NextGen Security Acquires CERK Security

Apax Funds Acquire NextGen Security from Dunes Point Capital

September 10, 2026

IT Services

Funds advised by Apax Partners completed their acquisition of NextGen Security, an electronic security systems integrator headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, from Dunes Point Capital. NextGen’s management team is retaining a significant shareholding, and the company plans to pursue further growth through investments in its salesforce, expansion into high-growth markets, and selective acquisitions.

Acre Security Acquires REKS

January 6, 2025

Cybersecurity

Acre Security has acquired REKS, a purpose-built generative AI solution for access control, and hired its founders Adam and Jeff Groom to lead Acre's new AI Development Team. The acquisition integrates REKS' industry-specific AI capabilities into Acre's cloud-native access control platform to accelerate AI-powered security features and expand analytics across access control, intrusion detection and visitor management.

NextGen Security (Dunes Point Capital) Acquires Micro Security Solutions

December 11, 2024

Industrial Services

NextGen Security, a portfolio company of Dunes Point Capital, has acquired Micro Security Solutions, a Miramar, Florida-based electronic security integration firm. The add-on expands NextGen’s access control and video surveillance capabilities and geographic presence in healthcare, government, and other institutional end markets.

NextGen Security Acquires ISO Network

July 12, 2023

Industrial Services

NextGen Security, a portfolio company of Dunes Point Capital, has acquired ISO Network, an electronic security integration company based in Kennesaw, Georgia. ISO provides access control and video surveillance solutions to utilities, public safety, education and other markets; the deal is an add-on to NextGen's existing security integration platform.

Dunes Point Capital Acquires Control of NextGen Security, LLC

September 7, 2022

Industrial Services

Dunes Point Capital, LP (via Dunes Point Capital Fund II) made a controlling equity investment in NextGen Security, LLC, an electronic security integration company based in Exton, Pennsylvania. NextGen, which employs approximately 125 people and has facilities in Exton, PA and Houston, TX, provides access control, video surveillance and related security integration services to commercial and industrial clients across the U.S.; M&T Bank provided debt financing for the transaction.

Shermco Industries (Gryphon-Backed) Acquires NextGen Technologies

September 10, 2019

Industrial Services

Shermco Industries, a Gryphon Investors-backed provider of electrical testing, maintenance, commissioning and repair services, has acquired NextGen Technologies Ltd., an electrical testing and protection-and-control specialist based in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The NextGen management team will remain with Shermco as the company looks to expand its protection and control capabilities and geographic footprint across North America; terms were not disclosed.