Bridge Investment Group Acquires 60% of Gorelick Brothers Capital and Recapitalizes SFR Portfolio

Main Street Capital Recapitalizes The Financial Risk Group

September 23, 2025

Financial Services

Main Street Capital Corporation invested $14.0 million in a minority recapitalization of The Financial Risk Group, LLC (FRG), funding the transaction with a combination of first lien senior secured term debt and a direct equity investment. FRG, headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, is a technology-enabled risk management firm that provides risk analytics, data management consulting, software implementation and cloud-based hosting services to financial institutions, insurers and other commercial customers.

Brigade, Arbour Lane and Anchorage Assume Majority Ownership of Gabe's in Recapitalization

August 26, 2025

Retail

Gabe's, a Morgantown-based off-price retailer, closed a recapitalization where existing term lenders converted over 75% of outstanding term loans into equity and a group of existing investors (led by Brigade Capital Management, Arbour Lane Capital Management and Anchorage Capital) assumed majority ownership. The transaction provides new capital, reduces debt, and is supported by continued ABL financing from Second Avenue Capital Partners and Ares Credit funds while Gabe’s finalizes vendor and landlord agreements to strengthen its store portfolio and operations.

Gordon Brothers Acquires SOLIC Capital Advisors

June 26, 2025

Financial Services

Gordon Brothers has acquired SOLIC Capital Advisors, a boutique financial advisory and investment banking firm that specializes in restructuring and distressed-asset support. The deal expands Gordon Brothers' asset services and advisory capabilities and broadens its client coverage—notably enhancing expertise in the healthcare sector.

RFE Investment Partners and Knox Capital Recapitalize BryteBridge Group

December 13, 2023

Legal Services

RFE Investment Partners and Knox Capital completed a recapitalization of BryteBridge Group, an outsourced compliance, legal and filing services provider for nonprofit organizations. The transaction brings new executive leadership (Mike Bryant as CEO, Larry Marshall as CFO), keeps Brian Davis as President, and positions BryteBridge to expand into a technology-enabled full-service legal and compliance platform and pursue buy-and-build opportunities into the for-profit SMB market.

CBRE Investment Management Acquires Gateway Fiber from Crosstimbers Capital Group

January 27, 2023

Telecommunications

A fund sponsored by CBRE Investment Management has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gateway Fiber, a Wright City, Missouri-based fiber-to-the-home provider, from Crosstimbers Capital Group. CBRE IM said the acquisition will expand its private infrastructure portfolio and enable integration with its middle-mile portfolio company WANRack to accelerate broadband deployment in underserved communities; the deal is expected to close in February 2023 pending regulatory approvals.

Brixey & Meyer Capital Acquires Gateway Distribution

March 11, 2020

Transportation

Brixey & Meyer Capital (BMC) has acquired Gateway Distribution, a Cincinnati-based niche LTL carrier and consolidator focused on specialty cargo such as light poles and flag poles. The acquisition expands BMC's transportation portfolio within its Growth Fund II and keeps Gateway's existing management team in place to continue operations from its Cincinnati headquarters.