This sponsor

Independent sponsorVerified sponsor· US
Observed deals
24
Principals
0
Latest deal
Aug 2025
As of · the mandate; 5 observations on record

The sponsor's name, 13 additional capital, identity and service provider links, 46 additional deals and portfolio companies

Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.

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Who they are
Location not on record
What they buy (claimed)
No size stated on the firm's own site.
As the firm states it, not checked against its deals.
What they have done
24 observed deals · latest Aug 2025
15 platforms, 7 add-ons
Business services, Healthcare services, Transportation and logistics, Consumer services, Industrial services
targets of 23 to 98 plan participants (DFX estimate from 3 deals)
Portfolio
None on record yet.
Who finances them
Lenders: AIG, Northleaf Capital Partners, Monroe Capital
Who to call
No principal named yet.
Reveal a line
Latest: Deal, Aug 2025
Why this kind
  • for: states it is an independent sponsor (website or mandate text)
  • for: 24 announced transactions as buyer
What they claim, and what they have done
Observed
  • 15 platform or control deals, Jan 1, 2015 to Aug 1, 2025
  • 7 add-ons bought by its portfolio companies
  • 0 recapitalizations, 0 minority stakes
  • Platform targets by state: CA 5, AZ 2, PA 1, NV 1
Claimed on its own website

No buy criteria were read from its website.

What the filings and deals add up to
Independent sponsor stated
true
Facta public announcement or the firm's own page calls it an independent sponsor· 90%· DFX's own graph
Sectors transacted
Business services (7); Healthcare services (6); Transportation logistics (4); Consumer services (4); Industrial services (1)
Factvertical of the acquired targets· 85%· DFX's own graph
How do we know

Verified sponsor. Evidence identifies a firm: a publisher named it as the buyer in an announced transaction, a law firm or capital partner page names it as an independent sponsor, or its own site says so.

Nothing on this page comes from a website claim unless it is labelled as such with the URL.

Who has financed them
Observed once
Financing, deal by deal
DateCompanyFinanced byRoleAmountSource
Jul 1, 2018Emerald Textiles
Business services, CA
Northleaf Capital Partnerscapital provider, lenderNot disclosedhighlandavefunds.com
Jul 1, 2018Emerald Textiles
Business services, CA
AIGcapital providerNot disclosedhighlandavefunds.com
Service provider relationships
  • as investment bank on 1 of 1 observed transactions where its investment bank is known, since 2018. deal 1

4 more facts and signals are on record for this page. They name the firms involved and open with Independent Sponsor Intelligence.

Legal (3)
Who finances deals like theirs

DFX has not observed these firms together on any transaction in our coverage. That is a statement about what DFX has read, not about the firms: a deal that was never announced, or announced without naming its capital, cannot appear here.

Coverage behind this list: 3 providers observed financing sponsors in these 5 sectors · 22 of this firm's own deals read in them · most recent of theirs observed Jun 1, 2026.

  • Capitala GroupHealthcare services3 deals in healthcare services, latest Aug 20, 2025
    seen as equity coinvest, equity provider, lender, senior debt
  • Greyrock Capital GroupHealthcare services3 deals in healthcare services, latest Dec 5, 2023
    seen as co sponsor, equity coinvest, equity provider, lender
  • Tecum CapitalHealthcare services2 deals in healthcare services, latest Jun 1, 2026
    seen as acquisition financing, capital provider, equity coinvest, equity provider

Read from the sectors this firm has actually bought in: business services (7), healthcare services (6), consumer services (4), transportation and logistics (4).

What have they done
Platform and control deals (2)
  1. Aug 2025Majority investmentconfidence 85%
    this sponsor acquired Critacuity Medical Group (Lansdale, PA)
    Deal page · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) highlandavefunds.com · highlandavefunds.com highlandavefunds.com
  2. 2025Platform acquisitionconfidence 60%
    this sponsor acquired Lung Health Service
    Deal page · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) highlandavefunds.com
Transactions it is named in as a party (1)
  1. May 2, 2024Platform acquisitionconfidence 90%
    Valudor Products, LLC (named in the announcement; no firm record yet) acquired LidoChem, Inc.
    Monroe Capital · Capital providerthis sponsor · Co sponsorMonroe Capital · Equity provider
    Deal page · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) monroecap.com · highlandavefunds.com highlandavefunds.com
No vehicles linked.
  1. Jul 1, 2018Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) highlandavefunds.com
  2. Jun 27, 2018Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) monroecap.com
What appears to be their current activity

No vehicle filed in the last 12 months.

Principals on the filings
  • None named.
Portfolio companies (24)
Evidence
FactValueClassSource
Entity kindIndependent sponsor firmInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
Entity kindIndependent sponsor firmInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
Independent sponsor statedtrueFactDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) monroecap.com
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