This sponsor

Independent sponsorVerified sponsor· New York, NY
Observed deals
7
Principals
5
Latest deal
Jun 2025
As of · the mandate; 15 observations on record

The sponsor's name, 2 additional people, 6 additional capital, identity and service provider links, 15 additional deals and portfolio companies, 1 verified contact (1 email)

Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.

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Who they are
New York, NY · 6 people named
What they buy (claimed)
No size stated on the firm's own site.
minority
As the firm states it, not checked against its deals.
What they have done
7 observed deals · latest Jun 2025
3 platforms, 2 add-ons
Healthcare services, Business services, Manufacturing
7 deals, too few with a known size to say
Portfolio
Who finances them
Lenders: Plexus Capital, LLC
Equity partners: a partner
Who to call
a named professional
Reveal a line (email on record)
Latest: Deal, Jun 2025
Key people
5 people · 5 with a confirmed email · 0 with a direct phone

ranked by who matters most in a conversation with this firm

  • Managing Partner

    Named on 2 transactions in DFX.

    • Confirmed professional email available
  • Managing Director

    Named on 2 transactions in DFX.

    • Confirmed professional email available
  • Managing Director

    Managing Director, a senior member of the deal team

    • Confirmed professional email available
  • Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer

    Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer, runs the firm's finances

    • Confirmed professional email available
  • Vice President
    Investment

    Vice President, on the deal team

    • Confirmed professional email available

5 confirmed professional emails 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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Why this kind
  • for: 4 announced transactions as buyer
What they claim, and what they have done
Observed
  • 2 platform or control deals, May 4, 2021 to Jun 1, 2025
  • 2 add-ons bought by its portfolio companies
  • 1 recapitalizations, 2 minority stakes
  • Platform targets by state: IL 1
Claimed on its own website
  • Sector thesis: Industrial manufacturing, Business services, Healthcare services
  • Minority stakes (unaudited quote): yes
Portfolio, as listed on the firm's site (1)
  • ISM
    is a global event sports marketing and management company specializing in customized premium sports hospitality, event sponsorship and client consulting.
The firm's own listing, not an observed transaction: no date, structure or counterparty is claimed.
What the filings and deals add up to
Sectors transacted
Healthcare services (1); Industrial manufacturing (1); 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 them
Observed once
Financing, deal by deal
DateCompanyFinanced byRoleAmountSource
Jun 1, 2025International Sports Management, Inc.
IL
a capital providerco sponsorNot disclosedno URL
May 3, 2022Vic West Brands
Consumer services, TX
Plexus Capital, LLCcapital provider, lenderNot disclosedprnewswire.com
Service provider relationships

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

Legal (3)
Who finances deals like theirs
The most recent deal of theirs we could classify by sector closed May 3, 2022, outside the two-year window this list reads.

Read from the sectors this firm has actually bought in: consumer services (1), healthcare services (1), manufacturing (1).

What have they done
Platform and control deals (1)
  1. Jun 2025Platform acquisitionconfidence 70%
    this sponsor acquired International Sports Management, Inc. (Chicago, IL)
    GHJ · Advisora capital provider · Co sponsor
    Deal team: 1 firm · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL · rockmountaincapital.com rockmountaincapital.com · ghjadvisors.com ghjadvisors.com
Add-ons (1)
  1. May 3, 2022Add onconfidence 93%
    this sponsor acquired Vic West Brands (Austin, TX)
    Plexus Capital, LLC · Capital provider
    Deal page · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com
Recapitalizations (1)
  1. Feb 2, 2022Recapitalizationconfidence 80%
    this sponsor recapitalised Purposebuilt Brands Inc. (Gurnee, IL)
    Deal team: 6 firms · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com
No vehicles linked.
  1. Jun 1, 2025Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
  2. May 3, 2022Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) prnewswire.com
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 professionalChief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer
  • a named professionalManaging Director
Team, as the firm lists it
  • Dov BaronAnalyst
Advisors and operating network
  • Tom HendrenOperating Advisor
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), 1 professional profile (sponsor website), 1 work email (sponsor website) · as of 2026-09-17
  • a named professional
    Managing Director · Revealable: 1 work email (the firm's own page)
  • a named professional
    Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer · Revealable: 1 work email (the firm's own page)
  • a named professional
    Vice President · Revealable: 1 work email (the firm's own page)
  • Dov Baron
    Analyst · Revealable: 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

Portfolio companies (7)
Evidence
FactValueClassSource
Entity kindIndependent sponsor firmFactSBIA Independent Sponsor Forum roster sbia.org
Entity kindIndependent sponsor firmInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
Entity kindUnknown investment entityInferenceDFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL
HQ locationNew York, NYFactIndependent sponsor firm websites (the firm's own contact and team pages) no URL
Sponsor classificationIndependent sponsor firmFactSBIA Independent Sponsor Forum roster sbia.org

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Across the graphs

This sponsor is the same institution as 1 record in Private Equity.

Private Equity1

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