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Guild Garage Group Partners with Four Seasons Garage Doors

March 3, 2025

Construction

Guild Garage Group, a newly formed alliance of residential-focused garage door service companies, announced a strategic partnership with Four Seasons Garage Doors, a family-owned garage door service business based in Roselle, Illinois. The deal gives Four Seasons access to Guild's financial, HR and marketing resources while the Four Seasons ownership team retains unit-level ownership as part of Guild's platform expansion into the Chicagoland market.

Oak Hill Capital to Acquire Guild Garage Group in $800M-Plus Deal

March 6, 2026

HVAC & Mechanical

Oak Hill Capital has agreed to buy Guild Garage Group, an alliance of residential garage door repair and replacement businesses, for more than $800 million. Guild launched in 2024 and has already completed close to 30 acquisitions, generating over $300 million in annual revenue and close to $50 million of EBITDA.

Equistone Acquires Majority Stake in Gardengate from Crest Capital Partners

October 18, 2021

Manufacturing

Equistone Partners Europe has acquired a majority stake in Gardengate, a Braga-based manufacturer of aluminium gates, doors and other outdoor-home aluminium products, with Crest Capital Partners retaining a minority stake alongside the founder and management team. Equistone plans to support Gardengate's international expansion (Benelux, Germany, UK), broaden its product range, grow its online presence and consolidate Portuguese production to increase capacity and profitability.

GarageCo Acquires Thomas V. Giel Corporation

February 4, 2025

Building Products

GarageCo, a national garage door services platform backed by Gridiron Capital, has acquired Thomas V. Giel Corporation, a Pittsburgh-area garage door products and services provider. The transaction expands GarageCo's Northeast footprint while preserving the local brand and team and aims to drive growth through shared operations and marketing best practices.

Mayfair Equity Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Jersey-based VG

July 17, 2024

Financial Services

Mayfair Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in VG, a Jersey-based provider of private wealth, corporate and fund administration services, investing alongside VG's current management team. Crescent Capital Group's European Specialty Lending strategy provided financing to support the transaction; financial terms were not disclosed.

Carmila Acquires 93% of Galimmo SCA and to Increase Ownership to 99.9%

July 1, 2024

Real Estate

Carmila announced the closing of its acquisition of 93% of the share capital of Galimmo SCA for total consideration of €272 million. The transaction was completed alongside the closing of Carrefour’s acquisition of Cora France, and Carmila also holds a put option over an additional 7% stake managed by Primonial REIM France to take its ownership to 99.9% (implying total investment of €299 million).