Kingswood Capital Management Invests in Soulshine Farms Poultry Processor

Kingswood Capital Management Acquires Branding Iron Holdings

November 18, 2024

Food & Beverage

Kingswood Capital Management, LP has acquired Branding Iron Holdings, a Sauget, Illinois-based manufacturer of branded and private-label protein products (beef and pork) with facilities in Sauget, Rochester, and Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. Kingswood will partner with the existing management team—promoting Andy Touchette to CEO and adding John Niemann as Executive Chairman—to support growth and expand the company's manufacturing and customer capabilities across foodservice, retail and chain restaurant channels.

Kingswood Capital Management Invests in Turbo Wholesale Tires

November 1, 2022

Automotive

Kingswood Capital Management completed a growth-capital investment in Turbo Wholesale Tires, partnering with founder Sarkis Sepetjian and the Sepetjian family who retain significant ownership and join the board. The investment includes a new debt facility from Cerberus Business Finance and brings in industry executives Phillip Kane (CEO) and Larry Jeffries (President) to support accelerated growth and expanded product and service offerings.

Kingswood Capital Management Completes Growth Investment in Lind Marine

February 10, 2022

Industrial Services

Kingswood Capital Management, LP completed an investment in Lind Marine, a diversified marine services business headquartered north of the San Francisco Bay, alongside Seneca Partners and the Lind owners (Christian and Aaron Lind), who retained significant ownership and operating roles. The company provides dredging, shipyard, salvage, marine environmental remediation, tug and barge services, and also operates Moose Boats (boat manufacturing).

Solar Capital Ltd. Acquires Majority Stake in Kingsbridge Holdings LLC

November 3, 2020

Financial Services

Solar Capital Ltd. acquired an 87.5% majority stake in Kingsbridge Holdings LLC on November 3, 2020, investing approximately $216 million (about $136 million of equity and $80 million of debt). The stake was purchased from TZP Capital Partners II, LP and affiliates with Kingsbridge management rolling a portion of their equity; the acquisition expands Solar Capital's specialty finance platform by adding lease origination and asset finance capabilities through Kingsbridge's equipment leasing business based in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Kingswood Acquires Chalice and Majority Stake in Manhattan Harbor Capital (Forms Kingswood US)

May 5, 2020

Financial Services

Kingswood Holdings Limited has completed the acquisition of Chalice Capital Partners and Chalice Wealth Advisors and taken a majority stake in Manhattan Harbor Capital (which will be rebranded Kingswood US). The transactions combine Chalice and MHC (Benchmark) to create a US wealth management platform with ~180 authorised representatives and roughly $1.8 billion AUM to support Kingswood's US growth strategy.

Skyline Global Partners Makes Growth Equity Investment in Egg Innovations (Blue Sky Family Farms)

February 15, 2019

Food & Beverage

Skyline Global Partners LLC closed a growth equity investment in Egg Innovations, LLC (the company behind the Blue Sky Family Farms brand) on February 15, 2019. Financial terms were not disclosed; Egg Innovations is a U.S. pasture‑raised and free‑range egg producer partnering with family farms across the Midwest and selling into grocery chains and private label channels.