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MPE Partners

Private Equity

Cleveland, OH

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings, firm and issuer disclosures, news and newswire. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 10:07 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 176
Dated events: 40
On other graphs: 3
Observed: Sep 13, 2026 to Sep 15, 2026
39 observations

Right now

3 signals name this record (all private equity signals)

#1NewSignalPrivate creditCredit deterioration

Mark Andy, Inc: lender marks fell to 70 cents across 3 BDC lenders

State NEW at the 2026-03-31 quarter end, readable when the filing landed on 2026-05-13.

Exposure: $33.6M knownfunded debt at cost held by BDC lenders
Who this matters to: Private credit lenders, PE sponsors +3
Historical: 2.38x non accrual, 139d median

TCW Direct Lending VIII LLC · lender TCW Star Direct Lending LLC · lender TCW SPECIALTY LENDING LLC · lender Graycliff Partners LP · sponsor

Credit Attention / portfolio monitorMar 31, 2026 · seen 3 days ago

#2NewSignalPrivate creditCredit deterioration

Mark Andy, Inc: lender marks fell to 93 cents across 3 BDC lenders

State NEW at the 2024-03-31 quarter end, readable when the filing landed on 2024-05-09.

Exposure: $32.5M knownfunded debt at cost held by BDC lenders
Who this matters to: Private credit lenders, PE sponsors +3
Historical: 2.38x non accrual, 139d median

TCW Direct Lending VIII LLC · lender TCW Star Direct Lending LLC · lender TCW SPECIALTY LENDING LLC · lender Graycliff Partners LP · sponsor

Credit Attention / portfolio monitorMar 31, 2024 · seen 3 days ago

#3NewSignalPrivate creditCredit deterioration

Mark Andy, Inc: lender marks fell to 84 cents across 3 BDC lenders

State NEW at the 2025-09-30 quarter end, readable when the filing landed on 2025-11-12.

Exposure: $32.9M knownfunded debt at cost held by BDC lenders
Who this matters to: Private credit lenders, PE sponsors +3
Historical: 2.38x non accrual, 139d median

TCW Direct Lending VIII LLC · lender TCW Star Direct Lending LLC · lender TCW SPECIALTY LENDING LLC · lender Graycliff Partners LP · sponsor

Credit Attention / portfolio monitorSep 30, 2025 · seen 3 days ago

Across DFX

same identity by shared identifier, citation, or a bridge measured by hand

Venture Capitalidentity

MPE Partners

Venture manager · shared crd

Independent Sponsorsidentity

Mpe Partners

Capital provider to sponsors · shared crd

RIA / Wealth Managementidentity

MPE PARTNERS

Registered adviser · shared crd

Facts

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

Funds: 11
PE funds: 10
Vintages: 2017 to 2024
PE GAV, 2024 filing: $1.5Bgross asset value on Form ADV; never dry powder
Regulatory AUM: $1.5B
Investments: 68
Active investments: 47
Size band: MIDDLE MARKETderivedproxy: $1.46bn Private Equity Fund GAV on the Form ADV filed 2024-07-12
Stated sectors: industrial_services,industrials,manufacturing,technology,infrastructure,chemicals_materials
Stated EBITDA range: $8.0M to $40.0M
Latest ADV filing: Jul 12, 2024
Employees (ADV): 24
Website: mpepartners.com

Funds

Fund	Vintage	Lifecycle	ADV type	Form D sold	GAV
MPE Partners IV (te) L.P.	2024	Unknown	Private Equity Fund	n/a	$235M
MPE Partners IV, L.P.	2024	Unknown	Private Equity Fund	n/a	$398M
MPE Partners III, L.P.	2021	Unknown	Private Equity Fund	n/a	$386M
MPE Partners III (pf), L.P.	2021	Unknown	Private Equity Fund	n/a	$1.4M
MPE Partners III (te), L.P.	2021	Unknown	Private Equity Fund	n/a	$151M
MPE Partners II (pf), LP	2017	Mature	Private Equity Fund	n/a	$4.6M
MPE Partners II Te, LP	2017	Mature	Private Equity Fund	n/a	$60.0M
MPE Partners II, LP	2017	Mature	Private Equity Fund	n/a	$210M
MPE Partners Pf LP	n/a	Mature	Private Equity Fund	n/a	$3.3M
MPE Partners LP	n/a	Mature	Private Equity Fund	n/a	$12.8M
MPE Fund IV	n/a	Unknown	n/a	n/a	n/a

