Trive Capital Forms Canopy Aerospace & Defense, Combining Hera Technologies and MSM Industries

Trive Capital Forms Karman by Partnering with Aerospace Engineering Corp. and AMRO Fabricating

January 26, 2021

Aerospace & Defense

Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital has partnered with the senior leadership teams of Aerospace Engineering Corp. (AEC) and AMRO Fabricating Corporation (AMRO) to form Karman Missile & Space Systems, a new platform supplier for space, missile and hypersonic markets. The combined company operates multiple facilities in greater Los Angeles with additional presence in Washington, D.C. and Huntsville, Alabama; the leadership teams of both legacy businesses remain equity holders and executives in Karman.

Trive Capital Invests in Kittyhawk Inc.

January 26, 2023

Industrial Services

Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital has made a growth investment in Kittyhawk, Inc., a West Coast provider of Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) services serving aerospace, defense, space and medical end markets. The partnership will support Kittyhawk's organic growth and future acquisitions to expand capabilities and serve increasing demand for additively manufactured and mission-critical components.

Karman Space & Defense (Trive-backed) Acquires MG Resin Family of Technologies

June 15, 2022

Aerospace & Defense

Karman Space & Defense, backed by private equity firm Trive Capital, acquired the MG Resin family of ultra-high temperature resin technologies from Cornerstone Research Group (CRG). The deal expands Karman's vertically integrated composite and carbon/carbon manufacturing capabilities for aerospace, defense and hypersonic applications and aims to accelerate commercialization of high-temp materials for OEMs in those supply chains.

Trive-Backed Karman Missile & Space Systems Acquires Systima Technologies

September 24, 2021

Aerospace & Defense

Karman Missile & Space Systems, a platform backed by Trive Capital, has acquired Systima Technologies to expand its capabilities across the space, missile and hypersonic supply chains. The Systima leadership team will remain as equity holders and senior leaders of Karman; the deal is an add-on to the Karman platform to broaden engineering, composite-structure and energetic systems capabilities.

Trive Capital Invests in Systems Innovation Engineering

February 16, 2022

Aerospace & Defense

Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital has made a strategic investment in Systems Innovation Engineering (SIE), a Mullica Hill, New Jersey–based defense systems engineering and design firm. The capital will support SIE’s continued growth and capability expansion across radar/RF, directed energy, counter-UAS systems and supply-chain/logistics support for defense customers.

Trive Capital Invests in Terraboost Media

March 31, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital has provided a structured capital investment in Terraboost Media, a Chicago-area out-of-home advertising network operator. The financing will support Terraboost's rapid growth and digitization of its nationwide wellness display network (more than 100,000 displays); Canaccord Genuity served as Terraboost's financial advisor.