AEA Investors Acquires Jack's Family Restaurants

AEA Investors Acquires Nations Roof from Acacia Partners

July 15, 2024

Building Products

AEA Investors' middle market private equity fund has closed the acquisition of Nations Roof, a U.S.-based commercial roofing contractor that serves national retailers, property managers and commercial & industrial customers. The seller was Acacia Partners; AEA intends to use Nations as a building-products platform investment to expand its presence in the commercial roofing and building products sector.

AEA Investors Acquires Majority Position in Splash Car Wash from Palladin

April 25, 2025

Retail

Funds affiliated with AEA Investors' Small Business Private Equity strategy acquired a majority stake in Splash Car Wash from Palladin Consumer Retail Partners. Splash, a Milford, Connecticut–based car wash operator with more than 65 locations across the Northeast, will be led by newly appointed CEO Dan Petrelle as it pursues accelerated growth through strategic acquisitions and new site openings; terms were not disclosed.

AEA Investors Acquires BMS Enterprises

September 30, 2019

Environmental Services

AEA Investors' Middle Market Private Equity team has closed the acquisition of BMS Enterprises, a Fort Worth-based provider of fire, water and reconstruction restoration services. AEA will back BMS — which operates 17 U.S. branches and a national catastrophe team and employs roughly 850 people — to support continued organic growth and expansion of its restoration and reconstruction capabilities.

4x4 Capital Acquires Bob Evans Restaurants, LLC from Golden Gate Capital

February 5, 2026

Restaurants & Hospitality

4x4 Capital has acquired Bob Evans Restaurants, LLC from Golden Gate Capital in a transaction intended to drive long-term growth and operational enhancements for the family-style restaurant chain. Bob Evans operates roughly 400+ locations across 18 states with more than 15,000 employees; CEO Mickey Mills will remain in place while 4x4's Gustavo Assumpção will serve as Executive Board Chair.

AEA Investors Acquires TileBar

March 1, 2023

E-Commerce

AEA Investors' middle market private equity team has closed the acquisition of TileBar. TileBar, a digitally native omnichannel designer and retailer of wall and floor tile founded in 2009 and headquartered in Inwood, New York, operates DTC and B2B channels and has ~575 employees; AEA intends to partner with the founder to scale the business and accelerate omnichannel/e-commerce growth in a large, fragmented tile market.

Entrepreneurial Equity Partners Acquires Bil-Jac Foods

January 28, 2025

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p) has made an investment in Bil-Jac Foods in partnership with Ray Kelly; financial terms were not disclosed. Ron Coughlin (former Petco CEO) joined Bil-Jac's board as Executive Chairman and an investor, and Lincoln International served as exclusive financial advisor to Bil-Jac.