Palm Beach Capital Invests in NELSON Worldwide via United Design Partners

Palm Beach Capital Invests in MBI Companies to Launch Architecture-Focused Platform

January 7, 2025

Engineering Services

Palm Beach Capital (through Palm Beach Capital Fund VI, L.P.) made a strategic growth investment in MBI Companies, an architecture and engineering design firm headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, to serve as the launch platform for a national architecture and design services roll-up. MBI will retain its name, leadership and two offices (Knoxville and Chattanooga), while PBC will provide growth capital and pursue an acquisition strategy to expand services and geographic reach.

KV Capital Invests in Nelson Lumber Company and Nelson Homes

May 15, 2024

Building Products

KV Capital’s private equity division has partnered with Nelson Lumber Company Ltd. and Nelson Homes to launch a building products platform, with ATB Private Equity and BDC Capital joining the investment. The transaction provides growth capital to accelerate Nelson Lumber’s operations, expand market reach in Alberta, and support the platform strategy under KV Private Equity Fund III while current shareholders remain involved.

Beach Point Capital Management Makes Majority Investment in Botanical Designs

January 9, 2023

Environmental Services

Beach Point Capital Management’s private equity team (on behalf of BPC Tactical Fund LP) made a majority investment in Botanical Designs, a specialty commercial landscaping and green-wall design, installation and maintenance company. Management will remain owners, terms were not disclosed, and the capital will support geographic expansion, business transformation and strategic M&A (Botanical Designs recently acquired Interior Foliage Company to expand in Seattle).

New Water Capital Acquires Nelson-Miller, Inc.

October 28, 2021

Manufacturing

New Water Capital, L.P. has acquired Nelson-Miller, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of human-machine interface (HMI) components and engineered assemblies serving medical, aerospace & defense and industrial end markets. The deal makes Nelson-Miller New Water’s newest platform investment to expand engineering, manufacturing and global supply-chain capabilities; Nelson-Miller was previously a portfolio company of Superior Capital Partners.

BDT Capital Partners Makes Strategic Majority Investment in Universal Engineering Sciences; Palm Beach Capital Recaps

October 1, 2021

Engineering Services

BDT Capital Partners has agreed to make a significant strategic investment to become the majority shareholder of Universal Engineering Sciences (UES), joining existing shareholders including Palm Beach Capital, company founders and management. The transaction is a recapitalization that allows Palm Beach Capital to realize meaningful cash proceeds while remaining a major investor and positions UES to continue rapid organic growth and add-on acquisitions across its national footprint.

Palm Beach Capital Invests in Allen Brothers, Forms National Convenience Distributors

March 30, 2020

Logistics & Distribution

Palm Beach Capital Fund III made an investment in Allen Brothers Wholesale Distributors and created National Convenience Distributors (NCD), combining Allen Brothers with J. Polep Distribution Services and Harold Levinson Associates as operating divisions. The new NCD organization reports combined annual revenues of $3 billion and becomes one of the largest full-line convenience store distributors in the U.S., expanding geographic reach and centralizing operations.