Crux Capital Forms Veridian Service Partners, Acquires Pool Works and Freedom Pool Plastering

Lightview Capital Leads Majority Investment to Form Vermana Commercial Pool Services Platform

July 15, 2025

Construction

Lightview Capital made a strategic majority investment to create Vermana, a newly consolidated commercial pool services and construction platform combining Vermana, Pulexa, and nV Pools and headquartered in Orlando, Florida. Patriot Capital and Aldine Capital Partners provided complementary financing alongside Lightview to support the platform’s rebrand, geographic expansion across the Southeast, and follow-on acquisition strategy; Parcrest Advisors served as exclusive financial advisor to the sellers (founders).

Capitala Group Invests in Veridian Healthcare

August 2, 2023

Medical Devices

Capitala Group, a Charlotte-based private markets firm, made a debt and equity co-investment in Veridian Healthcare, a Gurnee, Illinois-based specialty distributor of diagnostic and durable medical equipment. The investment provides growth capital to support Veridian’s operations and expansion within the healthcare provider market.

HealthEdge, United Western and Advantage Capital Recapitalize Veridian Healthcare

September 13, 2023

Healthcare Services

HealthEdge Investment Partners, United Western Group and Advantage Capital Holdings completed a recapitalization of Veridian Healthcare, a Gurnee, Illinois-based distributor and outsourced private-label manufacturer of in‑home diagnostic, pain care management and personal care products. Veridian's founder Steve Bisulca retained a meaningful ownership stake and will remain as president while United Western operating partners Robert Friedberg and John Aldridge join the executive team; Bow River Capital provided private credit to support the transaction.

Fulcrum Capital Partners Invests in VODA Backyard Leisure Group

September 20, 2022

Retail

Fulcrum Capital Partners has made an investment in VODA Backyard Leisure Group, creating a platform that combines Aquiform Distributors, Club Piscine and Pool Supplies Canada. The investment (made alongside multiple co-investors from Fund VI) is intended to support growth across the group's distribution, retail and online businesses in the Canadian backyard leisure market.

Verdantas (Sterling-backed) Acquires Five Environmental & Water Firms

April 8, 2025

Environmental Services

Verdantas, a Sterling Investment Partners–backed environmental and engineering consultancy, completed five add-on acquisitions—Horizons Engineering, Aqua Engineering, Advanced Earth Sciences (AES), Atlantic Resource Consultants (ARC), and Atlantic Environmental Consulting Services—to broaden its technical capabilities and geographic footprint across the U.S. The deals strengthen Verdantas' water, geotechnical, remediation, permitting, and surveying capabilities while adding new offices in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine and enhancing remediation resources in New Jersey.

Verdantas Acquires Project Navigator, Ltd.

April 8, 2024

Environmental Services

Verdantas, a private-equity-backed environmental consulting and engineering firm, has acquired Project Navigator, Ltd. (PNL), a specialist in CERCLA/Superfund project coordination and remediation project management. The acquisition expands Verdantas' capabilities in CERCLA/RCRA program management, data-driven visualization and solar project development on remediated sites while broadening its geographic footprint in the Western U.S. and Gulf Coast.