This sponsor
- Observed deals
- 8
- Principals
- 6
- Latest deal
- 2025
The sponsor's name, 3 additional people, 21 additional capital, identity and service provider links, 25 additional deals and portfolio companies, 2 events
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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- Co-Founder & Managing Director
Named on 1 transaction in DFX.
- Co-Founder & CEO
Named on 4 transactions in DFX.
- Managing Director, CFO & Transaction Partner
Managing Director, CFO & Transaction Partner, a senior member of the deal team
- Principal
Principal, a senior professional at the firm
- Principal
Principal, a senior professional at the firm
3 more on the team, named with the product. See plans
- for: 8 announced transactions as buyer
- 5 platform or control deals, May 5, 2016 to Jan 1, 2025
- 0 add-ons bought by its portfolio companies
- 1 recapitalizations, 2 minority stakes
- Platform targets by state: MI 1, NJ 1, TN 1, ID 1
No buy criteria were read from its website.
- Sectors transacted
- Industrial manufacturing (4); Consumer services (2); Business 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.
- Repeat relationshipa capital provider has financed 2 observed this sponsor transactions (2017).Roles: equity coinvest, equity provider
- Jun 28, 2017Prosteel Security Productsweb.archive.org
- ProSteel Security Holdings, Inc.no URL
- MUFG financed this sponsor on its deal for Rackson Restaurants (2021). Roles: lender, senior debt. restaurantbusinessonline.com
- KeyBank financed this sponsor on its deal for Diedrich Roasters (2016). Roles: lender, senior debt. comunicaffe.com
| Date | Company | Financed by | Role | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2025 | Project BarFly, LLC d/b/a HopCat Consumer services, MI | Capital provider | lender | Not disclosed | no URL |
| Jan 1, 2025 | Project BarFly, LLC d/b/a HopCat Consumer services, MI | Capital provider | equity provider | Not disclosed | no URL |
6 more facts and signals are on record for this page. They name the firms involved and open with Independent Sponsor Intelligence.
- Hallet & Perrin, P.C.Medium confidence1 observed engagementCompany counsel. Most recent deal, Jan 1, 2025 uncommonequity.com
- Much Shelist, P.C.Medium confidence1 observed engagementLegal counsel (side not stated). Most recent deal, Jan 1, 2025 uncommonequity.com
- Jones Walker LLP · Allison Bell, John Zimmer and 2 more1 observed engagementSponsor counsel. Most recent deal, Jul 24, 2023 Jones Walker LLP
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 3 sectors · 7 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: manufacturing (4), consumer services (2), business services (1).
- 2025Platform acquisitionconfidence 92%Uncommon Equity LLC · Capital providerHallet & Perrin, P.C. · CounselMuch Shelist, P.C. · CounselOakNorth Bank PLC · LenderMastodon Ventures, Inc. · Sellside advisorDeal team: 3 firms · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
- Jan 2021Majority investmentconfidence 90%Deal team: 3 firms · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) restaurantbusinessonline.com · restaurantbusinessonline.com restaurantbusinessonline.com · uncommonequity.com uncommonequity.com
- Jul 24, 2023Recapitalizationconfidence 85%Texas Capital Bank · Capital providerOld National Bank · Capital providerJones Walker LLP · CounselVarnum LLP · CounselCalder Capital · Sellside advisorDeal team: 3 firms · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) caldergr.com · caldergr.com caldergr.com · joneswalker.com joneswalker.com · uncommonequity.com uncommonequity.com
- Jan 1, 2025Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
- Jul 24, 2023Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) caldergr.com
- Jan 1, 2021Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) restaurantbusinessonline.com
- Jan 1, 2021Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) web.archive.org
- Jan 1, 2019Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
No vehicle filed in the last 12 months.
- a named professionalManaging Director, CFO & Transaction Partner
- a named professionalPrincipal
- a named professionalDirector of Administration
- Eric SteinerAssociate
- Patrick LoefflerSenior Associate
Also named here, with no published line of their own (reach them through the firm): a named professional (Managing Director, CFO & Transaction Partner), a named professional (Principal), a named professional (Director of Administration), Eric Steiner (Associate), Patrick Loeffler (Senior Associate).
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 | Chicago, IL | 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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