Riverspan Partners Invests in POLARIS Laboratories

Marlin Equity Partners Makes Majority Growth Investment in Baxter Planning

May 21, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Marlin Equity Partners completed a majority growth investment in Baxter Planning, a SaaS provider of predictive service supply chain solutions, with Polaris Partners retaining a significant minority stake and making a new equity commitment from its Polaris Growth Fund. The investment will support Baxter's product innovation (including AI capabilities), global expansion of its BaxterPredict platform, and potential add-on acquisitions to scale operations and expand its enterprise customer base.

3Cloud Acquires Polaris Solutions

October 12, 2021

IT Services

3Cloud, a Microsoft Azure-focused services firm, acquired Polaris Solutions to expand its application modernization and DevOps capabilities and reinforce its position as the largest Azure pure-play services provider in the U.S. Polaris’ Azure development team will join 3Cloud’s Application Modernization & Development and DevOps practices; 3Cloud is PE-backed by Gryphon Investors, which completed a majority investment in 2020.

Sentinel Capital Partners Acquires SPL from Industrial Growth Partners

April 8, 2022

Industrial Services

Sentinel Capital Partners has acquired SPL, a Houston-based testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) services provider for energy and environmental markets, in a transaction that closed April 7–8, 2022. The acquisition purchases SPL from Industrial Growth Partners (with management having been a prior co-investor) and positions SPL as a platform to accelerate organic growth and add-on acquisitions across energy, environmental, and international end markets.

Sovereign Capital Partners Invests in AquaQ Analytics

May 6, 2021

Data & Analytics

Sovereign Capital Partners has completed a significant investment in AquaQ Analytics, a Belfast-based specialist data analytics and data science services firm that supports global financial institutions. The investment will partner with AquaQ's founders and management to expand the company's international presence and broaden its data analytics and software service offerings.

PC Capital Invests in Polar (hospital platform)

October 1, 2023

Healthcare Services

PC Capital Development Fund II, L.P. completed an investment in Polar (Polar Salud), a platform that acquires and operates private hospitals across Latin America to provide affordable, high-quality care. The investment will support Polar’s organic and inorganic growth as a consolidator of hospital services, improving operations through centralized management and cost efficiencies.

Niobrara Capital and Prysm Capital Acquire Polar Semiconductor

September 24, 2024

Manufacturing

Polar Semiconductor has been sold to Niobrara Capital and Prysm Capital following a $175 million equity financing to convert the company into a majority U.S.-owned merchant foundry. The investors and federal/state CHIPS incentives will support a roughly $525 million investment to double wafer capacity, add compound semiconductor, sensor and power semiconductor capabilities, and create 160+ jobs in Bloomington, Minnesota.