This sponsor

Independent sponsorVerified sponsor· New York, NY
Observed deals
2
Principals
2
Latest deal
Feb 2026
As of · the mandate; 8 observations on record

The sponsor's name, 18 additional capital, identity and service provider links, 8 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
New York, NY · 2 people named
What they buy (claimed)
No size stated on the firm's own site.
founder family
As the firm states it, not checked against its deals.
What they have done
2 observed deals · latest Feb 2026
2 platforms
Manufacturing
too few deals to say (2 on record)
Portfolio
Who finances them
Lenders: Principal Alternative Credit
Equity partners: a partner
Who to call
a named professional
Latest: Deal, Feb 2026
Key people
2 people · 0 with a confirmed email · 0 with a direct phone

ranked by who matters most in a conversation with this firm

  • Partner and Co-Founder
    Investment

    Partner and Co-Founder, the firm's investment decision-maker

  • Partner and Co-Founder
    Investment

    Partner and Co-Founder, the firm's investment decision-maker

Why this kind
  • for: 2 announced transactions as buyer
What they claim, and what they have done
Observed
  • 2 platform or control deals, Jan 22, 2025 to Feb 1, 2026
  • 0 add-ons bought by its portfolio companies
  • 0 recapitalizations, 0 minority stakes
  • Platform targets by state: TX 1, PA 1
Claimed on its own website
  • Sectors: Business services, Tech enabled services, Industrial services, Energy services
  • Founder or family owned (unaudited quote): yes
What the filings and deals add up to
Sectors transacted
Industrial manufacturing (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
Feb 1, 2026ILS Gummies LLC
Manufacturing, TX
Capital providerequity providerNot disclosedpeprofessional.com
Feb 1, 2026ILS Gummies LLC
Manufacturing, TX
a capital providerco sponsorNot disclosedpeprofessional.com
Service provider relationships
  • Tyler Finn (counsel) on 1 of 1 observed transactions where its counsel is known, since 2025. deal 1

7 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 this sector · 1 of this firm's own deals read in them · most recent of theirs observed Sep 9, 2026.

  • Greyrock Capital GroupManufacturing19 deals in manufacturing, latest Mar 15, 2026
    seen as equity coinvest, equity provider, lender, mezzanine
  • Tecum CapitalManufacturing13 deals in manufacturing, latest Sep 9, 2026
    seen as capital provider, co sponsor, equity coinvest, equity provider
  • Merit Capital PartnersManufacturing11 deals in manufacturing, latest Mar 4, 2025
    seen as capital provider, co sponsor, equity coinvest, equity provider

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

What have they done
Platform and control deals (2)
  1. Feb 2026Platform acquisitionconfidence 85%
    this sponsor acquired ILS Gummies LLC (Mckinney, TX)
    · Capital providera capital provider · Co sponsora capital provider · Co sponsorFoley & Lardner LLP · Counsel
    Deal team: 1 firm · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) peprofessional.com · foley.com foley.com · nutraingredients.com nutraingredients.com
  2. Jan 22, 2025Platform acquisitionconfidence 80%
    this sponsor acquired Life Science Connect (Pittsburgh, PA)
    Principal Alternative Credit · Capital providera capital provider · Capital providera capital provider · Co sponsorChapman & Cutler LLP · CounselLippes Mathias LLP · CounselDentons Cohen & Grigsby · CounselMcGuireWoods LLP · Counsela capital provider · Equity provider
    Deal team: 4 firms · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) lippes.com · lippes.com lippes.com · jdsupra.com jdsupra.com · pulse2.com pulse2.com · latticeworkcapital.com latticeworkcapital.com
No vehicles linked.
  1. Feb 1, 2026Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) peprofessional.com
  2. Jan 22, 2025Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) lippes.com
  3. Jan 22, 2025Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) lippes.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 and Co-Founder
  • UnnamedPartner and Co-Founder
Who to call
the organisation, the role and the published line, with the filing or website that published it; revealed to signed-in accounts
  • Partner and Co-Founder · Revealable: 1 professional profile (the firm's own page)
  • a named professional
    Partner and Co-Founder · 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 (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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No password, no account. One line per change, with the source.
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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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