This sponsor
- Observed deals
- 16
- Principals
- 2
- Latest deal
- May 2025
The sponsor's name, 10 additional capital, identity and service provider links, 49 additional deals and portfolio companies, 2 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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- bbbtankservices.com
- ceswaterquality.com
- filmsandgraphics.com
ranked by who matters most in a conversation with this firm
- Managing DirectorInvestment
Managing Director, a senior member of the deal team
- Confirmed professional email available
- Direct professional line available
- Managing DirectorInvestment
Managing Director, a senior member of the deal team
- Confirmed professional email available
- Direct professional line available
2 confirmed professional emails and 2 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: 16 announced transactions as buyer
- 5 platform or control deals, Jul 1, 2014 to Apr 20, 2021
- 10 add-ons bought by its portfolio companies
- 0 recapitalizations, 1 minority stakes
- Platform targets by state: TX 2, FL 1, AL 1, WV 1
- Sector thesis: Industrial manufacturing, Energy services
- Add-ons (unaudited quote): yes
- Sectors transacted
- Industrial services (7); Specialty distribution (4); Industrial manufacturing (2); Business services (2)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 relationshipCommercial Energy Specialists Holdings LLC (dba Aquafinity) has financed 2 observed this sponsor transactions (2023 to 2025).Roles: capital provider, equity provider
- May 1, 2025Aquatic Specialty Services, Inc.turningbasin.com
- Jul 12, 2023Aquatic Environmental Systems, Inc.turningbasin.com
- Repeat relationshipCommercial Energy Specialists Holdings LLC has financed 2 observed this sponsor transactions (2021 to 2022).Roles: capital provider, equity provider
- Jan 20, 2022Duffield Aquatics, Inc.turningbasin.com
- Dec 16, 2021Knorr Systems, Inc.turningbasin.com
- a capital provider financed this sponsor on its deal for BBB Tank Services (2016). Roles: equity coinvest, equity provider, lender, senior debt. turningbasin.com
| Date | Company | Financed by | Role | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2025 | Aquatic Specialty Services, Inc. Specialty distribution, WA | Commercial Energy Specialists Holdings LLC (dba Aquafinity) | equity provider | Not disclosed | no URL |
| Jul 12, 2023 | Aquatic Environmental Systems, Inc. Specialty distribution, AZ | Commercial Energy Specialists Holdings LLC (dba Aquafinity) | equity provider | Not disclosed | no URL |
- Aleutian Capital GroupMedium confidence1 observed engagementSell-side advisor. Most recent deal, Apr 20, 2021 aleutiancapital.com
- Parcrest Advisors1 observed engagementSell-side advisor. Most recent deal, Apr 20, 2021 prnewswire.com
- Global Growth PartnersMedium confidence1 observed engagementSell-side advisor. Most recent deal, Jan 4, 2017 turningbasin.com
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 4 sectors · 15 of this firm's own deals read in them · most recent of theirs observed Jan 29, 2025.
- Peninsula Capital Partners, L.L.C.Specialty distribution7 deals in specialty distribution, latest Oct 15, 2022seen as co sponsor, equity coinvest, equity provider, lender
- seen as equity coinvest, equity provider, lender, mezzanine
- seen as equity coinvest, equity provider, lender, mezzanine
Read from the sectors this firm has actually bought in: industrial services (7), specialty distribution (4), business services (2), manufacturing (2).
- May 1, 2025Add onconfidence 90%Commercial Energy Specialists Holdings LLC (dba Aquafinity) · Capital providerDeal page · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
- Jul 12, 2023Add onconfidence 90%Commercial Energy Specialists Holdings LLC (dba Aquafinity) · Capital providerDeal page · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
- Oct 2022Add onconfidence 85%Deal page · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) connect-bridgeport.com · shalepro.com shalepro.com
- May 1, 2025Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
- Jul 12, 2023Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
- Jan 20, 2022Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
- Jan 5, 2022Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
- Dec 16, 2021Acquisition announcedDFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) no URL
No vehicle filed in the last 12 months.
- UnnamedManaging Director
- UnnamedManaging Director
- A. Hugh Ewing IIIAdvisor (Advisory Board and Investment Committee)
- Managing Director · 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)
- Managing Director · 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)
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| Fact | Value | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entity kind | Independent sponsor firm | Fact | 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 | Richmond, VA | Fact | Independent sponsor firm websites (the firm's own contact and team pages) no URL |
| Sponsor classification | Independent sponsor firm | Fact | 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
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