Swift Anchor and Balance Point Capital Invest in Essential Turbines
May 29, 2024
Swift Anchor Holdings, alongside Balance Point Capital, made a strategic equity and debt investment in Essential Turbines, a Montreal-based aerospace MRO specialist focused on Rolls‑Royce M250 and RR300 engines. The transaction provides capital to broaden ETI's capabilities; Swift Anchor partner Gannon Gambeski will assume day-to-day leadership while founder Michael E. Guntner Jr. retains a minority stake.
- Buyers
- Swift Anchor Holdings, Balance Point Capital
- Targets
- Essential Turbines
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Location
- Quebec, Canada
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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