Quadrant Private Equity Takes Growth Stake in Birch & Waite

Birch Hill Equity Partners Acquires Harbour Air

January 19, 2020

Transportation

Birch Hill Equity Partners has acquired Harbour Air, North America’s largest seaplane airline. Capital West Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Harbour Air; Birch Hill is expected to support Harbour Air's growth and its planned fleet electrification.

Palladium-backed Quirch Foods Acquires Butts Foods

May 11, 2020

Food & Beverage

Palladium Equity Partners–backed Quirch Foods, LLC has acquired Butts Foods, a family-owned fresh protein distributor headquartered in Jackson, Tennessee. The add-on expands Quirch's footprint in the Southeast by bringing Butts Foods' five distribution facilities across Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi into the Quirch platform.

Birch Hill Equity Partners Makes Investment in Yorkville Education Company

September 3, 2020

Education

Birch Hill Equity Partners, a Toronto-based private equity firm, made an investment in Yorkville Education Company (the parent of Yorkville University and Toronto Film School). Origin Merchant Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Yorkville on the transaction, which provides growth capital to support expansion of Yorkville's post‑secondary and vocational education offerings across Canada.

Graham Partners Growth Makes Growth Investment in Bite, Inc.

April 9, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Graham Partners Growth, the growth equity arm of Graham Partners, completed a growth equity investment in Bite, Inc., a New York–based provider of intelligent kiosk ordering software for fast-casual, quick-service restaurants, and convenience stores. The investment will support Bite's go-to-market expansion and product capabilities for its Bite Lift upsell algorithm and kiosk integrations.

Harwood Private Equity Acquires Crest Foods

February 20, 2024

Food & Beverage

Harwood Private Equity has acquired Crest Foods, a US-based provider of dairy stabilizers, contract packaging, and private-label dry food manufacturing. Terms were not disclosed; Brown Gibbons Lang & Company served as financial advisor and facilitated a sale-leaseback of Crest's 575,000-square-foot Ashton, Illinois facility via TPG Angelo Gordon's Net Lease business. Harwood said the acquisition will support Crest Foods’ next phase of growth.

Rockbridge Growth Equity Invests in Quartile Digital

September 29, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Detroit-based private equity firm Rockbridge Growth Equity has made an investment in Quartile Digital to recapitalize the company and fund direct sales and marketing expansion, product enhancements and further international growth. Quartile is an AI/ML-driven advertising optimization and spend-management SaaS platform used by brands and sellers across Amazon and other online marketplaces; the deal closed on September 29, 2020, with CG Petsky Prunier advising Quartile.