Silver Oak Services Partners Recapitalizes Keystone Partners

Careerminds Acquires Keystone Partners from Silver Oak

February 12, 2026

Staffing & HR

Careerminds has acquired Keystone Partners, a Boston-based provider of outplacement, career management, executive coaching and leadership development services, from Silver Oak Services Partners. Silver Oak had owned Keystone since 2018 and supported the company through five add-on acquisitions and development of a proprietary technology platform to scale its talent solutions business.

Silver Oak Services Partners Recapitalizes Beary Landscaping

May 8, 2024

Environmental Services

Silver Oak Services Partners led a recapitalization of Beary Landscaping, investing alongside founder and CEO Brian Beary and other senior management. Headquartered in Lockport, Illinois, Beary provides recurring landscaping and snow removal services to commercial customers across multiple Midwest states; the recapitalization supplies growth capital and positions the company to pursue add-on acquisitions while management retains a significant ownership stake.

Silver Oak Services Partners Leads Recapitalization of Quality Liaison Services

September 26, 2023

Industrial Services

Silver Oak Services Partners led a recapitalization of Quality Liaison Services (QLS), partnering with QLS senior management and other co-investors. Headquartered in Hendersonville, Tennessee, QLS provides supplier representation, inspection & containment, repair & rework, and quality engineering services to OEMs and suppliers across North America; management will remain in place and retain a significant ownership stake as Silver Oak provides capital to support growth and service expansion.

Silver Oak Services Partners Recapitalizes Summit Hosting

October 20, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Silver Oak Services Partners led a recapitalization of Summit Hosting, investing alongside Summit’s senior management team. Summit Hosting, founded in 2005 and headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, is a provider of dedicated managed cloud hosting for accounting and other business applications and will use the new capital to scale its managed cloud services.

Silver Oak Services Partners Recapitalizes Drive Automotive Services

September 8, 2021

Automotive

Silver Oak Services Partners led a recapitalization investment in Drive Automotive Services, a multi-site operator of automotive repair shops headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The capital will support Drive's growth and expansion of its 22 repair locations and a team of over 120 service technicians across multiple U.S. metropolitan markets.

Keystone Partners (Silver Oak) Acquires Kensington International's Career Transition and Leadership Development Business

July 10, 2019

Professional Services

Keystone Partners, a portfolio company of Silver Oak Services Partners, acquired the career transition and leadership development business operations from Chicago-based Kensington International, Inc. The add-on expands Keystone's presence and capabilities in the greater Chicago market and integrates Kensington's high-touch outplacement, executive coaching and talent assessment services into Keystone's platform.