GI Partners Makes Significant Growth Investment in Aras

Francisco Partners Makes Growth Investment in GAINSystems

July 27, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

GAINSystems, a provider of supply chain planning and inventory optimization software, received a growth investment from Francisco Partners — the company’s first institutional capital. GAINSystems CEO Bill Benton and the management team retain a controlling ownership stake as the company scales product and go-to-market efforts.

MML Invests in Arηs Group

June 1, 2023

IT Services

MML Partnership Capital has invested in Arηs Group, a Luxembourg-headquartered IT services firm focused on the Benelux and European institutions markets. The transaction brings Arηs into MML's Partnership Capital portfolio to support the company's international expansion and further capability development, with the co-founders and key employees reinvesting alongside MML.

Bain Capital Makes Strategic Growth Investment in ARCOS LLC

June 10, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

ARCOS LLC, a Columbus-based provider of AI-enabled field workforce management software for utilities and critical infrastructure, received a strategic growth investment from Bain Capital. The investment — made alongside existing investor Vista Equity Partners — will fund product innovation, scale operations, and support inorganic growth; terms were not disclosed.

GI Partners Acquires Majority Stake in American Residential Services; Charlesbank and Management Reinvest

September 15, 2020

HVAC & Mechanical

GI Partners is making a majority investment in American Residential Services (ARS), with existing investor Charlesbank Capital Partners and ARS management also making significant new investments. ARS, based in Memphis, Tennessee, operates more than 70 locally managed service centers across 23 states with approximately 6,500 employees and is the largest residential HVAC and plumbing services provider in the U.S. GI Partners said it will work with management and Charlesbank to accelerate growth and expand ARS’s national footprint both organically and via add-on acquisitions; the transaction is expected to close in Q4 2020.

Arlington Capital Partners Makes Majority Investment in AEgis Technologies

October 22, 2019

Aerospace & Defense

Arlington Capital Partners agreed to make a majority investment in AEgis Technologies and has appointed Jonathan Moneymaker as CEO. The investment will support expanded R&D and strategic acquisitions as Arlington builds AEgis into a platform focused on space superiority, directed energy, missile defense and related national security capabilities.

Aras Acquires Minerva Group

January 11, 2022

Software

Aras announced it has merged Minerva Group into Aras to integrate Minerva's Aras Innovator PLM implementation expertise and industry-specific PLM applications. Minerva brings functionality and vertical experience for medical devices, high-tech electronics, automotive, aerospace/defense and will provide Aras with local representation in the Nordic region and the Netherlands.