignment services, and research and clearance for licensing. Additionally, Getty Images provides technological solutions like the Getty Images API for streamlined content access, Media Manager for brand asset management, and STUDIO, which focuses on authentic brand storytelling. With a commitment to enhancing visual communications, Getty Images leverages advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve search functionality and user experience, reinforcing its position as a leader in the visual content industry.

Genesis Robotics

Corporate Round in 2018
Genesis Robotics is a spin-out from Genesis Advanced Technology – a research and development company focused on developing new solutions to some of the significant challenges of our time. The Genesis team has more than 30 patents spanning a variety of applications.

Guardian Industries

Acquisition in 2016
Guardian Industries is a global manufacturer specializing in glass and building products, serving various sectors including automotive, commercial trucking, and consumer goods. With a workforce of approximately 17,000 employees across over 25 countries, Guardian operates through its two main subsidiaries, which produce float glass and fabricated glass products for a wide range of applications, including architectural, residential, and automotive uses. Additionally, the company distributes specialty building products such as roofing materials, insulation, gypsum products, siding, decking, and millwork. Committed to innovation and value creation, Guardian strives to enhance the quality of its offerings while adhering to a cohesive culture grounded in its guiding principles.

Infor

Private Equity Round in 2016
Infor, Inc. is a provider of enterprise software and services, specializing in cloud-based applications across various sectors, including healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, retail, and the public sector. The company offers a comprehensive suite of products designed to facilitate front and back office business processes, including enterprise resource planning, financial management, human capital management, and customer relationship management. Infor's industry-specific solutions, such as CloudSuite and Infor Nexus, enable organizations to effectively monitor and manage assets, optimize supply chain activities, and enhance operational efficiency through rich data analytics. Additionally, the company provides technical support, product upgrades, and consulting services to ensure clients maximize their software investments. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York, Infor serves both large enterprises and small to midsize companies, delivering tailored software solutions that address the unique needs of various industries.

EFT Energy & Analytics

Acquisition in 2016
EFT Energy & Analytics are a leading Software as a Service and solutions provider in the fields of industrial predictive analytics, process optimization, and energy management. Our groundbreaking analytics platform and intuitive visual interface allow engineers to optimize industrial processes, detect root causes of unforeseen events, and identify sources of energy savings. With a drag-and-drop graphical user interface built on top of a powerful analytics engine, our software helps engineers and citizen data scientists rapidly make new insights into their systems and processes, without requiring advanced training in programming or statistics. Our cloud-based software platform imports, aggregates, and validates data from various sources, including Microsoft tools; relational databases; and real-time data from industrial machinery, sensors, control systems, and power-consumption monitors. Users create data models using a visual interface, and results can be monitored in realtime through a visual dashboard or returned to a facility’s process control system via interfaces. Through machine learning each model becomes more intelligent over time. EFT, with offices in New York City, NY, Dublin, Ireland, and Wichita, KS, provides predictive analytics, process optimization, and energy management solutions for over 100 large clients in North America and Europe. EFT was founded by CTO Craig Ennis in Dublin, Ireland, in 1998 and commenced US operations in 2009.

Truck-Lite

Venture Round in 2015
Truck-Lite Co., LLC, based in Falconer, New York, is a prominent manufacturer serving the heavy-duty truck, trailer, and commercial vehicle sectors. The company operates several manufacturing facilities across the United States, including locations in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Arizona, as well as international sites in England, Mexico, and Germany. Truck-Lite specializes in a wide range of products, including safety lighting, forward lighting, wiring harnesses, mirrors, turn signal switches, and various safety accessories, catering to the needs of the transportation industry.

Oplink Communications

Acquisition in 2014
Oplink Communications, LLC, a subsidiary of Molex, specializes in providing optical communication components, intelligent modules, and subsystems. The company delivers integrated design and manufacturing solutions to both established and emerging network equipment manufacturers across various infrastructure markets, including metro and long-haul transport, wireless traffic management, data center networking, and cable television. Oplink’s extensive product range includes advanced technologies such as reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers (ROADM), wavelength selective switches (WSS), multicast switches, dense and coarse wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM and CWDM), optical amplifiers, and signal routing and conditioning systems. Additionally, it offers a comprehensive selection of optical transceivers capable of supporting data rates up to 100Gbps. Headquartered in Fremont, California, Oplink also operates several research and manufacturing facilities in Asia.

Molex Ventures

Acquisition in 2013
Molex Ventures, established in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is the corporate venture arm of Molex, a global leader in interconnect solutions. Molex Ventures invests in early to expansion-stage startups across healthcare, datacom, telecom, transportation, automotive, and other strategic markets. By leveraging Molex's extensive product portfolio and industry expertise, Molex Ventures provides startups with resources for innovation and growth, fostering strategic collaborations from early stage to expansion.

Georgia-Pacific

Acquisition in 2005
Georgia-Pacific LLC is an industrial conglomerate based in Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in the manufacturing and marketing of a wide array of products, including tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, building products, and related chemicals. Founded in 1927, the company serves diverse markets such as healthcare, education, manufacturing, and foodservice, offering hygienic dispensing systems, towels, tissues, soaps, and disposable tableware. Additionally, Georgia-Pacific produces building materials like plywood, lumber, and gypsum for both commercial and residential applications. The company also manufactures fluff pulp for hygiene products and various chemicals used in industries ranging from automotive to construction. With nearly 35,000 employees globally, Georgia-Pacific operates as a subsidiary of Koch Industries and maintains a significant presence in the pulp and paper sector, continuously evolving through strategic acquisitions and expansions.

INVISTA

Acquisition in 2003
INVISTA, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, is a global chemical company specializing in the development and production of innovative materials. It focuses on nylon, spandex, polyester, and specialty materials, which are integral to various everyday products, from clothing and automotive parts to electronics and construction materials.
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