Kinzie Capital Partners Acquires GT Golf Holdings, Inc.

GT Golf Supplies Acquires The ProActive Sports Group

December 18, 2023

Consumer Products

GT Golf Supplies, a Kinzie Capital Partners LP-backed wholesale golf distributor, has acquired The ProActive Sports Group, a Canby, Oregon-based national golf accessories distributor. The deal adds ProActive's Oregon distribution facility as a fourth DC, broadens GT Golf's product portfolio (including Clicgear, Rovic and Tempercraft lines), and expands the combined company's national footprint and e-commerce capabilities.

Strength Capital Partners Invests in Kansas Golf & Turf

March 23, 2023

Retail

Strength Capital Partners made a minority growth investment in Kansas Golf & Turf, a Wichita-based dealer and distributor of golf cars, turf and lawn equipment, and related parts and repair services. Strength will partner with the McGreevy family to support organic growth initiatives and pursue strategic add-on acquisitions; financing for the deal included Enterprise Bank and Northcreek Mezzanine.

GI Partners Acquires GTY Technology Holdings

July 7, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

GI Partners (via an affiliate) completed its acquisition of GTY Technology Holdings Inc. for $6.30 per share in cash. The deal, announced April 29, 2022, was approved by GTY shareholders in late June 2022 and resulted in GTY becoming privately held with its public listing removed.

BrightView Acquires Green Image (GTI)

February 4, 2021

Environmental Services

BrightView Holdings, Inc. has acquired Green Image, LLC (GTI), a Las Vegas-based landscaping services company with more than 400 employees. The acquisition expands BrightView's maintenance and landscape development capabilities in the western United States; financial terms were not disclosed.

Kinzie Capital Partners Acquires Chelsea Lighting

September 8, 2020

Electrical Services

Kinzie Capital Partners, alongside co-investor Patriot Capital and Chelsea Lighting's management team, acquired Chelsea Lighting NYC, LLC, a New York–based lighting and lighting-controls distributor. The deal positions Chelsea to expand its national footprint and accelerate its Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) and lighting controls capabilities while management retains significant ownership.

Kinzie Capital Partners Acquires Colony Display LLC

November 19, 2019

Manufacturing

Chicago-based private equity firm Kinzie Capital Partners has acquired Colony Display LLC, a designer, manufacturer and installer of customized retail, home improvement and hospitality fixtures headquartered in Elgin, Illinois. The transaction was completed in partnership with the company's founders and management; Colony will continue to be led by CEO Chuck Zich as Kinzie provides operational and technological support to drive the company's next phase of growth.