CQL Capital Leads Strategic Growth Investment in Erie Strayer

CQL Capital and Star Mountain Capital Invest in Erie Strayer

February 11, 2026

Industrial Services

CQL Capital led a strategic investment in Erie Strayer, a fourth-generation, family-owned concrete batching solutions company. The investment (co-led with Star Mountain Capital) is intended to support long-term growth initiatives, including innovation, employee development, and expanded aftermarket service and parts capabilities.

Superstep Capital Invests in CQL

March 13, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

Superstep Capital has made a strategic growth investment in CQL, a Grand Rapids-based digital commerce agency, while CQL announced new leadership with Dave Barr as CEO and Justin Finnegan as President and COO. The investment will accelerate CQL's growth, expand its digital commerce capabilities, and support a focused acquisition strategy; CQL's founder and long-time CEO will remain as investors and advisors.

Align Capital Partners Makes Growth Investment in Strata Landscape Services; Strata Acquires Boulder Landscaping

May 29, 2025

Environmental Services

Align Capital Partners completed a growth investment and recapitalization in Strata Landscape Services, a commercial landscaping platform headquartered near Los Angeles. Concurrently, Strata acquired Utah-based Boulder Landscaping from owner Wray Dix as an add-on to expand Strata's presence and capabilities in the Western U.S.

State Street Investment Management Takes Strategic Minority Stake in Coller Capital

November 4, 2025

Financial Services

State Street Investment Management has made a strategic minority investment in Coller Capital, a leading private markets secondaries manager, to broaden client access to private market secondaries and support Coller's growth. The minority investment preserves Coller’s operational independence while deepening State Street’s capabilities and distribution in private markets for institutional and wealth clients.

Essex Bay Capital Makes Growth Investment in STRIVE

August 30, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Essex Bay Capital has made a growth investment in STRIVE, a mobile and web-based employee experience SaaS that serves small and medium-sized employers and brokers. The capital will fund product enhancements, customer success, sales and marketing expansion, and support STRIVE's inorganic growth plans; Hennepin Partners served as exclusive financial advisor to STRIVE.

Crest Rock Partners Makes Strategic Growth Investment in Pitcher

May 25, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Denver-based private equity firm Crest Rock Partners has made a strategic growth investment in Pitcher, a Zürich-headquartered sales enablement platform. The capital will be used to accelerate product innovation — including AI and data analytics capabilities — and to support global expansion of Pitcher's SaaS sales and revenue enablement platform.