Arlington Capital Partners Acquires Pond & Company

Goldman Sachs (Petershill) Takes Minority Stake in Arlington Capital Partners

February 22, 2021

Financial Services

Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Petershill program has made a passive, non‑voting minority equity investment in Arlington Capital Partners to create a strategic relationship and support Arlington’s growth. The investment will not affect Arlington’s day-to-day management and is intended to accelerate the firm’s growth by expanding its LP base and strengthening its organization and infrastructure; Evercore and law firms served as advisors.

F.L.Putnam Acquires Arbor Capital, Four Ponds Financial Planning, and Ascension Asset Management

July 25, 2024

Financial Services

F.L.Putnam Investment Management Company acquired three independent registered investment advisors — Arbor Capital Management (Amherst, NY), Four Ponds Financial Planning (Mashpee, MA), and Ascension Asset Management (New York, NY) — in transactions that closed June 30, 2024. The deals add more than $1.25 billion of AUM, roughly 10 new advisors, two new offices (Western New York and Cape Cod), and expand F.L.Putnam's financial planning and investment management capabilities across the East Coast.

Arlington Capital Partners Acquires Pegasus Steel

June 14, 2023

Aerospace & Defense

Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington, D.C.-area private equity firm, has acquired Pegasus Steel LLC, a heavy steel fabricator that supplies large-scale structures for U.S. Navy submarines and aircraft carriers. Pegasus will serve as a new platform for Arlington as management, led by Founder & CEO Tony Deering, remains in place to scale the business to meet naval shipbuilding demand.

Fortress Brand Acquires Taylor & Pond

June 1, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Fortress Brand, a New York–based digital marketplace accelerator, has acquired Taylor & Pond, a San Diego–based 360° digital marketing agency focused on beauty, health, and wellness. The deal expands Fortress Brand's creative and demand-generation capabilities and deepens its expertise in beauty and wellness, enabling integrated marketplace, performance, and analytics services across its platform.

Aldine and Partners Invest in Pond, Robinson & Associates and PlusMedia

November 10, 2022

Professional Services

Aldine Capital Partners announced investments in two U.S. businesses: Dallas-based Pond, Robinson & Associates (PR&A) — with Coltala Holdings and partners including Alta Fox — and Danbury-based PlusMedia — in a Lightview Capital-led financing with participation from Aldine, Harbert and Resolute. Coltala's investment establishes PR&A as a strategic platform to scale its nationwide commercial real-estate engineering and due-diligence services, while the Lightview-led financing will help PlusMedia expand its omnichannel performance marketing capabilities and technology.

Millpond Equity Partners and Wasena Capital Management Acquire Paxton/Patterson

April 20, 2022

Education

Millpond Equity Partners and Wasena Capital Management have acquired Paxton/Patterson LLC, an Alsip, Illinois-based provider of career and technical education curriculum, equipment, lab design and educator training. Terms were not disclosed; Prairie Capital Advisors acted as exclusive financial advisor to Paxton/Patterson and its shareholders. The deal positions Paxton/Patterson for growth as the buyers aim to expand capabilities and scale the company's CTE offerings nationwide.