This sponsor
- Observed deals
- 11
- Principals
- 4
- Latest deal
- Mar 2026
The sponsor's name, 1 additional person, 16 additional capital, identity and service provider links, 38 additional deals and portfolio companies, 3 events, 2 verified contacts (1 email, 1 phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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- Managing DirectorOrigination
Managing Director, a senior member of the deal team
- Business mobile available
- Managing DirectorExecutive
Managing Director, a senior member of the deal team
- Vice PresidentBusiness development
Vice President, on the deal team
- Confirmed professional email available
- Business mobile available
- Vice PresidentCapital formation
Vice President, on the deal team
- Business mobile available
- AssociateInvestment
Associate, on the deal team
- Confirmed professional email available
- Business mobile available
2 confirmed professional emails and 4 direct lines 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
- 5 platform or control deals, Sep 8, 2017 to Apr 1, 2024
- 1 add-ons bought by its portfolio companies
- 1 recapitalizations, 3 minority stakes
- Platform targets by state: MI 2, PA 1, WY 1
No buy criteria were read from its website.
- Sectors transacted
- Healthcare services (2); Specialty distribution (1); Industrial manufacturing (1); Transportation logistics (1); Business services (1); Industrial services (1); Tech enabled services (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.
- Callodine Commercial Finance financed this sponsor on its deal for Lind Marine (2022). Roles: lender, senior debt. prnewswire.com
- Kingswood Capital Management, L.P. financed this sponsor on its deal for Lind Marine (2022). Roles: capital provider, equity provider. prnewswire.com
- financed this sponsor on its deal for Michigan Chandelier (2020). Roles: capital provider, equity provider. caldergr.com
| Date | Company | Financed by | Role | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | Vivos Therapeutics, Inc. Healthcare services, CO | Capital provider | equity provider | Not disclosed | sec.gov |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Busmax (Busmax Leasing / Busmax Rent-a-Bus / Automax Rent-a-Car) GA | Capital provider | lender | Not disclosed | no URL |
- Greenberg Traurig, LLP1 observed engagementLender counsel. Most recent deal, Aug 1, 2025 Backcast Partners
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP1 observed engagementEquity investor counsel. Most recent deal, Feb 1, 2022 prnewswire.com
- Calder Capital · Ghazey Aleck1 observed engagementSell-side advisor. Most recent deal, Nov 1, 2020 Calder Capital, LLC
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 7 sectors · 8 of this firm's own deals read in them · most recent of theirs observed Jun 25, 2026.
- seen as equity coinvest, equity provider, lender, senior debt
- Custom Computer Specialists (CCS)Tech-enabled services4 deals in tech-enabled services, latest May 16, 2024seen as capital provider, equity provider
- seen as capital provider, equity coinvest, equity provider, lender
Read from the sectors this firm has actually bought in: healthcare services (2), manufacturing (1), business services (1), specialty distribution (1).
- Aug 2025Recapitalizationconfidence 80%this sponsor recapitalised Busmax (Busmax Leasing / Busmax Rent-a-Bus / Automax Rent-a-Car) (Rome, GA)· Capital providerValley Bank · Capital providerGreenberg Traurig, LLP · CounselBackcast Partners · LenderDeal team: 1 firm · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL · senecapartners.com senecapartners.com · prnewswire.com prnewswire.com
- Mar 31, 2026Minority investmentconfidence 85%
- Mar 5, 2026Minority investmentconfidence 75%Deal page · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) pulse2.com
- Mar 31, 2026Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) sec.gov
- Aug 1, 2025Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
- Oct 1, 2023Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) whitewolfcapital.com
- Feb 1, 2022Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com
- Nov 1, 2020Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) caldergr.com
No vehicle filed in the last 12 months.
- a named professionalVice President
- a named professionalVice President
- UnnamedManaging Director
- Dawson SalesAnalyst
- Ari FranklinAssociate
- Managing Director · Revealable: 1 professional profile (the firm's own page)
- a named professionalVice President · Revealable: 1 business phone (the firm's own page), 1 professional profile (the firm's own page), 1 work email (the firm's own page)
- a named professionalVice President · Revealable: 1 business phone (the firm's own page), 1 professional profile (the firm's own page)
- Ari FranklinAssociate · Revealable: 1 business phone (the firm's own page), 1 professional profile (the firm's own page), 1 work email (the firm's own page)
- Dawson SalesAnalyst · Revealable: 1 business phone (the firm's own page), 1 professional profile (the firm's own page), 1 work email (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
| Fact | Value | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backs independent sponsors | stated | Fact | DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL |
| 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 |
| Sponsor classification | Independent sponsor firm | Fact | SBIA Independent Sponsor Forum roster sbia.org |
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This sponsor is the same institution as 2 records in Private Credit and Private Equity.
DFX found 2 relationships across 2 datasets
Which record it is in each graph, what it is called there, and what the two were joined on.
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