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Lone Star Funds CEO Donald Quintin (left) and Stepan Breedveld, CEO of ERIKS [Photos: Lone Star Funds/ERIKS]
Dallas’ Lone Star Funds Acquires Netherlands-Based Industrial Services Provider ERIKS
by Lance Murray | 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.
by Lance Murray |
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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by Lance Murray |
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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by Lance Murray |
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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Left to right: Cypress Growth Capital Managing Director Vik Thapar and firm Co-Founders Barton Goodwin and Ed Mello
50 and Counting: Cypress Growth Capital Hits Investment Milestone With Its Equity-Preserving Approach
by Quincy Preston | 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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by Lance Murray |
Jul 20, 2023
Korbyt said the partnership will accelerate its growth trajectory by expanding reseller and technology partnerships, facilitating customer support growth, as well as supporting more innovation in Korbyt’s industry-leading, cloud-native SaaS platform.
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by David Seeley |
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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by Lance Murray |
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 Lance Murray | 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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by Lance Murray |
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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by Kevin Cummings |
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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by Sandra Engelland |
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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Follow the Money: MLTPLY Makes Second Investment Since Launching Last Year, RumbleOn Finalizes $130M Acquisition of Fort Worth Powersport Dealer, and More
by Kevin Cummings | 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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by David Kirkpatrick |
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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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 13, 2021
The Dallas firms are among 14 Texas shops "that founders will love" on Inc.'s 2021 list of private equity and venture capital firms.
Inc.'s list of 146 founder-friendly investors is its biggest yet.
Inc.'s list of 146 founder-friendly investors is its biggest yet.
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by Quincy Preston |
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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