The Stephens Group and Circumference Group Provide Growth Capital to The Computer Works

Circumference Group Acquires Majority Stake in The Computer Works

July 12, 2022

Telecommunications

Circumference Group, an operationally-focused investment firm based in Little Rock, acquired a majority stake in The Computer Works (TCW), a Conway, Arkansas-based provider of fiber and fixed wireless internet and related IT services. The investment will provide capital and operational support to help TCW expand and continue providing broadband connectivity to residential and commercial customers across Arkansas; terms were not disclosed.

Circumference Group, TPO and Stephens Capital Partners Acquire Majority Stake in Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP)

October 9, 2024

IT Services

Circumference Group, in partnership with The Pritzker Organization and Stephens Capital Partners, has acquired a majority stake in Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP), a digital transformation and systems integration consultancy. VIP founder and CEO Jonna Ward will remain in place as the firm looks to scale capabilities and expand services across public-sector and commercial clients with support from the new investors.

The Stephens Group Makes Growth Investment in Kalkomey Enterprises

March 6, 2025

Education

The Stephens Group, LLC has made a minority growth investment in Kalkomey Enterprises, LLC, a Richardson, Texas-based provider of online recreational safety education and software for government agencies and consumers. The investment joins Stephens Group with existing backers Macquarie Capital and Weatherford Capital to support Kalkomey’s continued product, geographic, and market expansion.

GTCR, Stephens and The Pritzker Organization Invest in Cable One's Clearwave Fiber Joint Venture

January 3, 2022

Telecommunications

GTCR LLC, Stephens Capital Partners and The Pritzker Organization (along with certain members of management) have formed a joint venture investment in Clearwave Fiber LLC alongside Cable One. The investors will make substantial cash investments to accelerate Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) expansion across Clearwave's footprint and near-adjacent markets while Cable One retains majority ownership and receives no cash proceeds.

Warburg Pincus Invests in Circles.Life

February 11, 2020

Telecommunications

Warburg Pincus made a substantial growth investment in Circles.Life to accelerate the Singapore-based digital telco's expansion and product development across Asia Pacific. The funding supports Circles.Life’s cloud-native, app-driven telco platform and its continued market entry in countries including Taiwan and Australia.

First Capital Partners Invests in Computer Wholesalers, Inc.

April 9, 2020

IT Services

First Capital Partners provided mezzanine debt and equity to support a majority recapitalization of Computer Wholesalers, Inc. (CWI) in partnership with founder and CEO Ivan Somyk and existing investor Palladian Capital Partners. CWI, headquartered in Hackettstown, New Jersey, is an IT asset disposition (ITAD) company with processing and distribution centers in Hackettstown, NJ, Atlanta, GA, and Phoenix, AZ that audits, securely wipes, grades and resells used enterprise IT equipment worldwide.