Private Equity

Dallas’ Trive Capital and Blue Marlin Snag Majority Stake in Mo’ Bettahs Hawaiian Style Restaurants

by | Oct 22, 2024
Mo' Bettahs is a fast casual concept that serves what it calls "an authentic Hawaiian plate lunch." Both Savory Fund and Mo' Bettahs' founders—Hawaii-born brothers Kimo and Kalani Mack—will retain significant minority stakes in the company, which operates 56 stores across seven states.
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Kale Kolbe, left, joins Crux Capital as a senior associate and Christopher Herrod is an Analyst for the firm. [Photo: Crux Capital]
Crux Capital Expands Investment Team After a ‘Killer Year,’ Boosting Consumer and Services Expertise
by | Oct 4, 2024
With the hires of Kale Kolbe as senior associate and Christopher Herrod as analyst, the Dallas-based private equity firm aims to boost its core focus on consumer and services sectors while driving accelerated growth in its portfolio companies.
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Dallas-Based Private Equity Firm Crux Capital Adds 2 Executives
by | Jun 21, 2024

Dallas-based private equity firm Crux Capital has added Ardi Sahinovic as director of business development, and Amanda Kennelly as vice president of administration, strategic hires that it said underscore a commitment to bolstering its capabilities and driving growth....

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L.A.’s Vance Street Capital Opens Dallas Office, Announces New Hires
by | Jun 14, 2024
The L.A.-based PE firm recently added Scott Bigelow as senior fund controller in its new Dallas office. Natalia Rainforth also joined its Dallas office as accounting manager.
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Dallas’ Lone Star Funds Acquires Netherlands-Based Industrial Services Provider ERIKS

by | May 3, 2024
Founded in 1940, ERIKS is a provider of specialized industrial services with more than 200 locations in 12 countries. It offers a wide range of technical products and co-engineering and customization solutions.
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Dallas’ Trive Capital Is Taking a U.K. Bowling and Entertainment Company Private
by | Feb 8, 2024
Tenpin offers customers a unique experience via a mix of bowling lanes, video arcades, escape rooms, karaoke, laser tag, pool, table tennis, and soft play across 53 centers. The partnership with Trive will allow Tenpin to accelerate its expansion strategy in the U.K. and continue to invest in its site portfolio to enhance customer experience, the Dallas PE firm said.
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Dallas’ Kainos Capital Announces 2 Leadership Promotions
by | Jan 19, 2024
Steven Koch has been promoted to principal at Kainos Capital, and Alex Stanek has been promoted to manager of the private equity firm's operations team.
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Dallas’ Crossplane Capital Announces 3 Promotions, and a New Hire
by | Jan 12, 2024

Dallas-based middle-market private equity firm Crossplane Capital announced three promotions and one new hire.

The company said the moves come after a strong 2023 that included nine acquisitions and one exit....

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50 and Counting: Cypress Growth Capital Hits Investment Milestone With Its Equity-Preserving Approach

by | Aug 3, 2023
Dallas-based Cypress Growth Capital is defying norms in the funding landscape. Not your traditional venture capitalist, this trailblazing firm hit a landmark with its 50th portfolio investment—and fourth major play this year—a $4 million stake in medical records disruptor, ChartSquad. Managing Director Vik Thapar peels back the curtain on the firm's unique model, which fosters rapid growth without diluting entrepreneurial control.
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India’s Persistent Systems Opens Global Private Equity Hub in Plano
by | Jun 16, 2023
With 22,750 employees in 21 countries and $1 billion in annual revenue, Persistent cited Dallas-Fort Worth's prominence as the third-largest U.S. market for private equity firms after New York and Chicago as it opened its new Plano global PE hub.
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Trinity Hunt Partners Make Majority Investment in Centricity Research
by | Jun 5, 2023

Dallas-based Trinity Hunt Partners announced a majority investment in Centricity Research, a clinical research services provider specializing in conducting Phase I-IV clinical trials across more than 40 therapeutic areas.

The amount of the investment was not disclosed.

“We are confident that Trinity Hunt’s expertise in partnering with growing healthcare services companies and its shared commitment to providing an empowering team environment will help us drive innovation and make significant strides as we continue to expand,” Centricity President Dr....

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Dallas HVAC Company Gets Majority Investment from New York-Based Firm

by | Apr 11, 2023
Investcorp, a global alternative investment firm, partners with growing founder-led businesses. The investor aims to join forces with Shearer Supply to capitalize on "strong secular tailwinds" in the HVAC industry and leverage the distributor's one-stop-shop value proposition for contractors and OEMs.
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Dallas-based Trinity Hunt Partners Makes Majority Investment in Supreme Optimization
by | Mar 15, 2023

Dallas-based growth-oriented private equity firm Trinity Hunt Partners announced a majority investment in Supreme Optimization, a digital marketing agency focused exclusively on life sciences.

No financial details were released....

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‘Affecting Every Aspect of Our Society’: McKinney Startup Aims to Identify Mental Health Issues
by | May 31, 2022
Many who are diagnosed with a mental health condition had no idea the symptoms they suffered were related to mental health. McKinney-based Connected Mind aims to change that with technology that screens people for the most common types of mental health conditions. “It's like being interviewed by a psychologist, but it's a computer,” says CEO and CTO Christian Lehinger.
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Amping Up: Fort Worth Battery and EV Charger Company Acquired by PE Firm
by | Apr 20, 2022
Schumacher Electric, a 75-year-old company that relocated to Fort Worth from Chicago last summer, is reimagining the future of power innovation.
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