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This sponsor
Independent sponsorVerified sponsor· US
As of · the mandate; 6 observations on record
- Observed deals
- 3
- Principals
- 0
- Latest deal
- Sep 2025
As of · the mandate; 6 observations on record
The sponsor's name, 9 additional capital, identity and service provider links, 3 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
Location not on record
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
3 observed deals · latest Sep 2025
2 platforms
Tech-enabled and IT services, Consumer services
3 deals, too few with a known size to say
Portfolio
None on record yet.
Who finances them
Equity partners: a partner
Who to call
No principal named yet.
Latest: Deal, Sep 2025
Why this kind
- for: states it is an independent sponsor (website or mandate text)
- for: 3 announced transactions as buyer
What they claim, and what they have done
Observed
- 2 platform or control deals, Jul 24, 2019 to Sep 16, 2025
- 0 add-ons bought by its portfolio companies
- 0 recapitalizations, 1 minority stakes
- Platform targets by state: UT 1, OH 1
Claimed on its own website
No buy criteria were read from its website.
What the filings and deals add up to
- Independent sponsor stated
- trueFacta public announcement or the firm's own page calls it an independent sponsor· 90%· DFX's own graph
- Sectors transacted
- Tech enabled services (2); 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 themWhat these counts meanCounts are the financings DFX has read in announcements. Most come from lenders' own deal archives, which list a lender's repeat deals with a sponsor but not the sponsor's deals with other lenders, so a repeat relationship shows where one lender publishes and is not a rate at which sponsors return to a lender. Counts undercount and record past financing; DFX does not predict who will finance a deal.
- Repeat relationshipa capital provider has financed 2 observed this sponsor transactions (2024).Roles: equity coinvest, equity provider
- Jun 18, 2024Legato Security Partnersprnewswire.com
- Legato Securityno URL
Observed once
- a capital provider financed this sponsor on its deal for Perfect Feast (2025). Roles: equity coinvest, equity provider. prnewswire.com
- a capital provider financed this sponsor on its deal for Top Echelon Network, LLC (2019). Roles: equity coinvest, equity provider. prweb.com
Financing, deal by deal
| Date | Company | Financed by | Role | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2025 | Perfect Feast Consumer services, UT | a capital provider | equity coinvest, equity provider | Not disclosed | prnewswire.com |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Legato Security Partners Tech-enabled services, UT | a capital provider | equity coinvest | Not disclosed | prnewswire.com |
Service provider relationshipsHow a firm is placed hereCounsel, accountants, bankers, debt advisors and other firms named in a role on one of this sponsor's deals, by the announcement, a filing or the firm's own deal page. Every engagement links its source; medium confidence is labelled.
Legal (3)
- Bennett, Tueller, Johnson & DeereMedium confidence1 observed engagementLegal counsel (side not stated). Most recent deal, Sep 16, 2025 prnewswire.com
- McGuireWoods LLPMedium confidence1 observed engagementLegal counsel (side not stated). Most recent deal, Sep 16, 2025 prnewswire.com
- Troutman Pepper Locke · Allison Pearce, Brian Rose and 2 more1 observed engagementEquity investor counsel. Most recent deal, Sep 16, 2025 Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
Who finances deals like theirsHow this is rankedRanked by deals read in these sectors, not by fit: this is the capital that shows up in announcements around firms like this one, which is a place to start a list and not a prediction about who will finance the next deal.
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 · 3 of this firm's own deals read in them · most recent of theirs observed Jan 1, 2026.
- seen as capital provider, co sponsor, equity coinvest, equity provider
- seen as capital provider, equity coinvest, equity provider
- seen as co sponsor, equity coinvest, equity provider
Read from the sectors this firm has actually bought in: tech-enabled services (2), consumer services (1).
What have they done
Platform and control deals (2)
- Sep 16, 2025Majority investmentconfidence 75%Lucas Horsfall Advisors · AdvisorBennett, Tueller, Johnson & Deere · CounselMcGuireWoods LLP · CounselTroutman Pepper Locke · Counsela capital provider · Equity providerAlpine Business Brokers · Sellside advisorDeal team: 5 firms · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com · prnewswire.com prnewswire.com · genesis-park.com genesis-park.com · troutman.com troutman.com
- Jul 24, 2019Platform acquisitionconfidence 90%a capital provider · Equity providerDeal page · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prweb.com · prweb.com prweb.com · patriotsoftware.com patriotsoftware.com
Minority stakes (1)
- Jun 18, 2024Minority investmentconfidence 85%a capital provider · Equity providerDeal page · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com
No vehicles linked.
- Sep 16, 2025Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com
- Jun 18, 2024Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com
- Jul 24, 2019Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prweb.com
What appears to be their current activity
No vehicle filed in the last 12 months.
Principals on the filings
- None named.
Portfolio companies (3)
Evidence
| Fact | Value | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entity kind | Independent sponsor firm | Inference | DFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL |
| Entity kind | Independent sponsor firm | Inference | DFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL |
| Independent sponsor stated | true | Fact | DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) mcguirewoods.com |