Private Equity

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. Since raising the firm’s initial institutional capital in 2019, Crossplane said it has closed nine platforms and 31 add-on acquisitions....

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CAF Capital Partners Hires New Senior Vice President of Acquisitions
by | Aug 25, 2023

Industry veteran Jason Geer has been named senior vice president of acquisitions at CAF Capital Partners, a Dallas-based private equity real estate firm.

Geer joins CAF Capital Partners from Invesco Real Estate where he spent 25 years....

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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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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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Grapevine’s Sera Systems Reports ‘Eight-Figure’ Series B Funding Round
by | May 25, 2023
Sera—a SaaS service for small-to-large size HVAC, plumbing, and other field service businesses—said it closed the oversubscribed funding round with a market cap three times the value the company had at the close of its Series A round in November 2021.
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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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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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Dallas Cybersecurity Company Acquired by Former U.S. Secretary of Treasury-Owned Firm in a $525M Deal
by | Mar 29, 2022
Dallas-based Zimperium, a mobile security platform, is set to be acquired by Washington, D.C.’s Liberty Strategic Capital, a firm led by former Goldman Sachs CIO and Trump Administration appointee Steve Mnuchin.
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Follow the Money: MLTPLY Makes Second Investment Since Launching Last Year, RumbleOn Finalizes $130M Acquisition of Fort Worth Powersport Dealer, and More
by | Feb 23, 2022
What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money.
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Sole Source Capital Portfolio Company More Than Doubles in Size With Three Acquisitions
by | Jan 5, 2022
The announcement continues a strong run for the Dallas-based industrial-focused PE firm. In October, Sole Source Capital was named a 2021 Inc. "Founder-Friendly" investor and raised $555 million in its second fund.
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Dallas-Based PE Firm Partners With Two Aerospace Companies to Form New Missile and Space Platform

by | Jan 26, 2021
The new platform, now operating in Los Angeles, is already among the largest independently owned suppliers focused on manufacturing complex systems in the space, missile, interceptor, and hypersonic markets, the firm says.
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Richardson-Based RealPage Is Acquired by Thoma Bravo in $10B Deal
by | Dec 21, 2020
The real estate software and data analytics provider expects to continue operating under Chairman and CEO Steve Winn and his existing leadership team in Richardson. Winn founded the company, which now serves some 12,200 clients worldwide, in 1998.

In an earnings call in February, Winn said, “This is a good time to be in the real estate technology space.” The company is committed to the “North Star of Innovation and simplification,” he said at the time.
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New Dallas PE Firm Bootstrap Ventures Makes $1M Investment in Behavior-Driven Ad Platform
by | Jun 16, 2020
The investment in Perpetual Media, which can turn most any screen into a targeted advertising platform, is the boutique firm's first strategic tech investment. Founded in April, Bootstrap Ventures specializes in deals related to water rights.
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Venture Dallas: Inaugural Tech Summit Will Highlight North Texas as an Investment Catalyst
by | Sep 6, 2019
Hear from the nine members of Venture Dallas' host committee on why the investment-focused event matters in Dallas-Fort Worth and beyond.
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