The Riverside Company Invests to Combine Premier Specialties, Intarome and Fragrance Solutions into OnScent

New Directions Aromatics Acquires Aromatic Fragrances International

January 7, 2026

Consumer Products

New Directions Aromatics, a TruArc Partners portfolio company, has combined with Aromatic Fragrances International to create an e-commerce-enabled specialty ingredients and fragrance platform. The deal expands New Directions' U.S. footprint and brings complementary formulation, manufacturing, and digital ordering capabilities to serve beauty, personal care, home fragrance and other consumer brands.

The Riverside Company Acquires Controlling Stake in Essential Compositions

December 19, 2024

Manufacturing

The Riverside Company, via an affiliated European fund, has acquired a controlling stake in Essential Compositions, a Gandía, Spain-based developer and manufacturer of fragrances. Riverside will support the company's commercial and R&D expansion, pursue a buy-and-build strategy in the specialty ingredients/fragrance space, and the Catalá family will reinvest alongside Riverside.

The Riverside Company and Blue Point Capital Partners Invest in siffron

September 13, 2022

Manufacturing

The Riverside Company, in partnership with Blue Point Capital Partners, has made a platform investment in siffron, a Twinsburg, Ohio-based designer and manufacturer of retail merchandising displays, shelving, signage and loss-prevention solutions. The investment will provide siffron with growth capital and resources to expand capabilities, support growth initiatives and leverage its domestic manufacturing footprint in Ohio and Illinois and international operations.

The Riverside Company Invests in National Flavors, LLC

March 11, 2020

Food & Beverage

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm, has invested in National Flavors, LLC (NF), a Michigan-based flavor manufacturer founded in 1941 that supplies flavors for beverages, frozen desserts, baked goods, confections and processed fruits. Riverside said it will strengthen NF’s research, development and application capabilities through organic and inorganic initiatives and is actively pursuing add-ons to build out its flavor and specialty ingredients platform.

The Riverside Company Merges OmniUpdate and Destiny Solutions

October 30, 2019

Education

The Riverside Company has merged OmniUpdate, a higher-education web content management provider, with Destiny Solutions, a student lifecycle management SaaS provider, to create a cloud-based, end-to-end student digital engagement platform. The combined company will be headquartered in Camarillo, California, led by Lance Merker (CEO) and Peter DeVries (President & COO), bringing together more than 150 employees and a combined customer base of 450+ institutions; Riverside plans to expand the product suite and pursue add-on acquisitions.

The Riverside Company Invests in Champion Healthcare Technologies and Combines It with HemaTerra

June 6, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

The Riverside Company has invested in Champion Healthcare Technologies and combined it with HemaTerra Technologies (a company Riverside invested in earlier) to form a leading medical specialty software business. The combined firm will provide SaaS solutions for implant lifecycle management and blood/plasma collection operations, serving over 500 hospitals and numerous independent blood and plasma centers across the United States.