Ownership and acquisition activityAbout this listWhat changed hands, what probably did, and what moved without a known cause, on the public record of privately held employers.Four classes that are never conflated, and on every row: what changed, the buyer if one is known, whether the line is a fact or an inference, the rule and its measured precision when it is inferred, the source, and when it was last verified.
18,153 rows of activity across the first three classes; 3,532 unresolved departures are listed only when asked for. 1,300 rows name a buyer. The full event tape, every source and every event type, is at Event tape.
Public transaction evidence identifies the ownership transaction, and usually the buyer. The source URL is on the row.
- announced15 Apr 2023Confirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: Midwest Mezzanine and Eagle Private Capital each invested subordinated debt and equity to support West Allen Capital and Clarity Capital in the acquisition of Stealth Manufacturing. (buyer: West Allen Capital)
- announced15 Mar 2023Confirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: Greyrock Fund V provided junior capital to support the acquisition of Eagan Manufacturing by Tuckerman Capital and Fenix Equity Group. (buyer: Fenix Equity Group)
- announced15 Mar 2023Confirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Platform acquisition
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- Tuckerman Capital
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: Greyrock Fund V provided junior capital to support the acquisition of Eagan Manufacturing by Tuckerman Capital and Fenix Equity Group.
- announced24 Feb 2023Confirmed: Recapitalisation
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Recapitalisation
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: went public by share exchange into Vado Corp on 2023-02-24, the year after the last filing, with the AudienceX holders taking 96% of Vado; AudienceX then merged with MBuy in April 2024 (buyer: Vado Corp (reverse merger, Socialcom became a 96.6% owned subsidiary))
- announced15 Jan 2023Confirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: Greyrock Fund V provides subordinated debt and equity to support Edgewater Capital Partners' acquisition of NeoGraf Solutions.
- announced4 Jan 2023Confirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: privately owned since 1962, 80 associates, about $75M revenue, eight locations (buyer: Sonepar (Springfield Electric Supply))
- announced9 Dec 2022Confirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Strategic acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: the US arm of Gorillas; acquired by Getir December 2022 (about $1.2bn for the group) and wound down by 2024, which the final filing (plan year 2024) records (buyer: Getir)
- announced1 Dec 2022Confirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: founded 1992 by Paul George; part of Servis Group, which joined The Facilities Group's platform in December 2022; the final filing is plan year 2023 (buyer: The Facilities Group (via Servis Group))
- announced1 Dec 2022Confirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: label printer founded 1972; PE platform add-on (buyer: Fortis Solutions Group (Harvest Partners platform))
- announced28 Nov 2022Confirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Strategic acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: The three Silicon Valley companies, Mediballoon, MedeonBio and Second Source Medical, along with Medeologix with a mass production facility in Taiwan, form the vertically integrated services (buyer: Medeologix)
- announced15 Nov 2022Confirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: Greyrock Fund V provides subordinated debt and equity to support Desrosier Capital Partners' acquisition of SEI MetalTek.
- announced2 Nov 2022Confirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Strategic acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: medical film and coating maker; PE-backed strategic add-on; the record departure came two plan years later (buyer: Solesis (Altaris portfolio company))
- announced15 Oct 2022Confirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Strategic acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: Southern California Italian foods distributor acquired by Sysco in Q4 2022 and folded into Greco; matches the 2022 last filing (buyer: Sysco Corporation (Greco))
- announced1 Sep 2022Confirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: founded 1981 by Lester and Susan Ranew, sold for $20.8M plus earn-out; the final filing is the next plan year (buyer: ALJ Regional Holdings (OTC: ALJJ))
- announced15 Aug 2022Confirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: Greyrock Fund V provides subordinated debt and equity to support Chaver Capital's acquisition of Daron Worldwide Trading.
- announced11 Aug 2022Confirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Strategic acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: PE platform add-on; the Richeson family stayed in leadership (buyer: DecoArt (MPE Partners platform))
- announced1 Jul 2022Confirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Strategic acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: forklift dealer founded in the late 1960s bought by its OEM; the final filing is the same plan year (buyer: Toyota Material Handling (Toyota Industries North America))
- announced15 Jun 2022Confirmed: Strategic acquisitionMasterdrive, Inc. (formerly BURNS INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO., INC.)Fort Atkinson, WIconfidence 85%DFX research
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Strategic acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: sheave and coupling maker; Solve's third acquisition in 12 months (June 2022); fka Burns Industrial Supply on the filing (buyer: Solve Industrial Motion Group)
- announced24 May 2022Confirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Strategic acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: HR executive search firm dba Frederickson Partners, acquired by Gallagher; final filing two plan years after the deal (buyer: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.)
- announced15 May 2022Confirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: Greyrock provides Marigny Investments with subordinated debt and equity to support its acquisition of Victory Supply. (buyer: Marigny Investments)
- announced15 May 2022Confirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: Greyrock Fund V provides CenterGate Capital with subordinated debt and equity to support its acquisition of Rasmussen Equipment.
- announced15 May 2022Confirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: We formed North Park Group in December 2021 and closed our first acquisition, Elec-Tron, in May 2022.
- announced15 May 2022Confirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: Greyrock Fund V provides subordinated debt and equity to support Chaver Capital's acquisition of Ford Gum.
- announced15 May 2022Confirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: Midwest Mezzanine invested subordinated debt and equity to support HC Private Investments in the acquisition of Prince Industries.
- announced25 Apr 2022Confirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Strategic acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: $135.5M cash; FT Partners advised; the record departure (2023) came the plan year after the deal with no final filing (buyer: Alkami Technology (NASDAQ: ALKT))
- announced1 Apr 2022Confirmed: Recapitalisation
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- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Recapitalisation
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: founder-led (1987) courier combined with ADL Delivery under a PE-backed holding company; the final filing (plan year 2023) is the next plan year (buyer: new holding company with ADL Delivery, backed by Red Dog Equity)
- announced30 Mar 2022Confirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Strategic acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: owned by the Stockdales from 1983 until their deaths in 2018 and 2019, then by the next generation with the president; sold to a private investment manager in March 2022; the record departure (2024) came two years after the deal with no final filing; an owner-death-then-sale case (buyer: Tony Powe, Epoch Capital Management (private investment firm))
- announced15 Mar 2022Confirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: Greyrock provides Altus Capital Partners with subordinated debt and equity to support its acquisition of Winsert.
- announced15 Mar 2022Confirmed: Platform acquisition
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- Confirmed transaction
- Sub-rule
- Platform acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-14
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- Quote: Midwest Mezzanine and Northcreek Mezzanine each invested subordinated debt and equity to support Strength Capital in the acquisition of Western States Reclamation.
- announced2 Mar 2022Confirmed: Strategic acquisition
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- Confirmed transaction
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- Strategic acquisition
- Last verified
- 2026-09-12
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- Quote: marine ignition electronics, net sales over $16M in 2021; acquired by a listed strategic (buyer: Dometic Group (strategic))
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