Investments

Company	State	Role	Control	Invested	Exited	Status
NANUK Gear Protection Inc.	n/a	platform	control	Apr 8, 2026	n/a	active
Intermatic	n/a	platform	control	Apr 23, 2025	n/a	active
SKB Cases	n/a	platform	control	Jan 21, 2025	n/a	active
Allegheny Contracting	Pa	Add on	control	Aug 22, 2024	n/a	active
Laco Industries, LLC	IL	standalone	control	Jul 23, 2024	n/a	active
La Co Industries	n/a	platform	control	Jul 23, 2024	n/a	active
Bar Holdings, Inc.	n/a	unknown	unknown	Jul 11, 2024	n/a	active
BAF Industries	CA	platform	control	May 9, 2024	n/a	active
SabCon Underground	FL	Add on	control	Apr 18, 2024	n/a	active
Webster	Oh	platform	control	Mar 6, 2024	n/a	active
Webster Industries, Inc	Oh	platform	control	Mar 6, 2024	n/a	unknown
P&S Detail Products	CA	Add on	control	Jan 10, 2024	n/a	active
RBL Products and Kwik Paint Products	Mi	Add on	control	Oct 30, 2023	n/a	active
MID States Bolt & Screw Co, Inc.	Mi	standalone	control	Oct 19, 2023	n/a	active
Precision Pipeline LLC	Oh	standalone	control	Aug 17, 2023	n/a	active
Les Industries Flexpipe, Inc.	n/a	platform	control	Jul 5, 2023	n/a	active
Tide Tamer	Nc	platform	control	Nov 28, 2022	n/a	active
Jack Richeson & Co., Inc.	n/a	platform	control	Aug 11, 2022	n/a	active
Pacific Power Group, LLC	n/a	platform	control	Aug 9, 2022	n/a	active
3D International	n/a	unknown	unknown	Jul 19, 2022	n/a	active
Hi-Tech	Mi	platform	control	May 5, 2022	n/a	active
Inkcups	n/a	platform	control	Jan 11, 2022	n/a	active
DecoArt	n/a	platform	control	Oct 15, 2021	n/a	active
Sports Molding, LLC	Ut	platform	control	Aug 4, 2021	n/a	active
Waterfront Brands	n/a	platform	control	Jul 27, 2021	n/a	active
Ideal Aluminum	n/a	platform	control	Jul 19, 2021	n/a	active
80/20 Inc.	In	unknown	unknown	Mar 3, 2021	n/a	active
Mshs	n/a	unknown	unknown	Feb 22, 2021	n/a	exited
Mshs	n/a	platform	control	Feb 22, 2021	n/a	active
Teel Plastics	n/a	platform	control	Feb 5, 2020	n/a	active

Relationships

showing 80 of 176

Invested in (45)

→ La Co IndustriesCompanyplatform
Jul 23, 2024 to presentfactNews and newswire, DFX's own graph
→ InkcupsCompanyplatform
Jan 11, 2022 to presentfactNews and newswire, DFX's own graph
→ Teel PlasticsCompanyplatform
Feb 5, 2020 to presentfactNews and newswire, DFX's own graph
→ SKB Cases & NANUKCompanyunknown
factDFX's own graph
→ Ideal AluminumCompanyplatform
Jul 19, 2021 to presentfactNews and newswire, DFX's own graph
→ Laco Industries, LLCCompanystandalone
Jul 23, 2024 to presentfactDFX's own graph
→ Webster Industries RenoldCompanyunknown
factDFX's own graph
→ DigCompanyunknown
factDFX's own graph
→ Mid States Bolt ScrewCompanyunknown
factDFX's own graph
→ Central Coated Products Sun AmericaCompanyunknown
factDFX's own graph
→ Waterfront BrandsCompanyplatform
Jul 27, 2021 to presentfactNews and newswire, DFX's own graph
→ Appearance Technology GroupCompanyplatform
factNews and newswire, DFX's own graph
→ Delphi Infrastructure Group (DIG)Companyunknown
factDFX's own graph
→ DecoArtCompanyplatform
Oct 15, 2021 to presentfactNews and newswire, DFX's own graph
→ MID States Bolt & Screw Co, Inc.Companystandalone
Oct 19, 2023 to presentfactDFX's own graph, News and newswire
→ IntermaticCompanyplatform
Apr 23, 2025 to presentfactNews and newswire, DFX's own graph
→ Garmat USACompanyplatform
Jun 27, 2019 to presentfactNews and newswire, DFX's own graph
→ BonaDentCompanyunknown
factDFX's own graph
→ Skb Cases NanukCompanyunknown
factDFX's own graph
→ Webster Industries & RenoldCompanyunknown
factDFX's own graph
→ Central Coated Products & Sun AmericaCompanyunknown
factDFX's own graph
→ Precision Pipeline LLCCompanystandalone
Aug 17, 2023 to presentfactDFX's own graph, News and newswire
→ Webster Industries, IncCompanyplatform
Mar 6, 2024 to presentfactDFX's own graph
→ Allegheny ContractingCompanyAdd on
Aug 22, 2024 to presentfactNews and newswire
→ Precision Pipeline ServicesCompanyplatform
factNews and newswire
→ Glass Technology Concepts, LLCCompanyunknown
factNews and newswire
→ Polytek Development Corp.Companyplatform
Oct 22, 2018 to presentfactNews and newswire
→ Les Industries Flexpipe, Inc.Companyplatform
Jul 5, 2023 to presentfactNews and newswire
→ Jack Richeson & Co., Inc.Companyplatform
Aug 11, 2022 to presentfactNews and newswire
→ Tide TamerCompanyplatform
Nov 28, 2022 to presentfactNews and newswire
and 15 more

