OnDeck Partners (Avenue Sports Fund) Acquires Montgomery Biscuits and Visalia Rawhide

M Mountain Capital Invests in On Deck Sports (Promounds, Inc.)

January 12, 2023

Manufacturing

M Mountain Capital LLC, with a significant equity co-investment and debt from Siguler Guff & Company, completed an investment in Promounds, Inc. d/b/a On Deck Sports, closing on December 30, 2022. On Deck Sports, a Randolph, Massachusetts–based manufacturer and distributor of baseball and softball equipment and designer/installer of indoor training facilities, will remain led by CEO Tim Allen while founder Joe Murphy retains a meaningful equity stake.

Brookside Capital Partners Invests in Avision Sales Group

March 9, 2021

Professional Services

Brookside Capital Partners provided a unitranche debt facility to Avision Sales Group to support the company’s add-on investment activity. Avision, headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania, is an outsourced sales and marketing provider to manufacturers and is a portfolio company of Osceola Capital Management.

Murry's (Encore Consumer Capital) Acquires Bake Crafters

October 10, 2022

Food & Beverage

Murry's Inc., a portfolio company of Encore Consumer Capital, has acquired Bake Crafters Food Company, a McDonald, Tennessee-based manufacturer and distributor of baked goods that sells primarily into K-12 foodservice and other institutional channels. The transaction closed on April 1, 2022; Encore said the deal is a strategic add-on to expand Murry's capabilities and presence in the K‑12 and institutional foodservice market, and Murry's also hired Jeff Ahlers as CEO to support integration and growth.

Monogram and Halmos Acquire Majority Stake in The Vasco Group (Nidy Sports Construction)

May 20, 2025

Construction

Los Angeles-based Monogram Capital Partners, together with Miami-based Halmos Capital Partners, acquired a majority equity stake in The Vasco Group (operating as Nidy Sports Construction), a sports-surfaces contractor with market-leading presences in Ohio and Florida. The Vasco management team led by Matt Savage and Glen Maurer will remain in place with meaningful equity and will work with the sponsors to expand geographically and pursue organic growth and strategic acquisitions to consolidate the fragmented sports-surfaces market.

Brynwood Partners VIII L.P. Acquires De Wafelbakkers

April 5, 2021

Food & Beverage

Brynwood Partners VIII L.P. has acquired De Wafelbakkers from The Oklahoma Publishing Company (OPUBCO), a subsidiary of the Anschutz Corporation. The acquisition expands Brynwood's food and beverage manufacturing footprint and adds two production facilities and roughly 650 employees to its portfolio.

Harbour Group Acquires DecksDirect

January 18, 2022

Building Products

Harbour Group, a privately owned operations-focused company based in St. Louis, has acquired DecksDirect, a Minneapolis-based direct-to-job-site e-commerce distributor of premium deck products. DecksDirect founder Blair Budlong will remain CEO; Harbour Group said the acquisition will strengthen DecksDirect's market position and support accelerated growth.