L Squared Capital Partners Acquires Functional Devices, Inc.
February 23, 2026
L Squared Capital Partners acquired Functional Devices, Inc. (FDI), a provider of “ready-to-use” field devices for building automation and emergency lighting systems, anchored by the RIB (Relay in a Box) brand. The deal includes investment alongside FDI management and positions L Squared to build a scaled building automation platform and pursue additional add-on acquisitions in peripheral components.
- Buyers
- L Squared Capital Partners LLC, L Squared Capital Partners IV and its affiliates
- Targets
- Functional Devices, Inc.
- Sellers
- Shorehill Capital LLC
- Platforms
- L Squared Capital Partners
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Indiana, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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