Monroe Street Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Brandito

BRANDITO Acquires Inkwell Global Marketing

June 2, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

BRANDITO, a Richmond-based marketing services platform, has acquired Inkwell Global Marketing, a full-service promotional merchandise agency headquartered in Manalapan, New Jersey. The deal expands BRANDITO's promotional products capabilities and deepens its presence in the Northeast; Inkwell's CEO will remain in an advisory role and its Manalapan office and distribution center will continue operations. This is BRANDITO's second acquisition since receiving a strategic growth investment from Monroe Street Partners in August 2023.

BRANDITO Acquires PromoSpark

March 4, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

BRANDITO, a Richmond-based marketing services platform, has acquired PromoSpark, a branded merchandise distributor headquartered in Fairfield, Ohio. PromoSpark's local Midwest market expertise, customer-service reputation and Fairfield distribution center will be integrated into BRANDITO to expand its market presence and better serve enterprise clients; PromoSpark founder Sarah Johnston will continue as Director of BRANDITO's Midwest Division.

Monroe Street Partners Acquires Vigilnet

February 13, 2023

Government & Public Sector

Chicago-based private equity firm Monroe Street Partners has completed the acquisition of Vigilnet America LLC, an Omaha-headquartered provider of electronic offender monitoring services. The acquisition will support Vigilnet's growth initiatives and Monroe Street's plans to build a portfolio in business services and accelerate strategic add-on acquisitions.

Rubicon Technology Partners Takes Majority Stake in BrandMaker

February 24, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Rubicon Technology Partners has made a strategic majority investment in BrandMaker to accelerate the SaaS company's global growth, with a particular focus on expanding in North America. The investment will support product innovation, go-to-market expansion, and potential acquisitions to grow BrandMaker's marketing operations platform.

MBN Brands, Petra Capital Partners and SharpVue Capital Launch Liberty Restoration Group

May 1, 2025

Professional Services

MBN Brands, together with Petra Capital Partners and SharpVue Capital, made a majority investment in two leading ServiceMaster Restore franchisees to launch Liberty Restoration Group, a disaster mitigation and restoration platform headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The partnership will support geographic expansion and deepen the group's residential and commercial restoration capabilities across five states.

Addison Group Acquires Mondo

January 11, 2019

Staffing & HR

Addison Group has acquired Mondo, a national provider of technical and digital marketing staffing, from RLH Equity Partners. The deal expands Addison’s professional services and technical staffing capabilities, adding Mondo’s expertise in digital, CRM, business intelligence and IT talent to Addison’s portfolio.