This sponsor

Independent sponsorVerified sponsor· US
Observed deals
4
Principals
3
Latest deal
May 2021
As of · the mandate; 15 observations on record

The sponsor's name, 10 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
5 people named
What they buy (claimed)
No size stated on the firm's own site.
add on, control, management buyout, minority, platform
As the firm states it, not checked against its deals.
What they have done
4 observed deals · latest May 2021
4 platforms
Business services, Industrial services, Manufacturing
4 deals, too few with a known size to say
Portfolio
  • Cairn Real Estate Holdings
  • LJP Waste Solutions
  • Ontario Drive & Gear
Who finances them
Equity partners: a partner
Who to call
a named professional
Latest: Deal, May 2021
Key people
4 people · 0 with a confirmed email · 0 with a direct phone

ranked by who matters most in a conversation with this firm

  • Founder
    Executive

    Founder, the firm's investment decision-maker

  • Operating Partner
    Operations

    Named on 1 transaction in DFX.

  • Operating Partner

    Operating Partner, a senior member of the deal team

  • Investment Professional
    Investment

    Investment Professional, on the investment team

Why this kind
  • for: 4 announced transactions as buyer
What they claim, and what they have done
Observed
  • 3 platform or control deals, Apr 4, 2014 to May 3, 2021
  • 0 add-ons bought by its portfolio companies
  • 1 recapitalizations, 0 minority stakes
  • Platform targets by state: TX 1
Claimed on its own website
  • Revenue: $700M and up
  • Geography (unaudited quote): United States, Canada
  • Control (unaudited quote): yes
  • Minority stakes (unaudited quote): yes
  • Add-ons (unaudited quote): yes
  • Platforms (unaudited quote): yes
Portfolio, as listed on the firm's site (2)
  • Ontario Drive & Gear
  • Cairn Real Estate Holdings
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
Business services (2); Industrial services (1); Industrial manufacturing (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
Aug 22, 2014Ontario Drive & Gear
Manufacturing
a capital providerco sponsorNot disclosedsnowgoer.com
Service provider relationships

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

Legal (1)
Investment banking (2)
Who finances deals like theirs
The most recent deal of theirs we could classify by sector closed May 3, 2021, outside the two-year window this list reads.

Read from the sectors this firm has actually bought in: business services (2), manufacturing (1), industrial services (1).

What have they done
Platform and control deals (2)
  1. May 3, 2021Platform acquisitionconfidence 90%
    this sponsor acquired JP & Associates Realtors (JPAR) / JPAR Franchising (Frisco, TX)
    Eaton Partners · Advisor
    Deal team: 1 firm · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) cairnre.com · globenewswire.com globenewswire.com
  2. Aug 22, 2014Platform acquisitionconfidence 75%
    this sponsor acquired Ontario Drive & Gear (New Hamburg)
    a capital provider · Co sponsor
    Deal page · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) snowgoer.com
Recapitalizations (1)
  1. Apr 29, 2015Recapitalizationconfidence 85%
    this sponsor recapitalised BrandShare (New York, NY)
    Petsky Prunier · Advisor
    Deal team: 2 firms · DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) canaccordgenuity.com
No vehicles linked.
  1. Aug 22, 2014Acquisition announced
    DFX analyst research (General-assisted, every claim URL-cited) snowgoer.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 professionalInvestment Professional
  • a named professionalFounder
  • a named professionalOperating Partner
Team, as the firm lists it
  • Steven TreppOperating Partner
  • Josh HydeInvestment Professional
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 contact form (sponsor website) · as of 2026-09-17
  • a named professional
    Founder · Revealable: 1 professional profile (the firm's own page)
  • Steven Trepp
    Operating Partner · Revealable: 1 professional profile (the firm's own page)
  • a named professional
    Investment Professional · Revealable: 1 professional profile (the firm's own page)
  • Josh Hyde
    Investment Professional · Revealable: 1 professional profile (the firm's own page)

Also named here, with no published line of their own (reach them through the firm): a named professional (Operating Partner).

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 (4)
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
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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