Manages (2)

→ MPE Partners II, LPFund
factNews and newswire
→ MPE Fund IVFund
factNews and newswire

Employs (13)

→ Constantine ElefterPersonPartner
factNews and newswire
→ Graham SchenaPersonPartner
factNews and newswire
→ Joe MachadoPersonPartner
factNews and newswire
→ Tom WyzaPersonVice President
factNews and newswire
→ Karen TuletaPersonPartner
factNews and newswire
→ Nick StenderPersonVice President
factNews and newswire
→ Michael DuffyPersonVice President
factNews and newswire
→ Matt YohePersonPrincipal
factNews and newswire
→ Lukas SontichPersonVice President
factNews and newswire
→ Brendan NewmanPersonVice President
factNews and newswire
→ Peter TaftPersonPartner
factNews and newswire
→ Rory MacLellanPersonVice President
factNews and newswire
→ Mike DuffyPersonVice President
factNews and newswire

Dated events

40 bookkeeping events (roster, classification and holdings changes) folded below

Show 40 bookkeeping events

First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Completes Sale of MSHS & PPG to ISS
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Completes Sale of 80/20 to Littlejohn & Co.
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners and Webster Industries Announce the Acquisition of Renold Plc
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners and Delphi Infrastructure Group Announce the Acquisition of JMF Underground
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Promotes Joshua Liebow to Partner
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces the Formation of a New Food Packaging Platform with Investments in Central Coated Products and Sun America
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces New Platform Investment in Intermatic
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces Investment in SKB Cases
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners and Precision Pipeline Services Announce the Acquisition of Allegheny Contracting
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces Investment in LA-CO Industries
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners and Webster Industries Announce Strategic Investment in Allor-Plesh Manufacturing
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners and Appearance Technology Group Announce the Acquisition of BAF Industries
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners and Precision Pipeline Announce the Acquisition of SabCon Underground
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces Investment in Webster Industries
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners and Appearance Technology Group Announce the Acquisition of P&S Detail Products
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces the Formation of Appearance Technology Group and Acquisition of RBL Products and Kwik Paint Products
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces Investment in Mid-States Bolt & Screw Co.
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces the Recapitalization of Precision Pipeline
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Closes Fund IV at $633 Million
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners and 80/20 Announce the Acquisition of Flexpipe
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces Two Senior Team Promotions
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners and Waterfront Brands Announce the Acquisition of Tide Tamer
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Promotes Elefter to Partner
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners and DecoArt Announce the Acquisition of Jack Richeson
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners and MSHS Announce the Acquisition of Pacific Power Group
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces Strategic Investment in 3D International
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces the Recapitalization of Hi-Tech Industries
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces the Sale of dlhBOWLES, Inc.
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces the Recapitalization of Inkcups
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces the Sale of Plastic Components, Inc.
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces the Recapitalization of DecoArt
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners and Plastic Components, Inc. Announce the Acquisition of Sports Molding, LLC
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces the Recapitalization of Waterfront Brands
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces an Investment in Ideal Aluminum, LLC
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces Key Addition to its Senior Investment Team
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces Investment in 80/20 Inc.
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces the Recapitalization of MSHS Group
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Announces the Sale of Glass Technology Concepts, LLC
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners Closes $420M Fund III
First seen by DFX
Sep 15, 2026
date not stated
MPE Partners and SKB Cases Announce the Acquisition of Nanuk Gear Protection

Who to call

the organisation, the role and the published line, with the filing or website that published it; revealed to signed-in accounts

The firm's published line

Revealable: 1 business phone (Form ADV), 1 office address (Form ADV), 1 website (Form ADV) · as of 2026-09-13

Joe Machado
Partner · Revealable: 1 professional profile (firm website)
Nick Stender
Principal · Revealable: 1 professional profile (firm website)
Matt Yohe
Partner · Revealable: 1 professional profile (firm website)
Lukas Sontich
Vice President · Revealable: 1 professional profile (firm website)
Brendan Newman
Vice President · Revealable: 1 professional profile (firm website)

Also named here, with no published line of their own (reach them through the firm): Constantine Elefter (Principal), Graham Schena (Principal), Tom Wyza (Vice President), Karen Tuleta (Partner), Michael Duffy (Vice President), Peter Taft (Partner), Rory MacLellan (Vice President), Mike Duffy (Vice President).

