This sponsor

Independent sponsorVerified sponsor· Midland, MI
Observed deals
7
Principals
2
Latest deal
Dec 2021
As of · the mandate; 14 observations on record

The sponsor's name, 1 additional capital, identity or service provider link, 8 additional deals and portfolio companies, 2 verified contacts (1 email, 1 phone)

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

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Who they are
Midland, MI · 2 people named
What they buy (claimed)
revenue $10M to $50M
control
As the firm states it, not checked against its deals.
What they have done
7 observed deals · latest Dec 2021
3 platforms, 3 add-ons
Manufacturing, Distribution
7 deals, too few with a known size to say
Portfolio
None on record yet.
Who finances them
Equity partners: Auto-Lab, LLC
Who to call
No principal named yet.
Reveal a line (email and direct phone on record)
Latest: Deal, Dec 2021
Key people
2 people · 2 with a confirmed email · 2 with a direct phone

ranked by who matters most in a conversation with this firm

  • Managing Director
    Business development

    Managing Director, a senior member of the deal team

    • Confirmed professional email available
    • Direct professional line available
  • Senior Managing Director
    Operations

    Senior Managing Director, a senior member of the deal team

    • Confirmed professional email available
    • Direct professional line available

2 confirmed professional emails and 2 direct lines for the people at this firm

Each one published by the firm or verified, never a guessed pattern, with the page it came from.

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Why this kind
  • for: 7 announced transactions as buyer
What they claim, and what they have done
Observed
  • 3 platform or control deals, Feb 1, 2010 to Jun 30, 2014
  • 3 add-ons bought by its portfolio companies
  • 0 recapitalizations, 0 minority stakes
  • Platform targets by state: IN 1, MI 1, IL 1
Claimed on its own website
  • Sectors: Industrial manufacturing, Specialty distribution
  • Sector thesis: Industrial manufacturing, Specialty distribution
  • Revenue: $10M to $50M
  • Geography (unaudited quote): United States, Midwest
  • Control (unaudited quote): yes
What the filings and deals add up to
Sectors transacted
Industrial manufacturing (4); Specialty distribution (1); Consumer 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
Jan 11, 2012Auto-Lab Franchise Management Corporation
Consumer services, MI
Auto-Lab, LLCequity providerNot disclosedno URL
Service provider relationships

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

Legal (1)
Accounting and QoE (1)
Investment banking (1)
Who finances deals like theirs
The most recent deal of theirs we could classify by sector closed Dec 28, 2021, outside the two-year window this list reads.

Read from the sectors this firm has actually bought in: manufacturing (4), consumer services (1), specialty distribution (1).

What have they done
Add-ons (3)
  1. Dec 28, 2021Add onconfidence 95%
    this sponsor acquired Postmark, Inc. (San Luis Obispo, CA)
    Plante Moran · AdvisorDickinson Wright · Counsel
    Deal team: 2 firms · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL · lv2partners.com lv2partners.com · prweb.com prweb.com
  2. Nov 6, 2017Add onconfidence 90%
    this sponsor acquired Dry-Lam, LLC (Shawnee, KS)
    Deal page · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL · lv2partners.com lv2partners.com · printingnews.com printingnews.com
  3. Sep 11, 2015Add onconfidence 85%
    this sponsor acquired Count Machinery Company (Escondido, CA)
    Deal page · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL · lv2partners.com lv2partners.com · printingnews.com printingnews.com
No vehicles linked.
  1. Jan 11, 2012Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
What appears to be their current activity

No vehicle filed in the last 12 months.

Principals, from the firm's own site
  • UnnamedSenior Managing Director
  • UnnamedManaging Director
Advisors and operating network
  • Press ReleasesInvestors
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 website (sponsor website), 1 professional profile (sponsor website), 4 work emails (sponsor website) · as of 2026-09-17
  • Senior Managing Director · Revealable: 1 business phone (the firm's own page), 1 professional profile (the firm's own page), 1 work email (the firm's own page)
  • Managing Director · Revealable: 1 business phone (the firm's own page), 1 professional profile (the firm's own page), 1 work email (the firm's own page)

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

Portfolio companies (7)
Evidence
FactValueClassSource
Entity kindIndependent sponsor firmFactSBIA Independent Sponsor Forum roster sbia.org
Entity kindIndependent sponsor firmInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
Entity kindUnknown investment entityInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
HQ locationMidland, MIFactIndependent sponsor firm websites (the firm's own contact and team pages) no URL
Sponsor classificationIndependent sponsor firmFactSBIA Independent Sponsor Forum roster sbia.org

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