Southfield Capital Partners With The Perfect Franchise

Southfield Capital Partners with Franchise FastLane

May 11, 2022

Consulting

Southfield Capital has entered a strategic partnership with Franchise FastLane, an Omaha-based franchise sales organization, providing private equity capital to support the company's growth while founders Carey Gille and Ryan Zink remain involved (Gille as CEO, Zink as board advisor). The investment will fund expansion of FastLane's core franchise sales offering and new services for franchisors; Twin Brook Capital Partners provided debt financing and Boxwood Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Franchise FastLane.

Southfield Capital Acquires TFS from OnPoint Group

July 31, 2024

Industrial Services

Southfield Capital has acquired TFS, Ltd., a Perrysburg, Ohio-based provider of material handling fleet management services, from OnPoint Group. Comvest Credit Partners provided senior secured financing to support the transaction; Southfield will retain the incumbent management team and re-invest returning executives to support growth and expand service and technology capabilities.

dss+ Acquires Perfect Food Consulting

May 3, 2022

Consulting

Geneva-based dss+ acquired Italy-based sustainability consultancy Perfect Food Consulting, effective May 3, 2022. The deal brings additional sustainability management capabilities, IP and tools in the agri-food sector into dss+’s offerings and integrates the Perfect Food team into dss+’s sustainability consultancy practice.

Bregal Unternehmerkapital Acquires Perfect Drive Sports Group

March 30, 2021

E-Commerce

Funds advised by Bregal Unternehmerkapital acquired a majority stake in Perfect Drive Sports Group (PDSG) — Europe’s leading e-commerce provider of golf apparel and equipment — from Afinum. PDSG combines All4Golf (Hanover, Germany) and Clubhouse Golf (Manchester, UK), employs approximately 140 people across the group, and BU plans to partner with management to drive organic and inorganic growth and further internationalisation.

Princeton Equity Group Invests in International Franchise Professionals Group (IFPG)

May 10, 2022

Consulting

Princeton Equity Group has made a strategic equity investment in the International Franchise Professionals Group (IFPG) to accelerate the franchise broker network's growth and enhance its infrastructure and member services. IFPG founder and CEO Don Daszkowski will remain in his role, with Red Boswell staying as President, and the partnership will support staffing expansion, capability development and future strategic acquisitions.

Taurus Capital Partners Recapitalizes Pathlight Learning, a Primrose Schools Franchisee

September 10, 2025

Education

Taurus Capital Partners has made a platform investment to form and recapitalize Pathlight Learning, a leading franchisee of Primrose Schools, partnering with existing owner and manager Sarah Albahadily and other prior co-owners. The recapitalization provides Pathlight with resources to expand its Primrose school footprint nationally while retaining management continuity.