Brightstar Capital Partners Acquires Stratus Team, LLC
July 1, 2024
Brightstar Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Stratus Team, LLC from Godspeed Capital Management LP. The transaction positions Brightstar to scale Stratus — a multi-disciplinary engineering, architecture, and consulting platform — through organic growth and M&A to expand its capabilities and presence across public and private sector end markets, particularly in the U.S. Southeast.
- Buyers
- Brightstar Capital Partners
- Targets
- Stratus Team, LLC
- Sellers
- Godspeed Capital Management LP
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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