Benford Capital Partners Invests in LiteSentry

Tenex Capital Management Invests in Sentinel Technologies

November 3, 2025

IT Services

Tenex Capital Management has made a growth investment in Sentinel Technologies, a Chicago-based provider of IT solutions, managed services, and managed security services. The investment closed on November 3, 2025; Sentinel, which employs nearly 700 people, will use the capital to accelerate growth and expand its service capabilities across education, healthcare, government, financial services, and other end markets.

Benford Capital / Industrial QC Acquire Avalon Vision Solutions

October 14, 2025

Manufacturing

Benford Capital Partners and its Industrial QC platform have acquired Avalon Vision Solutions, a Lithia Springs, Georgia-based maker of machine vision quality-control systems (including the MoldWatcher product). The deal is an add-on to the Industrial QC platform and expands its capabilities into the plastics and injection-molding/die-casting end markets.

Insight Partners Leads $49.5M Series B in GreenLite

September 22, 2025

Construction

GreenLite, a U.S.-based construction technology company offering AI-powered permitting and private plan review solutions, raised $49.5 million in a Series B led by Insight Partners with participation from Energize Capital and existing backers Craft Ventures, LiveOak Ventures, and Chicago Ventures. The funding will be used to enhance GreenLite's AI platform (LiteTable) and expand into additional end markets including lodging, logistics, clean energy infrastructure, and multifamily housing; the company has ~50 employees and serves major enterprise customers.

Benford Capital Partners Acquires Legacy Bakehouse

April 11, 2023

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Benford Capital Partners has acquired Legacy Bakehouse, a Waukesha, Wisconsin-based developer and manufacturer of baked snack ingredients and the owner of the Pinahs brand. Benford will partner with Legacy President Peter Sardina, invest in operational capacity and sales capabilities, and pursue add-on acquisitions to grow the platform.

Benford Capital Partners and LiteSentry Complete Recapitalization of SOFTSOLUTION GmbH

July 13, 2021

Industrial Services

Benford Capital Partners, in partnership with LiteSentry LLC, completed a recapitalization of SOFTSOLUTION GmbH, an Austrian provider of automated inspection and process control systems for the flat glass market. Softsolution will continue operating from Waidhofen an der Ybbs with its existing leadership team; the deal represents an add-on for LiteSentry and supports expanded global service, localized resources, and accelerated product development.

Benford Capital Partners and Will Daly Invest in Warehouse-Lighting.com

October 30, 2019

E-Commerce

Chicago-based private equity firm Benford Capital Partners and investor Will Daly have acquired Warehouse-Lighting.com, a New Berlin, Wisconsin-based B2B e-commerce distributor of LED lighting fixtures, in a deal where founder James Abraham remains president and retains an ownership stake. The transaction is positioned to support growth and scale the company's e-commerce and distribution capabilities across industrial, commercial, municipal, and residential end markets.