The Toro

The Toro Company is a global manufacturer of outdoor maintenance and beautification products, specializing in turf and landscape care, snow and ice management, and irrigation systems. Established in 1914, the company has developed a reputation for excellence and innovation, offering a wide range of equipment including riding mowers, trim cutting mowers, turf sprayers, and underground irrigation systems. Toro’s products primarily serve professional users, such as those maintaining golf courses, sports fields, and public green spaces, as well as residential customers. With a presence in over 90 countries, Toro is committed to enhancing the beauty and sustainability of outdoor spaces through its strong brand portfolio and dedication to customer relationships. The company generated more than $2 billion in sales in fiscal 2013, reflecting its significant impact in the outdoor equipment industry.

Jason Baab

Vice President

Angela Drake

CFO

Richard Olson

CEO

23 past transactions

Left Hand Robotics

Acquisition in 2021
Left Hand Robotics has developed the first commercial-class, self-driving snow clearing robot capable of removing snow from sidewalks and walkways. The SnowBot Pro is controlled and monitored remotely from an online management dashboard and uses GPS to follow a pre-programmed path. Its rotating brush clears a sidewalk from edge-to-edge in a single pass to meet even the highest standards.

Venture Products

Acquisition in 2020
Venture Products is the privately held manufacturer of Ventrac-branded products.

The Charles Machine Works Inc.

Acquisition in 2019
The Charles Machine Works Inc. is a construction firm specializing in underground utility construction.

L.T. Rich Products

Acquisition in 2018
L.T. Rich Products is a manufacturer of commercial zero-turn spreader/sprayers, aerators and snow and ice management equipment. L.T. Rich Products is known for its industry-leading Z-Spray line of stand-on spreader/sprayers for landscape contractors and grounds professionals.

GreenSight

Series A in 2017
GreenSight is developing the second generation commercial drone platform. The company's full stack product is an enterprise platform that enables flying autonomous robots at scale. Through a mix of custom hardware and software the platform allows businesses in enterprise and government to get daily low altitude aerial intelligence with zero labor. They combine autonomy, advanced sensors, and data analytics to deliver land managers actionable alerts in agriculture, energy, construction and infrastructure. GreenSight has built and tested its technology providing daily agricultural analytics services to the golf course industry. GreenSight has built a complete digital management solution for golf courses which includes labor management, agronomy planning and aerial intelligence. In golf, the technology can save the industry over $1B annually by reducing water consumption allowing them to save on the costs to buy and pump the 752B gallons of water they use each year. They can save them hundreds of millions more on fungicides, pesticides, and fertilizer while improving course quality and improving staff efficiency.

Regnerbau Calw GmbH

Acquisition in 2016
Headquartered in Althengstett, Germany, and founded in 1925, Regnerbau Calw GmbH manufactures a variety of irrigation products under the Perrot brand including retractable sprinklers for sports fields, impact sprinklers and coupling systems for agricultural fields, and rain guns for industrial applications. The long-distance casting range and fast rotation of Perrot’s sports field sprinklers make them an ideal choice for maintaining both natural and synthetic turf on soccer, tennis, rugby, cricket, golf and equine venues across the globe.

BOSS Snowplow

Acquisition in 2014
BOSS Snowplow is a worldwide leader in snow and ice control with a growing line up for trucks, UTVs, ATVS, Salt and Sand Spreaders, and Box Plows. We deliver the highest quality, most durable, and easiest to use products manufactured by not compromising on our core values of Integrity, Safety, Quality, Innovation and Productivity. For 30 years, we’ve been listening to you, the snow removal professional, to build the products and services you need to face the toughest of winter storms. BOSS is also the exclusive sponsor of SnowCare for Troops, a unique causal campaign which pairs volunteers that own snowplows and military families that need help removing snow.

Xiamen Xiangfeng Water Saving Equipment

Acquisition in 2013
Xiamen Xiangfeng Water Saving Equipment Co., Ltd. manufactures irrigation products, sprinklers, emitters, and filters for agriculture, landscaping, and green house production.

