Leonard Green & Partners Acquires Cumming Group From New Mountain Capital

Cumming Group Merges with Seneca Group

October 17, 2025

Consulting

Cumming Group has merged with Seneca Group, bringing more than 70 Seneca professionals into Cumming’s platform to expand the firm’s Pacific Northwest capabilities. The combination strengthens Cumming Group’s owner-advisory, project management, and cost-consulting services for corporate, healthcare, and education clients and expands its regional and international footprint.

Leonard Green & Partners Acquires Majority Interest in Crunch Fitness from TPG Growth

April 15, 2025

Consumer Products

Leonard Green & Partners (LGP) made a strategic investment to acquire a majority interest in Crunch Holdings, LLC (Crunch Fitness). The deal involves LGP buying from TPG Growth and Crunch’s minority shareholders, positioning Crunch for accelerated growth and expansion.

New Mountain Capital Acquires Cumming Group from Tailwind Capital

December 1, 2021

Construction

New Mountain Capital has partnered with Seattle-based Cumming Group in a growth-oriented transaction in which Tailwind Capital sold its stake while retaining an equity interest alongside New Mountain. Terms were not disclosed; Cumming is an international project and cost management consultancy with 1,100+ employees across 41 offices and will use New Mountain's capital to pursue organic growth and acquisitions.

Cumming Group Acquires Fort Point Project Management

April 1, 2021

Engineering Services

Cumming Group, a portfolio company of Tailwind Capital, has acquired Fort Point Project Management, a Boston-based project management firm founded in 2000. The add-on expands Cumming’s Northeast presence and strengthens its life sciences, healthcare and office project capabilities; it is Cumming’s ninth add-on since Tailwind acquired the company in 2016.

Cumming Group Acquires Inici Group

March 1, 2021

Engineering Services

Cumming Group, a portfolio company of Tailwind Capital, has acquired Portland-based project management firm Inici Group as an add-on to expand Cumming’s capabilities in the Pacific Northwest. The transaction is Cumming’s eighth add-on since its 2016 investment by Tailwind and is intended to broaden regional capacity and specialized services for Cumming’s clients.

Leonard Green & Partners Acquires Majority Stake in ECI Software Solutions

November 19, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Leonard Green & Partners will acquire a majority stake in ECI Software Solutions from funds advised by Apax Partners and The Carlyle Group; financial terms were not disclosed. Funds advised by Apax Partners will retain a minority stake. ECI is a Fort Worth, Texas–based provider of cloud-based ERP and vertical-market SaaS for small and medium-sized businesses, with ~1,700 employees and more than 22,000 customers.