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Rock Gate Partners

transacted in industrial manufacturing; 1 announced deal(s), latest 2025-01-23 (H3 Manufacturing Group, LLC); states: business services, industrial manufacturing, specialty distribution; EBITDA $3M to $15M; revenue $10M to $125M; enterprise value $10M to $100M

Chicago, IL

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Search this name across graphsid dfx:isi:712f8e00-a96d-40e0-89f6-345a5bb29fb5

Data as of Sep 19, 2026 (this record's last observation) from Filings; Announcements. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 1:58 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 16
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: n/a to Sep 19, 2026
8 observations

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Eligibility: verified sponsor firmderivedthe graph's identity gate
Vehicles: 0
Principals: Carl A. Stickel, Jeffrey S. Burns, Kenneth L. Ali, Stephen K. Foutch
Website: rockgatepartners.com

Transactions

Announced	Type	Target	State
Jan 23, 2025	recapitalization	H3 Manufacturing Group, LLC	IL

Relationships

Team member of (1)

← John OommenPersonSenior Associate
factThe subject's own site

Advisor of (10)

← J. Peter GolbitzPersonFounder, Agromeris
factThe subject's own site
← Laura MorganPersonFounder, Morgan HR Consulting
factThe subject's own site
← Raymond E. BayleyPersonPresident, Chief Executive
factThe subject's own site
← Luke BolandPersonFounder, YOLO Partners
factThe subject's own site
← Marc A. BushalaPersonManaging Partner, MAB Capital Management
factThe subject's own site
← Michael CallPersonAdvisor, Corporate Development
factThe subject's own site
← Frank SerrinoPersonFounder, Principio Capital, LLC
factThe subject's own site
← James T. DimitriouPersonFounding Partner Next Stage Trajectory
factThe subject's own site
← John A. SchweigPersonRetired SVP, Strategy & Development W.W. Grainger
factThe subject's own site
← Tim BarryPersonFounder, VillageMD
factThe subject's own site

Principal of (4)

← Kenneth L. AliPersonFounder & Managing Director
factThe subject's own site
← Carl A. StickelPersonPartner & Managing Director
factThe subject's own site
← Jeffrey S. BurnsPersonVice President
factThe subject's own site
← Stephen K. FoutchPersonChief Administrative Officer
factThe subject's own site

Controlled by (1)

← H3 Manufacturing Group, LLCCompanyrecapitalization
Jan 23, 2025 to presentfactDFX's own graph

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: Independent Sponsors
Canonical id: dfx:isi:712f8e00-a96d-40e0-89f6-345a5bb29fb5
First observed: n/a
Last observed: Sep 19, 2026 11 h ago
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

Rock Gate Partners

Chicago, IL

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Search this name across graphsid dfx:isi:712f8e00-a96d-40e0-89f6-345a5bb29fb5

Data as of Sep 19, 2026 (this record's last observation) from Filings; Announcements. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 1:58 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Announced

Type

Target

State

Jan 23, 2025

recapitalization

H3 Manufacturing Group, LLC