Who to call is the organisation, the person's role and the line they published themselves: a business phone, office address, website or profile link from Form ADV, Form 13F or their own website, with that source named on every value. The counts above are what a reveal returns; a personal email is rarely published, so most reveals are the firm's line. Never data bought from a provider, never anything personal. Reveals by plan

Provenance

Graph: Private Equity
Canonical id: dfx:pe:4ea3a800-29d1-49e1-a01e-0918408ed83c
First observed: Sep 13, 2026
Last observed: Sep 15, 2026 4 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings, Firm and issuer disclosures, News and newswire
4 registered feeds stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
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.

MPE Partners

Private Equity

Cleveland, OH

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Fund

Vintage

Lifecycle

ADV type

Form D sold

GAV

LPs

MPE Partners IV (te) L.P.

2024

Unknown

Private Equity Fund

n/a

$235M

MPE Partners IV, L.P.

2024

Unknown

Private Equity Fund

n/a

$398M

MPE Partners III, L.P.

2021

Unknown

Private Equity Fund

n/a

$386M

MPE Partners III (pf), L.P.

2021

Unknown

Private Equity Fund

n/a

$1.4M

MPE Partners III (te), L.P.

2021

Unknown

Private Equity Fund

n/a

$151M

MPE Partners II (pf), LP

2017

Mature

Private Equity Fund

n/a

$4.6M

MPE Partners II Te, LP

2017

Mature

Private Equity Fund

n/a

$60.0M

MPE Partners II, LP

2017

Mature

Private Equity Fund

n/a

$210M

MPE Partners Pf LP

n/a

Mature

Private Equity Fund

n/a

$3.3M

MPE Partners LP

n/a

Mature

Private Equity Fund

n/a

$12.8M

MPE Fund IV

n/a

Unknown

n/a

Company

State

Role

Control

Invested

Exited

Status

NANUK Gear Protection Inc.

n/a

platform

control

Apr 8, 2026

n/a

active

Intermatic

n/a

platform

control

Apr 23, 2025

n/a

active

SKB Cases

n/a

platform

control

Jan 21, 2025

n/a

active

Allegheny Contracting

Add on

control

Aug 22, 2024

n/a

active

Laco Industries, LLC

standalone

control

Jul 23, 2024

n/a

active

La Co Industries

n/a

platform

control

Jul 23, 2024

n/a

active

Bar Holdings, Inc.

n/a

unknown

Jul 11, 2024

n/a

active

BAF Industries

platform

control

May 9, 2024

n/a

active

SabCon Underground

Add on

control

Apr 18, 2024

n/a

active

Webster

platform

control

Mar 6, 2024

n/a

active

Webster Industries, Inc

platform

control

Mar 6, 2024

n/a

unknown

P&S Detail Products

Add on

control

Jan 10, 2024

n/a

active

RBL Products and Kwik Paint Products

Add on

control

Oct 30, 2023

n/a

active

MID States Bolt & Screw Co, Inc.

standalone

control

Oct 19, 2023

n/a

active

Precision Pipeline LLC

standalone

control

Aug 17, 2023

n/a

active

Les Industries Flexpipe, Inc.

n/a

platform

control

Jul 5, 2023

n/a

active

Tide Tamer

platform

control

Nov 28, 2022

n/a

active

Jack Richeson & Co., Inc.

n/a

platform

control

Aug 11, 2022

n/a

active

Pacific Power Group, LLC

n/a

platform

control

Aug 9, 2022

n/a

active

3D International

n/a

unknown

Jul 19, 2022

n/a

active

Hi-Tech

platform

control

May 5, 2022

n/a

active

Inkcups

n/a

platform

control

Jan 11, 2022

n/a

active

DecoArt

n/a

platform

control

Oct 15, 2021

n/a

active

Sports Molding, LLC

platform

control

Aug 4, 2021

n/a

active

Waterfront Brands

n/a

platform

control

Jul 27, 2021

n/a

active

Ideal Aluminum

n/a

platform

control

Jul 19, 2021

n/a

active

80/20 Inc.

unknown

Mar 3, 2021

n/a

active

Mshs

n/a

unknown

Feb 22, 2021

n/a

exited

Mshs

n/a

platform

control

Feb 22, 2021

n/a

active

Teel Plastics

n/a

platform

control

Feb 5, 2020

n/a

active