Unique Lighting Systems

Acquisition in 2011
Unique Lighting Systems, Inc. manufactures and delivers outdoor low voltage landscape lighting systems. The company offers odyssey and signature series fixtures; copper knights, brass knights fixtures, and signature series and hardscape fixture series; bollards for various application, including walking and bike paths, residential and commercial walkways, and university pathways; 12 volt and 24 volt transformers; homeline transformers; and equalizer, galaxy, intelli, and satellite hubs; in-ground well and specialty lights; LEDs; adaptors; WIRING WIZARD, a software program that calculates voltage drop for each run, helps the client choose the correct wire and transformer size; accessories; and power management systems.

USPraxis

Acquisition in 2010
USPraxis is a manufacturer of stump grinders, wood chippers, and log splitters for rental centers and landscape professionals.

Ty-Crop Manufacturing - Assets

Acquisition in 2009
Ty-Crop Manufacturing is a manufacturer of topdressing and material handling equipment for golf course and sports fields applications.

Southern Green

Acquisition in 2008
Southern Green is a manufacturer of deep-tine aeration equipment for golf course and sports field applications. The company has built a solid reputation around its popular Soil Reliever product line, which is considered to be the only purpose-built, deep-tine aerator manufactured in the United States.

Rain Master Irrigation Systems

Acquisition in 2007
Rain Master Irrigation Systems, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of irrigation controllers, handheld remote controls, and central computerized control systems for the landscape and golf irrigation markets. Its products include RME Sentar II controllers for heavy duty commercial, municipal, government, HOA, school, and park district applications; RME Eagle controllers to measure flow and take corrective action for station breaks, main line failures, and unscheduled flows; TWICE protocol, which provides a two-way communication link between the controller, decoders, and valves; and Evolution DX2 controller for irrigation applications.

Hayter

Acquisition in 2005
Hayter is a manufacturer of consumer and commercial mowing products.

HydroPoint Data Systems

Series A in 2004
HydroPoint Data Systems develops various irrigation system controllers for residential and commercial landscape applications. HydroPoint is the proven leader in 360° smart water management solutions. HydroPoint's WeatherTRAK solution delivers a multitude of financial and environmental benefits by reducing the greatest area of waste in urban water use: landscape irrigation. Landscapes consume 58% of urban water and are overwatered by 30-to-300%. It was founded in 2002 and is based in Petaluma, California.

R & D Engineering

Acquisition in 2003
R & D Engineering is a innovators of wireless rain and freeze switches and sensor technology for homeowner and contractor-installed residential irrigation systems.

Goossen Industries

Acquisition in 2001
Goossen Industries is a privately held company and is a turf equipment manufacturer.

Electronic Industrial Controls

Acquisition in 2001
Electronic Industrial Controls is a provider of innovative computer control systems for the irrigation industry.

GR Driplines

Acquisition in 1998
GR Driplines is a manufacturer of agricultural micro-irrigation products with a reputation for quality and innovation.

Exmark Manufacturing

Acquisition in 1997
Exmark Manufacturing was incorporated in May 1982 as an independent manufacturer of professional turf care equipment.The company began its manufacturing operation with seven employees in a garage-type building located just south of Beatrice, Nebraska.

James Hardie Irrigation Group

Acquisition in 1996
James Hardie Irrigation Group is in the production of irrigation systems to the residential/commercial landscape market. Hardie manufactured products for all major segments of the irrigation market, except for the golf market, and sold to distributors and retailers worldwide.

Liquid Ag Systems

Acquisition in 1996
Liquid Ag Systems a pioneer in fertigation systems, whereby an eco-product feeds turf through existing irrigation systems resulting in less harmful runoff into ponds and streams.

National Service Network

Acquisition in 1996
National Service Network provides technology and integrated services support to the company's customers.
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