Gauge Capital Invests in 7 Mindsets

7 Mindsets Acquires xSEL Labs

January 31, 2023

Education

7 Mindsets, a portfolio company of Gauge Capital, has acquired xSEL Labs, an Evanston, Illinois-based creator of scalable K-12 social and emotional learning (SEL) assessments. The bolt-on expands 7 Mindsets' assessment capabilities and complements its recent acquisitions (BASE Education and Better Together) to offer a more comprehensive SEL instruction, intervention and assessment suite.

Gauge Capital Provides Growth Capital to Streamline Healthcare Solutions

March 7, 2023

Software

Gauge Capital has made a strategic growth investment to recapitalize Streamline Healthcare Solutions. The investment will support Streamline’s SmartCare EHR platform for behavioral health providers, enabling product development, infrastructure investment, and accelerated growth under the existing founders and management team.

Gauge Capital Recapitalizes Schlesinger Global

July 18, 2019

Marketing & Advertising

Gauge Capital has partnered with the owners and management of Schlesinger Global, LLC to recapitalize the market research firm. The investment will support Schlesinger's growth, expansion of capabilities, innovation and talent acquisition while Gauge partners join the company's board.

RidgeLake Partners Makes Strategic Minority Investment in Gauge Capital

October 6, 2021

Financial Services

RidgeLake Partners has made a strategic minority investment in Gauge Capital, a Southlake, Texas-based middle-market private equity firm. Terms were not disclosed; RidgeLake (a partnership between PA Capital and Ottawa Avenue Private Capital) said the investment will support Gauge's future growth and investment activities with no changes planned to the firm's day-to-day management.

Prairie Capital Recapitalizes Conscious Discipline

December 10, 2021

Education

Prairie Capital VII, LP (Prairie Capital) completed a recapitalization of Conscious Discipline, partnering with founder Dr. Becky Bailey and management to support the company's next phase of growth. Prairie will provide company-building capital to accelerate sales, marketing, technology, product development and to pursue add-on acquisitions within the social-emotional learning (SEL) and education market.

Gauge Capital Invests in CENTEGIX

August 23, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Gauge Capital has partnered with the owners and management team of CENTEGIX to provide growth capital and recapitalize the company. CENTEGIX, an Atlanta-based provider of location-aware emergency communications delivered via an IoT and SaaS platform (CrisisAlert), will use the investment to accelerate growth across its education, healthcare and hospitality end markets; Gauge partners Tom McKelvey and Sam Smith joined CENTEGIX's board and Berkery Noyes served as exclusive financial advisor.