RFE Investment Partners Recapitalizes Sales Empowerment Group

Sales Empowerment Group Acquires Action Selling

April 7, 2023

Professional Services

Chicago-based Sales Empowerment Group (SEG), a portfolio company of RFE Investment Partners, has acquired Plymouth, Minnesota–based sales training firm Action Selling. The deal adds Action Selling’s multi-program training platform and learning-management capabilities to SEG’s outsourced sales and marketing services; Houlihan Lokey served as SEG’s advisor and Woodbridge International served as sell‑side advisor.

Sales Empowerment Group Acquires Square 2 Marketing

November 15, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

Chicago-based Sales Empowerment Group (SEG), a portfolio company of RFE Investment Partners, has acquired Philadelphia-based Square 2 Marketing. The deal expands SEG's marketing capabilities—adding Square 2's HubSpot expertise, demand-generation services and its Accelerator Program—to create a full "click to close" revenue generation offering for SEG clients and private equity portfolio companies.

RFE Investment Partners Recapitalizes Max Home Inspections

June 21, 2022

Professional Services

RFE Investment Partners completed a recapitalization investment in Max Home Inspections, a Davie, Florida–headquartered provider of home inspection and ancillary residential services. The capital will support leadership changes, a planned headquarters relocation to Austin, Texas, enhanced ancillary offerings, and an aggressive add-on acquisition strategy to scale the business.

RFE Investment Partners and Weave Growth Partners Recapitalize Congruity HR

February 25, 2021

Staffing & HR

RFE Investment Partners, with value-add co-investor Weave Growth Partners, completed a recapitalization investment in Congruity HR, a North Carolina-based professional employer organization (PEO). Founder Darrin Hunter and the existing management team remain significant owners, and industry veteran Mike Maseda has joined as Executive Chairman as the business prepares to scale and pursue additional regional PEO brands using a tech-enabled playbook.

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.

Strength Capital Partners and Neuberger Berman Recapitalize ESP Associates

July 9, 2025

Engineering Services

Strength Capital Partners closed a single-asset continuation vehicle to recapitalize ESP Associates, providing liquidity to Strength Capital’s existing investors and bringing in follow-on capital led by investment funds affiliated with Neuberger Berman. The transaction includes significant rollover by SCP and the ESP management team and is intended to fund organic growth and strategic add-on M&A to expand the platform’s geographic footprint and service offerings.