Private Equity Firm Other

Prairie Capital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Prairie Capital is a private equity firm that partners with high-potential, founder-owned companies to build scalable platforms and support accelerated growth. It invests across business services, consumer, education, healthcare, industrial growth, and technology.

Focus Areas
Private equity / investment, Platform investments, Add-on acquisitions

Tracked deals

8

8 tracked deals across 2019-2021.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Recapitalization

4 recapitalization · 2 addon · 2 buyout

Prairie Capital Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 3 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 3 years for Prairie Capital. 4 2019 3 2020 1 2021

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Prairie Capital VI, LP, Management of Applied Data Corporation (led by CEO Shamus Hines)
    Target
    Applied Data Corporation
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS

    Prairie Capital VI, LP partnered with CEO Shamus Hines and ADC management to complete a growth recapitalization of Applied Data Corporation (ADC). ADC, a Tampa-based provider of FreshIQ fresh item management SaaS deployed in over 20,000 locations across 120+ grocery and convenience chains, will use the investment to accelerate hiring, go-to-market, product development and pursue add-on acquisitions.

  • Buyer
    Prairie Capital VI (Prairie Capital)
    Target
    P1 Dental Partners
    Seller
    Partner Dentists (Dr. Kelly Jastremski, Patrick Malloy and other practice-owner dentists)
    Industry
    Dental
    Type
    Buyout

    Prairie Capital VI partnered with Dr. Kelly Jastremski, Patrick Malloy and other practice-owner dentists to consolidate 26 dental practices across Indiana and form P1 Dental Partners, a provider-led dental partnership organization headquartered in Indianapolis. The platform comprises 23 general and 3 specialty practices (about 50 providers) and Prairie Capital will support growth through investments in people, technology, infrastructure and add-on acquisitions.

  • Buyer
    Prairie Capital VI, LP
    Target
    Netalytics
    Seller
    Mark Essex, Karen Essex
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS

    On February 21, 2020 Prairie Capital VI, LP partnered with founders Mark and Karen Essex to recapitalize Netalytics, a Greer, South Carolina provider of electronic medical records (EMR) and practice management solutions serving the substance use disorder (SUD) / opioid use disorder (OUD) market. Prairie Capital said it will support growth through investments in human capital, sales and marketing, technology and infrastructure, service-line expansion and add-on acquisitions.

  • Buyer
    Prairie Capital VI, LP, AlpHa Measurement Solutions, LLC
    Target
    Van London Co.
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Addon

    Prairie Capital VI supported the formation of AlpHa Measurement Solutions, a new holding company that has acquired Van London Co. The deal brings Van London together with Analytical Sensors & Instruments and Aurora Scientific Instruments to create a comprehensive liquid sensor technology platform serving water quality, pharmaceutical, laboratory and industrial markets.

  • Buyer
    Prairie Capital VI, LP
    Target
    Legacy Hospice Holdings, Inc.

    Prairie Capital VI, LP partnered with CEO Clark Blair to recapitalize Legacy Hospice Holdings, Inc., a Livingston, Alabama–headquartered provider of rural hospice services. The recapitalization will support Legacy's growth initiatives, including investments in people, technology, sales & marketing, de novo site expansion and potential add-on acquisitions across its 21-office footprint serving 600+ patients daily in the Southeast.

  • Buyer
    Architectural Lighting Works, Prairie Capital VI, LP
    Target
    v2 Lighting Group
    Type
    Addon

    Architectural Lighting Works (ALW), a Prairie Capital VI-backed manufacturer of architectural LED luminaires, has acquired v2 Lighting Group, a San Jose-based designer and manufacturer of specification-grade interior and exterior LED fixtures. The add-on expands ALW’s decorative and specification-grade product portfolio and consolidates operations and leadership under the ALW platform to drive product, manufacturing and go-to-market synergies.

  • Buyer
    Prairie Capital VI, LP, Rising Point Capital
    Target
    Fairway Lawns
    Seller
    Founders
    Type
    Buyout

    On December 23, 2019 Prairie Capital VI, LP partnered with Rising Point Capital to acquire Fairway Lawns, a Little Rock-based provider of residential lawn treatment and pest control services. The investment backed a buyout of the company’s founders and supported management to accelerate growth through investments in people, sales and marketing, infrastructure, and add-on acquisitions; at the time Fairway served over 40,000 customers from 12 lawn-treatment and 2 pest-control locations across six states.

  • Buyer
    Prairie Capital VI, LP
    Target
    Analytical Sensors & Instruments, Inc.
    Industry
    Manufacturing

    Prairie Capital VI, LP partnered with CEO Drew Hall and ASI management to recapitalize Analytical Sensors & Instruments, a Sugar Land, Texas-based manufacturer of electrodes, analytical sensors and chemical solutions for water testing. The recapitalization will support company-building investments including sales and marketing, new product development, infrastructure and potential add-on acquisitions.

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