Rotunda Capital Partners

Rotunda Capital Partners is a private equity firm that invests equity capital in established and profitable lower middle-market companies. As an independent deal sponsor, Rotunda Capital raises and invests the capital of its principals, family offices, and high net worth individuals on a deal-by-deal basis. The firm uses a rigorous approach to identify market-leading companies with identifiable growth opportunities and capable management teams in targeted sectors, including specialty finance, logistics and distribution, government, and business services. Since 2009, Rotunda Capital has completed six platform investments and realized two exits. The partners of Rotunda Capital have collectively invested more than $1.6 billion in more than 30 companies, providing experience and drawing on deep industry and financial relationships to contribute to the successful execution of Rotunda’s companies’ strategic plans.

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Ryan Aprill

Principal

Nathan Bertsch

VP Data and Analytics

Rohit Dhake

Principal

John M. Fruehwirth

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Harrison Furse

VP of Business Development

Alex Gebert

Associate

Cara Hauan

Vice President

Rona Kennedy

CFO/CCO

Brian Kim

Vice President

Dan Lipson

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Justin Potter

Senior Associate

Corey Whisner

Managing Partner

Robert Wickham

Managing Partner

Bob Wickham

Partner

20 past transactions

IF & P Foods, Inc.

Merger/Acquisition in 2017

IF & P Foods, Inc. distributes fruits, vegetables, dairy, and floral products for food service and retail industries. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Munch's Supply Co

Acquisition in 2015

Munch’s Supply is a third generation family business operating six branches in the Chicago and NW Indiana markets. We distribute from over three hundred fifty thousand square feet of warehouse space and have over forty trucks supplying area contractors.

FireFly Computers

Merger/Acquisition in 2020

FireFly Computers, LLC is a distributor of hardware technology. The company sells chromebooks, charging carts and cabinets, cases and shells, laptops, desktop systems, displays, projectors, document cameras, monitors, keyboards, mice, cable, adapters, RDP solutions, and other computer accessories. It also provides installation and support services. The company serves to schools, businesses, and government organizations. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Discount Ramps

Private Equity Round in 2014

Discount Ramps is an online retailer of loading, hauling and transportation products. Offering more than 11,000 products, the company primarily services the powersport, medical, recreational, commercial, transportation, military and industrial markets. Discount Ramps offers many well-known brands, including Rage Powersports, Black Widow, Big Boy, Kill Shot and Summit. Discount Ramps has been recognized by Internet Retailer as one of the top 500 revenue grossing sites in the U.S. for the last five years and has also been recognized as one of Milwaukee’s fastest-growing firms by the Milwaukee Business Journal

IF&P Foods

Acquisition in 2017

IF&P Foods was formed in 1997 through the merger of Indianapolis Fruit (founded 1947) and Piazza Produce (founded 1970), two leading produce distribution companies with a combined 118 years experience serving the grocery and foodservice industries. Garden Cut, a fresh cut processing company, and leading food service produce distributors, Circle City Produce and Papania Produce, complete the IF&P group of companies. The company has grown to include a fleet of over 340 refrigerated trucks servicing over 14 states in the Midwest and beyond from five facilities totaling over 225,000-square-feet of warehouse space. Today, IF&P is a category leader in providing both the food service and retail industries with fruit, vegetables, dairy and floral products.

MacQueen Emergency

Private Placement in 2018

Founded in 1961, MacQueen sells Elgin street sweepers, Vactor trucks, Pierce fire trucks, Oshkosh snow removal equipment and Heil refuse trucks to municipalities, fire departments and commercial customers. MacQueen offers a full suite of parts and services out of its five locations in St. Paul and Apple Valley, Minnesota; Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin; Ankeny, Iowa; and Lincoln, Nebraska.

Trinity3 Technology

Acquisition in 2019

Trinity3 Technology is wholly immersed in serving the technology needs of the education market.

Amware

Venture Round in 2014

Amware Logistics is a 3rd Party Logistics Company that is dedicated to craftsmanship in delivering customer-focused, quality-driven, cost-appropriate logistics solutions for our customers. We provide logistics solutions through our domestic warehouses throughout the US and in the Toronto, Canada area. Our 3rd party logistics (3PL) services include warehousing, transportation, handling, B-to-B and B-to-C order fulfillment, and many more. We have a vast array of specialty warehousing solutions for industries including food grade certified facilities, NACD hazmat certified chemical storage facilities, and pharmaceutical industries.

Refrigeration Sales Corp

Acquisition in 2021

Refrigeration Sales Corp. is a wholesale company that provides refrigeration equipment repair and services.

Storm Smart

Acquisition in 2021

Storm Smart Industries is a construction company providing hurricane protection products.

Rubicon

Series A in 2012

Rubicon is a software company that provides smart waste and recycling solutions for businesses and governments worldwide. Using technology to drive environmental innovation, the company helps turn businesses into more sustainable enterprises, and neighborhoods into greener and smarter places to live and work. Rubicon’s mission is to end waste by helping its partners find economic value in their waste streams and confidently execute on their sustainability goals. Learn more at www.rubicon.com.

Munch Supply LLC.

Merger/Acquisition in 2015

Munch Supply LLC. distributes heating and air conditioning products. The company offers heat pumps, air handlers, furnaces, coils, and comfort controls. Munch Supply LLC. was founded in 1956 and is based in New Lenox, Illinois.

MacQueen Emergency

Acquisition in 2018

Microf

Venture Round in 2015

Microf is a relationship-based company that gives priority to the wants and needs of its customers. It offers rental purchase financing options to a wide range of consumers. Its innovative rent-to-own strategy provides flexibility to consumers through limited declinations, quick response times, multiple payment options, and various contract term choices. Microf was established in 2010 to accommodate the growing demand for more flexible options for the replacement of residential heating or cooling systems.