Leaf Home (Gridiron Capital) Acquires Tundraland Home Improvement

Leaf Home Acquires Erie Home

September 9, 2025

Building Products

Leaf Home has acquired Erie Home in a transaction that combines two Gridiron Capital-backed direct-to-consumer residential services businesses to create the largest DTC home solutions platform in North America. Ares Management led a preferred equity investment to support the deal, Apollo-led debt financing provided the acquisition financing, and Gridiron will retain majority ownership of the combined company, which will operate across 48 U.S. states and Canada with more than 300 field offices.

Leaf Home Solutions Acquires Storm Tight Windows of Texas

March 3, 2021

Building Products

Leaf Home Solutions, a Gridiron Capital portfolio company, has completed the acquisition of Storm Tight Windows of Texas. The add-on strengthens Leaf Home Solutions' Leaf Home Enhancements vertical and expands its direct-to-consumer home improvement footprint in the greater Houston area.

Leaf Home Solutions Acquires Storm Tight Windows

February 9, 2021

Building Products

Leaf Home Solutions, a Gridiron Capital–backed, tech-enabled direct-to-consumer home solutions platform, has acquired Storm Tight Windows to expand its Leaf Home Enhancements brand and strengthen its impact-window presence in South Florida. Angle Advisors served as exclusive investment banking advisor on the transaction. Storm Tight is a regional leader in Category 5 hurricane-rated, Miami-Dade-approved impact windows and has installed more than one million windows over a decade in South Florida.

Leaf Home Solutions Acquires Quillen Brothers, Inc.

June 8, 2021

Construction

Leaf Home Solutions has acquired Quillen Brothers, Inc., a veteran-owned window and door replacement company based in Bryan, Ohio, to expand its Leaf Home Enhancements footprint. The deal brings Quillen’s regional residential installation capabilities and customer base into Leaf’s tech-enabled direct-to-consumer platform.

Gridiron Capital Invests in Erie

August 3, 2021

Construction

Gridiron Capital made a majority investment in Erie, a direct-to-consumer residential re-roofing and home-improvement company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, to support continued growth and expansion of its field-office footprint. Erie will remain led by its existing management team and continue operating from Toledo while leveraging Gridiron's sector experience to scale the business across its markets.

Great Day Improvements Acquires ELM Home & Building Solutions (LeafGuard & Englert) with Littlejohn Preferred Equity

June 17, 2024

Building Products

Great Day Improvements has acquired ELM Home & Building Solutions, bringing the LeafGuard and Englert brands into its direct-to-consumer home improvement portfolio. Littlejohn & Co. provided a minority preferred equity investment to support the transaction, while Audax Private Equity exited its investment in ELM.