This sponsor
- Observed deals
- 5
- Principals
- 3
- Latest deal
- Mar 2026
The sponsor's name, 11 additional capital, identity and service provider links, 11 additional deals and portfolio companies
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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- DLG Infrastructure Services platform, Mar 2026
- Stratos Elevator platform, Aug 2024
- Integrity Elevator Solutions platform, Jun 2024
ranked by who matters most in a conversation with this firm
- Managing Partner
Named on 1 transaction in DFX.
- Direct professional line available
- Managing Partner
Managing Partner, the firm's investment decision-maker
- Partner
Partner, a senior member of the deal team
1 direct line 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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- for: 3 announced transactions as buyer
- 4 platform or control deals, Jun 3, 2024 to Mar 1, 2026
- 1 add-ons bought by its portfolio companies
- 0 recapitalizations, 0 minority stakes
- Platform targets by state: TX 4
- Founder or family owned (unaudited quote): yes
- Sectors transacted
- Industrial services (4); Industrial manufacturing (1)Factvertical of the acquired targets· 85%· DFX's own graph
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.
- Repeat relationshipWoodforest National Bank has financed 2 observed this sponsor transactions (2025).Roles: capital provider, lender
- Jan 17, 2025Cornerstone Excavatingprnewswire.com
- Cornerstone On-Site Concreteno URL
- a capital provider financed this sponsor on its deal for Integrity Elevator Solutions (2024). Roles: equity coinvest, equity provider. prnewswire.com
| Date | Company | Financed by | Role | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2025 | Cornerstone Excavating Industrial services, TX | Woodforest National Bank | capital provider, lender | Not disclosed | prnewswire.com |
| Jan 17, 2025 | Cornerstone Ontime Concrete, LLC Manufacturing, TX | Woodforest National Bank | capital provider | Not disclosed | prnewswire.com |
8 more facts and signals are on record for this page. They name the firms involved and open with Independent Sponsor Intelligence.
- Troutman Pepper Locke · Ashley Lopez, Eric Larson and 5 more3 observed engagementsSponsor counsel. Most recent deal, Mar 1, 2026 Troutman Pepper Locke
- Blank Rome2 observed engagementsSeller counsel. Most recent deal, Jan 17, 2025 PR Newswire
- Gilbert & Pardue Transaction Advisors1 observed engagementSell-side advisor. Most recent deal, Mar 1, 2026 PR Newswire
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 · 5 of this firm's own deals read in them · most recent of theirs observed Sep 9, 2026.
- seen as equity coinvest, equity provider, lender, mezzanine
- seen as capital provider, co sponsor, equity coinvest, equity provider
- seen as capital provider, co sponsor, equity coinvest, equity provider
Read from the sectors this firm has actually bought in: industrial services (4), manufacturing (1).
- Mar 2026Platform acquisitionconfidence 80%Deal team: 2 firms · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
- Jan 17, 2025Platform acquisitionconfidence 93%Deal team: 2 firms · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com · prnewswire.com prnewswire.com · troutman.com troutman.com
- Jan 17, 2025Platform acquisitionconfidence 90%Deal team: 2 firms · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com · prnewswire.com prnewswire.com · troutman.com troutman.com
- Jan 17, 2025Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com
- Jan 17, 2025Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com
- Jun 3, 2024Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com
No vehicle filed in the last 12 months.
- a named professionalManaging Partner
- UnnamedPartner
- a named professionalManaging Partner
Also named here, with no published line of their own (reach them through the firm): a named professional (Managing Partner), a named professional (Managing Partner), (Partner).
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
| Fact | Value | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entity kind | Independent sponsor firm | Fact | SBIA Independent Sponsor Forum roster sbia.org |
| Entity kind | Independent sponsor firm | Inference | DFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL |
| Entity kind | Unknown investment entity | Inference | DFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL |
| HQ location | Houston, TX | Fact | Independent sponsor firm websites (the firm's own contact and team pages) no URL |
| Sponsor classification | Independent sponsor firm | Fact | SBIA Independent Sponsor Forum roster sbia.org |
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