SERVPRO Global DRT Acquires Live Oak Restoration

Orangewood Partners Makes Strategic Investment in SERVPRO West Coast DRT

January 10, 2024

Environmental Services

Orangewood Partners, a New York-based private investment firm, has made a strategic growth investment in SERVPRO West Coast DRT (WCDRT), a leading SERVPRO franchisee headquartered in Encino, California. The capital will be used to accelerate growth across business lines and geographies while WCDRT’s founders and management retain meaningful equity and continue to lead the business.

Landscape Workshop Acquires Live Oak Landscape, LLC

November 12, 2025

Environmental Services

Landscape Workshop, a commercial landscape maintenance platform backed by Ares Management Corporation, has acquired Live Oak Landscape, LLC to expand its Charlotte, North Carolina presence. Live Oak owner Matt Kaylor and all Live Oak employees will join Landscape Workshop as part of the add-on acquisition, supporting LW's broader expansion across the Southeastern U.S.

Silver Oak Services Partners Recapitalizes Drive Automotive Services

September 8, 2021

Automotive

Silver Oak Services Partners led a recapitalization investment in Drive Automotive Services, a multi-site operator of automotive repair shops headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The capital will support Drive's growth and expansion of its 22 repair locations and a team of over 120 service technicians across multiple U.S. metropolitan markets.

Live Oak Environmental Acquires Piney Woods Sanitation Inc.

May 3, 2023

Industrial Services

Live Oak Environmental, a Kinderhook Industries portfolio company, acquired Piney Woods Sanitation Inc., a municipal, commercial, and industrial solid waste collection company headquartered in Huntington, Texas. The deal — Live Oak's fifth add-on since July 2021 — was financed by a Comerica Bank-led syndicate; financial terms were not disclosed.

DocuSign Acquires Liveoak Technologies

July 7, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

DocuSign has acquired Austin-based Liveoak Technologies in an all-stock transaction valued at $38 million. DocuSign will integrate Liveoak's web-based video collaboration, identity verification and secure agreement platform to accelerate the launch of DocuSign Notary and expand remote online notarization and assisted-agreement capabilities.

City Capital Ventures Recapitalizes SERVPRO of Saginaw to Form Great Lakes Restoration Group

July 24, 2023

Environmental Services

City Capital Ventures (CCV) made a strategic investment and recapitalization of SERVPRO of Saginaw to form Great Lakes Restoration Group, with the business continuing to operate as SERVPRO of Saginaw. Founders Randy and Tina Miller retain a significant stake and remain in leadership while CCV will support growth and multi-location expansion; debt financing was provided by Old National Bank and Texas Capital Bank and terms were not disclosed.