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Gen Cap America

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Gen Cap America (GCA) is a private investment firm headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. It specializes in acquisitions and recapitalizations of middle market businesses, providing equity for management buyouts, division spinoffs, and recapitalizations.

Focus Areas
Private investment, Middle-market acquisitions, Recapitalizations

Tracked deals

8

8 tracked deals across 2019-2022.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

8 buyout

Gen Cap America Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 4 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 4 years for Gen Cap America. 3 2019 2 2020 2 2021 1 2022

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Gen Cap America, Inc.
    Target
    Aquasol Corporation
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Buyout

    Nashville-based private equity firm Gen Cap America, Inc. has acquired Aquasol Corporation, a New York–based manufacturer of water‑soluble paper and welding consumables. Aquasol, founded in 2003, supplies pipe‑purging technologies and specialty consumables to industrial end markets worldwide and has distribution in over 90 countries.

  • Buyer
    Gen Cap America, Existing management of Lab Products
    Target
    Lab Products, LLC, Harford Systems, LLC
    Seller
    Avidity Science, LLC
    Industry
    Medical Devices
    Type
    Buyout

    Gen Cap America, in partnership with existing management, has acquired Lab Products, LLC and Harford Systems, LLC from Avidity Science. Lab Products manufactures laboratory research animal housing, cages, and environmental control systems and is headquartered in Seaford, Delaware with a manufacturing facility in Aberdeen, Maryland. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Gen Cap America, Inc., Frontier Packaging management
    Target
    Frontier Packaging, Inc.
    Seller
    Gladstone Investment Corporation
    Industry
    Packaging
    Type
    Buyout

    Gen Cap America, a Nashville-based private equity firm, has acquired Frontier Packaging, Inc., a Tukwila, Washington-based manufacturer and distributor of seafood packaging, in partnership with Frontier's management. Gladstone Investment Corporation exited its investment in Frontier as part of the transaction; terms were not disclosed. Gen Cap said the acquisition will support Frontier's next phase of growth serving seafood processors across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

  • Buyer
    Gen Cap America, Inc.
    Target
    Eastern Business Forms
    Industry
    Medical Devices
    Type
    Buyout

    Gen Cap America, a Nashville-based private equity firm, has acquired Eastern Business Forms (EBF), a Greenville, South Carolina manufacturer of 903 filter paper used in newborn screening diagnostics. The deal was completed in partnership with EBF management as a platform acquisition; terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Gen Cap America, Inc.
    Target
    TFM Services
    Type
    Buyout

    Gen Cap America, a Nashville-based private equity firm, has acquired TFM Services, a Wichita-based facilities maintenance company, in partnership with TFM management. Terms were not disclosed; Gen Cap said it will partner with the existing management team to grow TFM across the region and continue its service offerings in janitorial, floor maintenance and related facility services.

  • Buyer
    Gen Cap America, Inc.
    Target
    Griffin Gear, Inc.
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Buyout

    Gen Cap America, a Nashville-based private equity firm, has partnered with Griffin Gear management to acquire Griffin Gear, Inc., a Roebuck, South Carolina-based manufacturer of replacement gearing and provider of gearbox rebuild and field services. Terms were not disclosed; the deal is positioned as a partnership with existing management to support continued operations and growth under CEO Randy Stewart.

  • Buyer
    Gen Cap America, Inc., Management of Mayflower Sales Co.
    Target
    Mayflower Sales Co.
    Type
    Buyout

    Gen Cap America partnered with Mayflower's management team to acquire Mayflower Sales Co., a Brooklyn-based value-added distributor of premium physical security and storefront hardware. Terms were not disclosed; the company, founded in 1917, sells locks, locksets, access control systems and door hardware to subcontractors, hospitals, universities and government institutions.

  • Buyer
    Gen Cap America, BloApCo management
    Target
    Blower Application Company (BloApCo)
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Buyout

    Gen Cap America partnered with BloApCo's management team to acquire Blower Application Company, a Germantown, Wisconsin-based manufacturer of shredders, fans, and pneumatic conveying equipment. The transaction is a management buyout aimed at facilitating a transition from retiring owners and supporting continued growth; terms were not disclosed.

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