Nolan Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Coastal Farm & Ranch

C-A-L Ranch Stores and Coastal Farm & Home Merge; Nolan Capital Retains Majority Stake

March 3, 2023

Retail

C-A-L Ranch Stores and Coastal Farm & Home have entered a definitive merger to create a combined farm & ranch retail platform operating 54 stores across six Western U.S. states with over 2,200 associates. Nolan Capital — the majority partner of Coastal — will retain a majority stake in the combined business; Tom Yearsley (CEO of C-A-L) will lead the combined company and Larry Hayward (Del Mar Ventures) will serve as non-executive chairman.

Nolan Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Ortega National Parks

November 6, 2019

Restaurants & Hospitality

Nolan Capital, the family office of Peter Nolan, has become the majority owner of Ortega National Parks (ONP). The Ortega family (Armand Ortega, Shane Ortega and Tom Williamson) will remain minority owners and board members, with Shane Ortega serving as Co-Chairman, as Nolan Capital provides capital and long-term support to help ONP expand its retail, lodging and hospitality operations in national, state and county parks across the United States.

Nolan Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Water Engineering, Inc.

March 21, 2022

Industrial Services

Nolan Capital, the family office of Peter Nolan, has acquired a majority stake in Water Engineering, Inc., a Omaha-based provider of industrial water treatment solutions, chemicals and services. Nolan Capital’s Southern California portfolio company, Apollo Technologies, will join the combined Water Engineering platform as the investor and management team intend to pursue further acquisitions to build a national water treatment platform.

Vopne Capital Provides Growth Capital to Coastal Manufacturing

January 18, 2023

Manufacturing

Vopne Capital made a growth capital investment in Coastal Manufacturing to support the company's next stage of expansion and innovation. Coastal Manufacturing, headquartered in Watsonville, California and founded by Mark Hoffseth, designs and manufactures food processing equipment for leafy greens, vegetables, frozen fruits and confectionery markets.

West Lane Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Non-Foods Marketing Corp

October 21, 2020

Retail

West Lane Capital Partners LLC has acquired a majority stake in Non-Foods Marketing Corp. (NFM), a New York–based national buying service and product developer that sells products under the Living Concepts brand. Founder and CEO Tony Gusta will remain an owner and continue as CEO as West Lane plans to expand NFM's customer, product and vendor base and broaden distribution domestically and internationally; terms were not disclosed.

King Ranch Acquires 50% Stake in Cobalt Cattle

April 9, 2024

Agriculture

King Ranch, Inc. has acquired a 50% stake in Cobalt Cattle, the United States' fourth-largest cattle feeding operator, which runs six feedyards across Colorado, Kansas and Texas. The transaction brings King Ranch into a strategic partnership with Cobalt (which is backed by growth equity partner AGR Partners) as part of King Ranch's move to expand and vertically integrate across the beef value chain.