This sponsor

Independent sponsorVerified sponsor· Denver, CO
Observed deals
2
Principals
4
Latest deal
Feb 2026
As of · the mandate; 7 observations on record

The sponsor's name, 1 additional person, 2 additional capital, identity and service provider links, 1 additional deal or portfolio company

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

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Who they are
Denver, CO · 5 people named
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
2 observed deals · latest Feb 2026
2 platforms
Consumer services
too few deals to say (2 on record)
Portfolio
Who finances them
Lenders: Fidus Capital
Who to call
a named professional
Reveal a line
Latest: Deal, Feb 2026
Key people
5 people · 1 with a confirmed email · 0 with a direct phone

ranked by who matters most in a conversation with this firm

  • Founder & Managing Partner
    Executive

    Founder & Managing Partner, the firm's investment decision-maker

  • Partner
    Operations

    Partner, a senior member of the deal team

    • Confirmed professional email available
  • Partner
    Operations

    Partner, a senior member of the deal team

  • Partner
    Operations

    Partner, a senior member of the deal team

  • SVP of Finance
    Finance

    SVP of Finance, runs the firm's finances

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: 2 announced transactions as buyer
What they claim, and what they have done
Observed
  • 2 platform or control deals, Sep 12, 2024 to Feb 1, 2026
  • 0 add-ons bought by its portfolio companies
  • 0 recapitalizations, 0 minority stakes
  • Platform targets by state: TX 1
Claimed on its own website
  • Sector thesis: Industrial manufacturing
What the filings and deals add up to
Sectors transacted
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
Sep 12, 2024Thrust Flight, LLC
Consumer services, TX
Fidus Capitalcapital provider, lenderNot disclosedpeprofessional.com
Sep 12, 2024Thrust Flight, LLC
Consumer services, TX
Capital providercapital providerNot disclosedpeprofessional.com
Service provider relationships

2 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
The most recent deal of theirs we could classify by sector closed Sep 12, 2024, outside the two-year window this list reads.

Read from the sectors this firm has actually bought in: consumer services (1).

What have they done
Platform and control deals (2)
  1. Feb 2026Platform acquisitionconfidence 80%
    this sponsor acquired Tailwind Hospitality
    Deal team: 3 firms · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com
  2. Sep 12, 2024Platform acquisitionconfidence 80%
    this sponsor acquired Thrust Flight, LLC (Addison, TX)
    Philpott Ball & Werner, LLC · AdvisorFidus Capital · Capital provider · Capital providerMcGuireWoods LLP · Counsel
    Deal team: 2 firms · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) peprofessional.com · summitparkllc.com summitparkllc.com
No vehicles linked.
  1. Sep 12, 2024Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) peprofessional.com
  2. Sep 12, 2024Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) peprofessional.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 professionalPartner
  • UnnamedPartner
  • a named professionalPartner
Team, as the firm lists it
  • John PainterSVP of Finance
Who to call
the organisation, the role and the published line, with the filing or website that published it; revealed to signed-in accounts

Also named here, with no published line of their own (reach them through the firm): (Partner), a named professional (Partner), a named professional (Partner), John Painter (SVP of Finance).

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 (2)
Evidence
FactValueClassSource
Entity kindIndependent sponsor firmInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
Entity kindUnknown investment entityInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
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