This sponsor

Independent sponsorVerified sponsor· US
Observed deals
14
Principals
1
Latest deal
Jun 2026
As of · the mandate; 15 observations on record

The sponsor's name, 21 additional capital, identity and service provider links, 73 additional deals and portfolio companies, 2 events, 1 verified contact (1 email)

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

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Who they are
2 people named
What they buy (claimed)
No size stated on the firm's own site.
add on, carve out, founder family, platform
As the firm states it, not checked against its deals.
What they have done
14 observed deals · latest Jun 2026
6 platforms, 8 add-ons
Industrial services, Business services
targets of 29 to 106 plan participants (DFX estimate from 3 deals)
Portfolio
Who finances them
Lenders: Enterprise Bank & Trust, BMO Commercial Bank, Cadence Bank N.A.
Equity partners: a partner, Westco Grounds Maintenance
Who to call
a named professional
Reveal a line (email on record)
Latest: Deal, Jun 2026
Key people
2 people · 1 with a confirmed email · 0 with a direct phone

ranked by who matters most in a conversation with this firm

  • Managing Partner
    Executive

    Managing Partner, the firm's investment decision-maker

    • Confirmed professional email available
  • Senior Associate
    Investment

    Senior Associate, on the deal team

1 confirmed professional email 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: 15 announced transactions as buyer
What they claim, and what they have done
Observed
  • 5 platform or control deals, Jul 31, 2020 to Jan 1, 2026
  • 8 add-ons bought by its portfolio companies
  • 2 recapitalizations, 0 minority stakes
  • Platform targets by state: NC 1, TX 1, SC 1
Claimed on its own website
  • Founder or family owned (unaudited quote): yes
  • Platforms (unaudited quote): yes
What the filings and deals add up to
Sectors transacted
Industrial services (6); Business services (5)
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
Financing, deal by deal
DateCompanyFinanced byRoleAmountSource
Jun 22, 2026DiPonio Contracting
Industrial services, MI
Capital providerequity coinvestNot disclosedno URL
Jun 22, 2026DiPonio Contracting
Industrial services, MI
Capital providerequity provider, equity coinvestNot disclosedno URL
Service provider relationships
  • Dinerstein (counsel) on 9 of 9 observed transactions where its counsel is known, since 2021. deal 1 · deal 2 · deal 3

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

Legal (1)
Investment banking (2)
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 2 sectors · 11 of this firm's own deals read in them · most recent of theirs observed Sep 16, 2025.

  • Midwest Mezzanine FundsIndustrial services8 deals in industrial services, latest May 15, 2025
    seen as equity coinvest, equity provider, lender, mezzanine
  • Centre PartnersIndustrial services6 deals in industrial services, latest Sep 16, 2025
    seen as capital provider, co sponsor, equity coinvest, equity provider
  • Tecum CapitalIndustrial services5 deals in industrial services, latest Nov 10, 2023
    seen as capital provider, equity coinvest, equity provider, lender

Read from the sectors this firm has actually bought in: industrial services (6), business services (5).

What have they done
Platform and control deals (2)
  1. 2026Majority investmentconfidence 75%
    this sponsor acquired Performance Cabling Technologies (Asheboro, NC)
    Deal team: 1 firm · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
  2. Jul 17, 2025Majority investmentconfidence 80%
    this sponsor acquired The Fain Group (Fort Worth, TX)
    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP · Counsel
    Deal team: 1 firm · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
Recapitalizations (1)
  1. Jun 22, 2026Recapitalizationconfidence 90%
    this sponsor recapitalised DiPonio Contracting (Detroit, MI)
    BMO Commercial Bank · Capital providerMorgan Lewis · Counsela capital provider · Equity providera capital provider · Equity providera capital provider · Equity providera capital provider · Equity providera capital provider · Equity providera capital provider · Equity providera capital provider · Equity providera capital provider · Equity provider
    Deal team: 1 firm · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL · evolutionstrategy.com evolutionstrategy.com · natlawreview.com natlawreview.com
No vehicles linked.
  1. Jun 22, 2026Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
  2. Oct 18, 2024Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
  3. Feb 23, 2024Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
  4. Jan 1, 2024Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
  5. Apr 1, 2023Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) genesis-park.com
What appears to be their current activity

No vehicle filed in the last 12 months.

Principals, from the firm's own site
  • a named professionalManaging Partner
Team, as the firm lists it
  • Sean RyanSenior Associate
Advisors and operating network
  • Ken Nguyen
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: 2 business phones (the firm's own page), 1 website (sponsor website), 1 professional profile (sponsor website), 1 work email (sponsor website), 1 contact form (sponsor website) · as of 2026-09-27
  • a named professional
    Managing Partner · Revealable: 1 professional profile (the firm's own page), 1 work email (the firm's own page)
  • Sean Ryan
    Senior Associate · Revealable: 1 professional profile (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 (14)
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
Sponsor classificationIndependent sponsor firmFactSBIA Independent Sponsor Forum roster sbia.org

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Across the graphs

This sponsor is the same institution as 1 record in Private Equity.

Private Equity1

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