Trive Capital Acquires Hypergiant Industries

Trive Capital Invests in Forward Slope Incorporated

November 30, 2022

Software

Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital has made an investment in Forward Slope Incorporated, a San Diego–headquartered provider of mission-critical software, geospatial mapping and surveillance solutions for defense and national security customers. Forward Slope CEO Carlos Persichetti remains with the company and invested alongside Trive; the partnership is intended to support organic growth and potential acquisitions to expand capabilities and scale the business.

Trive-backed Forward Slope Acquires Soar Technology

August 24, 2023

AI & Machine Learning

Forward Slope Incorporated, a Trive Capital-backed technology platform, has acquired Soar Technology, Inc. The add-on strengthens Forward Slope's AI/ML capabilities for Department of Defense and national security customers; the SoarTech leadership invested alongside Trive and will remain as senior leaders of the combined platform.

Trive Capital Invests in Kittyhawk Inc.

January 26, 2023

Industrial Services

Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital has made a growth investment in Kittyhawk, Inc., a West Coast provider of Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) services serving aerospace, defense, space and medical end markets. The partnership will support Kittyhawk's organic growth and future acquisitions to expand capabilities and serve increasing demand for additively manufactured and mission-critical components.

Trive Capital Invests in Systems Innovation Engineering

February 16, 2022

Aerospace & Defense

Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital has made a strategic investment in Systems Innovation Engineering (SIE), a Mullica Hill, New Jersey–based defense systems engineering and design firm. The capital will support SIE’s continued growth and capability expansion across radar/RF, directed energy, counter-UAS systems and supply-chain/logistics support for defense customers.

Trive Capital Invests in Illumis Global to Build Vendor Management Platform

November 24, 2025

Professional Services

Trive Capital made a strategic growth investment in Illumis Global to accelerate the company's expansion and establish a comprehensive vendor management platform. The investment will support Illumis' technology investments, broaden its audit and analytics capabilities, and enable new offerings such as a proprietary Group Purchasing Organization while keeping current management in place.

Trive Capital Acquires Cadient Talent Carve-Out from Kronos

June 17, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

Trive Capital, alongside co-investors Six Pillars Partners and Swordstone Partners, has acquired the hiring solutions business of Kronos Incorporated and rebranded the business as Cadient Talent. Cadient is a SaaS applicant-tracking and assessment platform focused on high-volume, hourly hiring in the United States and Canada; Trive says it will invest in product development and support growth.