LongWater Opportunities Acquires Soho Myriad

LongWater Opportunities Acquires Kalisher

March 13, 2018

Manufacturing

LongWater Opportunities, via its LWO Fund II, has acquired Kalisher, a creator, curator, and manufacturer of art serving the commercial hospitality sector with additional healthcare and corporate clients. The acquisition will leverage Kalisher's print studio and production capabilities in North Carolina to expand its market reach and drive further growth under LongWater's operational guidance.

LongWater Opportunities Acquires Interia Hospitality and Studio E/L

August 1, 2022

Manufacturing

LongWater Opportunities, a Dallas- and Fargo-based private equity firm, has acquired Interia Hospitality and Studio E/L from Tara Materials, Inc., and combined them under its Art is Love Holdings platform. The deal brings two art consulting, publishing, and manufacturing businesses—serving hospitality, healthcare, senior living and corporate end markets—into LongWater's portfolio to expand service offerings and consolidate capabilities in commercial art production.

LongueVue Capital Acquires Soho Studio Corp. (TileBar)

June 25, 2019

Building Products

New Orleans-based private equity firm LongueVue Capital partnered with Soho founder Eli Mechlovitz to acquire Soho Studio Corp., now operating as TileBar, providing growth capital to scale the tile and specialty interiors retailer and distributor. TileBar, headquartered in New York City, operates an e-commerce platform, a NYC showroom, a large wholesale network and a major distribution facility and employs more than 150 people.

LongWater Opportunities Acquires Pistil Designs

March 3, 2022

Consumer Products

Dallas-based private equity firm LongWater Opportunities has acquired Pistil Designs, a Hood River, Oregon–based designer of premium headwear, bags and outdoor accessories. The deal adds Pistil to LongWater’s Great Socks Holdings platform (which includes Fox River Mills and Standard Merchandising Company) to expand product offerings and leverage U.S. manufacturing partnerships.

LongWater Opportunities Acquires Fox River Mills

November 15, 2016

Manufacturing

LongWater Opportunities, a Dallas-based private equity firm, has acquired Fox River Mills, a 116-year-old sock and handwear manufacturer in Osage, Iowa, from the Lessard family. Fox River will become a division of Standard Merchandising Company (a LongWater portfolio company), expanding the platform's U.S. manufacturing and private-label capabilities.

LongWater Opportunities Invests in Midland Garage Door

July 20, 2023

Building Products

LongWater Opportunities has made a strategic growth investment in Midland Garage Door, a West Fargo-based manufacturer of residential and commercial overhead garage doors founded in 1979. The partnership is intended to support Midland's growth plans while preserving the company's culture and operational strengths.