Tracked deals
8
8 tracked deals across 2018-2025.
Private Equity Firm
Other
Sequel Holdings
Dallas, Texas, United States
Dallas-based private equity firm founded in 2002 that partners with management to accelerate growth through control equity investments in profitable lower middle-market businesses, focused primarily on food & beverage, with select opportunities in agribusiness and plastics & specialty materials.
- Focus Areas
- Lower middle-market control equity investing, Food & beverage, Agribusiness
- Website
- www.sequelholdings.com
Recent pace
0
0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Addon
4 addon · 4 buyout
Sequel Holdings Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 6 years
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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- Buyer
- Mrs. Gerry's Kitchen, Sequel Holdings
- Target
- Garden-Fresh Foods
- Seller
- Hughes family (Tom and Vicki Hughes)
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Wisconsin, United States
- Type
- Addon
Mrs. Gerry's Kitchen, a portfolio company of Sequel Holdings, has acquired Garden-Fresh Foods. Alantra acted as exclusive financial advisor to Garden-Fresh; the family owners (Tom and Vicki Hughes and their sons) and CEO John Colapinto will remain involved after the sale, and the deal brings together two prepared-salad manufacturers to expand scale and capabilities in refrigerated ready-to-eat foods.
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October 1, 2024
- Buyer
- Uniphase, LLC, Sequel Holdings, L.P.
- Target
- Janler Corporation
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Addon
Uniphase, LLC, a portfolio company of Sequel Holdings, L.P., has acquired Janler Corporation, a Chicago-based contract mold-making and plastic injection molding business. The deal expands Uniphase's tooling and molding capabilities, doubles toolmakers and engineering capacity across more than 125,000 square feet of manufacturing space, and is being executed as an add-on to the Uniphase platform.
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- Buyer
- Sequel Holdings, L.P.
- Target
- Uniphase, LLC
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Sequel Holdings acquired a majority interest in Uniphase, LLC in March 2024, adding the St. Charles, Illinois-based engineering and custom injection molding company to its portfolio. Founder Bill Morici retains a significant minority stake and remains CEO; Uniphase specializes in tool design and building and plastic injection molding using liquid silicone rubber (LSR) and engineered thermoplastics.
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- Buyer
- Sequel Holdings, L.P., Embassy Park Investment Company
- Target
- Piedmont Candy Company
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Sequel Holdings acquired a majority interest in Piedmont Candy Company in May 2023, partnering with Embassy Park Investment Company. Piedmont Candy Company, headquartered in Lexington, North Carolina, is a maker of Redbird peppermint puffs and Thinfuls popcorn snacks and sells branded and private-label products across mass, dollar, club, drug and e-commerce channels.
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May 17, 2021
- Buyer
- Chairmans Foods, Sequel Holdings, L.P.
- Target
- Charley & Sons
- Seller
- Charley & Sons
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Addon
In May 2021 Chairmans Foods, a Sequel Holdings portfolio company, acquired the assets of Charley & Sons, including the Gordos brand and an Atlanta manufacturing plant. The add-on expands Chairmans' manufacturing capacity and strengthens its retail and foodservice distribution presence in the fast-growing queso category.
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- Buyer
- Chairmans Foods, Sequel Holdings, L.P.
- Target
- Mrs. Grissom's Salads
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Tennessee, United States
- Type
- Addon
Chairmans Foods, a Sequel Holdings portfolio company, acquired Mrs. Grissom's Salads in April 2021 as an add-on to expand its refrigerated prepared foods and grab-and-go offerings. The acquisition brings Mrs. Grissom's pimento cheese spreads, dips and protein salads into Chairmans' retail and foodservice product set and strengthens relationships with retail deli/dairy departments.
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- Buyer
- Sequel Holdings, L.P.
- Target
- Mrs. Gerry's Kitchen
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Dallas-based private equity firm Sequel Holdings acquired a majority interest in Mrs. Gerry's Kitchen in July 2020. Mrs. Gerry's Kitchen, headquartered in Albert Lea, Minnesota, is a manufacturer and distributor of premium refrigerated salads and side dishes and will serve as a new platform in Sequel's food & beverage portfolio.
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- Buyer
- Sequel Holdings, L.P.
- Target
- Star Seed, Inc.
- Seller
- Gladstone Investment Corporation
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- Kansas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Sequel Holdings, L.P. acquired Star Seed, Inc. from Gladstone Investment Corporation (Gladstone Investment) on December 21, 2018. Gladstone Investment sold its equity interest and prepaid its debt investment in Star Seed, a Kansas-based seed distributor with strengths in native grasses, wildflowers, forages and small grains; Gladstone said the sale generated a realized gain.
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Agriculture Buyers & Acquisitions
1 tracked deal by Sequel Holdings.
Acquisitions in Illinois
2 tracked deals by Sequel Holdings.
Acquisitions in Georgia
1 tracked deal by Sequel Holdings.
Acquisitions in Kansas
1 tracked deal by Sequel Holdings.
Acquisitions in Minnesota
1 tracked deal by Sequel Holdings.
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