XBE Acquires Gauge

E78 Partners Acquires 9Gauge Partners

January 26, 2021

Consulting

E78 Partners, a Chicago-area private equity services and solutions firm, has acquired 9Gauge Partners, an Austin-based management consulting and technology-enablement firm. The acquisition expands E78's capabilities and service offering across finance, operations and technology for private equity firms, portfolio companies and corporate clients; 9Gauge will retain its leadership team during a transition period.

Marigny Investments Acquires Majority Stake in The Gauge House

January 13, 2022

Industrial Services

Marigny Investments, a Denver-based private equity firm, has made a majority investment in The Gauge House, a Lafayette, Louisiana-based value-added distributor of measurement and instrumentation equipment. The deal will keep founder Ryan Elwell in place as President and provides capital and resources to support the company's growth and transition to the next stage.

Banneker Partners Invests in XBE

January 25, 2024

Software

Banneker Partners, a private equity firm focused on enterprise software, has made a strategic growth investment in XBE to accelerate product development and expansion. XBE is an operations management software platform serving the horizontal construction market (asphalt, concrete, aggregate and site work) and will use the capital to speed innovation and broaden its customer reach.

Gauge Capital Invests in CENTEGIX

August 23, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Gauge Capital has partnered with the owners and management team of CENTEGIX to provide growth capital and recapitalize the company. CENTEGIX, an Atlanta-based provider of location-aware emergency communications delivered via an IoT and SaaS platform (CrisisAlert), will use the investment to accelerate growth across its education, healthcare and hospitality end markets; Gauge partners Tom McKelvey and Sam Smith joined CENTEGIX's board and Berkery Noyes served as exclusive financial advisor.

Gauge Capital Makes Growth Investment in AGT Robotics

August 13, 2024

Manufacturing

Gauge Capital has made a growth-capital investment and recapitalized AGT Robotics, partnering with the founder and management to accelerate the company's growth. AGT Robotics, based in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, provides modular autonomous robotic welding systems and proprietary software for structural steel and heavy metal fabrication; several Gauge partners joined AGT's board and Drake Star advised the buyer.

Gauge Capital Recapitalizes Exigo

March 21, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Gauge Capital has partnered with the founders and management of Exigo in a recapitalization of the Dallas-based PaaS provider. The investment will fund product development, sales and marketing, and international expansion; Gauge partners have also joined Exigo’s board.