This sponsor

Independent sponsorVerified sponsor· US
Observed deals
1
Principals
3
Latest deal
Jul 2025
As of · the mandate; 12 observations on record

The sponsor's name, 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
6 people named
What they buy (claimed)
No size stated on the firm's own site.
control, founder family, platform
As the firm states it, not checked against its deals.
What they have done
1 observed deal · latest Jul 2025
1 platform
Tech-enabled and IT services, Healthcare services, Business services, Industrial services, Manufacturing
too few deals to say (1 on record)
Portfolio
Who finances them
No financing observed on their deals yet.
Who to call
a named professional
Latest: Deal, Jul 2025
Key people
3 people · 0 with a confirmed email · 0 with a direct phone

ranked by who matters most in a conversation with this firm

  • Managing Partner
    Investment

    Named on 1 transaction in DFX.

  • Partner
    Investment

    Partner, a senior member of the deal team

  • Vice President
    Investment

    Vice President, on the deal team

Why this kind
  • no decisive evidence on the tape; this stays unclassified
What they claim, and what they have done
Observed
  • 1 platform or control deal, Jul 1, 2025 to Jul 1, 2025
  • 0 add-ons bought by its portfolio companies
  • 0 recapitalizations, 0 minority stakes
Claimed on its own website
  • Sectors: Industrial services, Business services, Tech enabled services, Industrial manufacturing, Healthcare services
  • Geography (unaudited quote): Canada
  • Control (unaudited quote): yes
  • Founder or family owned (unaudited quote): yes
  • Platforms (unaudited quote): yes
Portfolio, as listed on the firm's site (2)
  • Entro
    Entro is a global leader in experiential design, placemaking, and wayfinding, creating award-winning, data-driven environments that improve navigation, engagement, and user experience across diverse destinations.
  • Impact XM
    Impact XM is a global experiential marketing agency that creates insight-led brand experiences for leading brands.
The firm's own listing, not an observed transaction: no date, structure or counterparty is claimed.
What the filings and deals add up to

No mandate inferred yet: nothing observed beyond the entity's existence.

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

No capital provider has been observed financing this sponsor in an announcement yet.

Service provider relationships
  • Olek (counsel) on 1 of 1 observed transactions where its counsel is known, since 2025. deal 1
  • Koeppel (counsel) on 1 of 1 observed transactions where its counsel is known, since 2025. deal 1

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

Legal (1)
Tax (1)
Who finances deals like theirs
No deal of this firm is on a company DFX could classify by sector, so there is nothing to compare it against.
What have they done
Platform and control deals (1)
  1. Jul 2025Platform acquisitionconfidence 80%
    this sponsor acquired Entro Communications (Toronto)
    Lippes Mathias LLP · Counsel
    Deal team: 1 firm · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) lippes.com · lippes.com lippes.com · astriaelevate.com astriaelevate.com · prnewswire.com prnewswire.com
No vehicles linked.
What appears to be their current activity

No vehicle filed in the last 12 months.

Principals, from the firm's own site
  • a named professionalVice President
  • a named professionalManaging Partner
  • a named professionalPartner
Team, as the firm lists it
  • Michael Comstock
  • Mike Naft
  • Ryan Henington
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) · as of 2026-09-17
  • a named professional
    Managing Partner · Revealable: 1 professional profile (the firm's own page)
  • a named professional
    Partner · Revealable: 1 professional profile (the firm's own page)
  • a named professional
    Vice President · Revealable: 1 professional profile (the firm's own page)
  • Michael Comstock
    Revealable: 1 professional profile (the firm's own page)
  • Mike Naft
    Revealable: 1 professional profile (the firm's own page)
  • Ryan Henington
    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 (1)
Evidence
FactValueClassSource
Entity kindIndependent sponsor firmFactSBIA Independent Sponsor Forum roster sbia.org
Entity kindUnknown investment entityInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
Mandatestates: business services, healthcare services, industrial manufacturingInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
Mandatestates: business services, healthcare services, industrial manufacturingInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
Sponsor classificationIndependent sponsor firmFactSBIA Independent Sponsor Forum roster sbia.org
Stated portfolio3 listed: Entro; Impact XM;FactIndependent sponsor firm websites (the firm's own contact and team pages) no URL
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