Tracked deals
10
10 tracked deals across 2021-2026.
Private Equity Firm
Business Services
Prairie Capital
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Prairie Capital is a private equity firm focused on guiding founder-owned companies to become scalable platform businesses, providing resources and operational support across sectors including education, healthcare, business services, consumer, industrial growth, and technology.
- Focus Areas
- Middle-market buyout / growth equity, Control equity investments
- Website
- prairiecapital.com
Recent pace
1
1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Recapitalization
8 recapitalization · 2 addon
Prairie Capital Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 5 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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February 18, 2026
- Buyer
- RF Investment Partners, Prairie Capital
- Target
- NSG Life Safety, Inc., Norel Service Company, Inc.
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
RF Investment Partners partnered with Prairie Capital to support the recapitalization of NSG Life Safety and Norel Service Company (together, NSG-Norel), a fire, life safety, and security solutions provider across New England. The investment is intended to position NSG-Norel for its next phase of growth through continued investment in people, technology, new service lines, and geographic expansion.
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- Buyer
- Prairie Capital
- Target
- Kashi Clinical Laboratories
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Oregon, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Prairie Capital partnered with founder Dr. Zahra Kashi and senior management to recapitalize Kashi Clinical Laboratories, a Portland, Oregon-based accredited clinical laboratory specializing in HLA typing, post-transplant monitoring, genomic sequencing and diagnostic testing. Prairie will support accelerated growth through investments in human capital, sales & marketing, technology and infrastructure, as well as pursuing add-on acquisitions.
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September 20, 2023
- Buyer
- Prairie Capital VII, LP
- Target
- STAR Autism Support
- Seller
- Arick family (founders)
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Oregon, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Prairie Capital VII, LP partnered with the founders (the Arick family) to recapitalize STAR Autism Support, a Beaverton, Oregon-based provider of digital special education curriculum and professional development for K-12 districts. Prairie Capital will support acceleration of STAR's SaaS solutions through investments in talent, sales and marketing, product development and add-on acquisitions.
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February 23, 2023
- Buyer
- P1 Dental Partners, Prairie Capital
- Target
- Cornerstone Dental Partners
- Seller
- Cornerstone Dental Partners, Mark Zieba, Jon Gregoire, Anthony Ponzio
- Industry
- Dental
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Addon
P1 Dental Partners, a Prairie Capital portfolio company, acquired Cornerstone Dental Partners, a 10-office dental support organization (DSO) in the greater Chicago area. The three Cornerstone owners — Mark Zieba, Jon Gregoire and Anthony Ponzio — joined P1 Dental Partners in executive leadership roles; the deal closed in December 2021 and terms were not disclosed.
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November 4, 2022
- Buyer
- KCM Capital Partners LLC, Prairie Capital VII (Prairie Capital), Royal Distributing management (Jordan Smart and Scott Spark)
- Target
- Royal Distributing
- Industry
- E-Commerce
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Type
- Recapitalization
On November 4, 2022 KCM Capital Partners and Prairie Capital (Prairie Capital VII), in partnership with Royal Distributing management, completed a recapitalization of Royal Distributing, an omnichannel Canadian powersports aftermarket retailer and distributor. The transaction will support company-building initiatives — including investments in people, sales & marketing, technology and infrastructure — and fund add-on acquisitions to accelerate growth.
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September 7, 2022
- Buyer
- Upshop (formerly Applied Data Corporation), Prairie Capital
- Target
- Itasca Retail
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- Iowa, United States
- Type
- Addon
Applied Data Corporation, rebranded as Upshop, has acquired Itasca Retail to expand its total store operations platform by adding inventory intelligence and replenishment capabilities. The deal, announced in September 2022 on Prairie Capital's site and Upshop/PR channels, integrates Itasca's Magic Inventory Intelligence into Upshop's cloud-based SaaS platform to improve on-shelf availability and streamline retail ordering.
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December 10, 2021
- Buyer
- Prairie Capital VII, LP (Prairie Capital)
- Target
- Conscious Discipline
- Seller
- Dr. Becky Bailey, Existing management / existing shareholders
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Florida, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Prairie Capital VII, LP (Prairie Capital) completed a recapitalization of Conscious Discipline, partnering with founder Dr. Becky Bailey and management to support the company's next phase of growth. Prairie will provide company-building capital to accelerate sales, marketing, technology, product development and to pursue add-on acquisitions within the social-emotional learning (SEL) and education market.
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November 1, 2021
- Buyer
- Prairie Capital VII, LP, Tyler Hawes, Eric Vorchheimer, Michele Buster, Pierluigi Sini
- Target
- Forever Cheese
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Prairie Capital VII, LP partnered with industry executives Tyler Hawes and Eric Vorchheimer and Forever Cheese co-founders Michele Buster and Pierluigi Sini in a recapitalization of Forever Cheese in November 2021. Forever Cheese, headquartered in New York, is an importer and distributor of specialty cheeses and gourmet foods; the recapitalization will support company-building investments in sales & marketing, technology, human capital and add-on acquisitions.
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- Buyer
- Prairie Capital VII, LP, Skyline Global Partners LLC, S2G Ventures (S2G Investments), Lief Labs management / Adel Villalobos
- Target
- Lief Labs
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Prairie Capital VII, Skyline Global Partners and S2G Ventures have partnered with Lief Labs' management and founder Adel Villalobos to recapitalize Lief Labs, a Valencia, California-based dietary supplement formulator and contract manufacturer. The recapitalization provides growth capital and strategic advisory to support investments in technology, raw materials and formulations, supply chain, human capital, production capacity and potential add-on acquisitions while the existing management team and CEO remain in place.
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September 1, 2021
- Buyer
- Prairie Capital VII, LP, Ken Brott and senior management (Sgt. Clean)
- Target
- Sgt. Clean Car Wash
- Industry
- Automotive
- Location
- Ohio, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Prairie Capital VII, LP partnered with CEO Ken Brott and senior management to recapitalize Sgt. Clean Car Wash, a six-site express car wash operator headquartered in Uniontown, Ohio. The investment will fund de novo site expansion, human capital, sales and marketing, infrastructure, and add-on acquisitions to scale the platform in the Northeast Ohio market.
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2 tracked deals by Prairie Capital.
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2 tracked deals by Prairie Capital.
Automotive Buyers & Acquisitions
1 tracked deal by Prairie Capital.
Cloud & SaaS Buyers & Acquisitions
1 tracked deal by Prairie Capital.
Acquisitions in Oregon
2 tracked deals by Prairie Capital.
Acquisitions in California
1 tracked deal by Prairie Capital.
Acquisitions in Florida
1 tracked deal by Prairie Capital.
Acquisitions in Illinois
1 tracked deal by Prairie Capital.
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