Tracked deals
46
46 tracked deals across 2019-2026.
Private Equity Firm
Business Services
Sterling Investment Partners
Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Sterling Investment Partners (founded in 1991) is a middle-market private equity firm focused on business services and distribution businesses. Sterling is led by a highly-tenured senior investment team and has completed over 280 transactions with management teams to drive collaborative value creation.
- Focus Areas
- Distribution businesses, Value-added distribution, Business services
- Website
- www.sterlinglp.com
Recent pace
3
3 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Addon
24 addon · 16 buyout · 4 recapitalization
Sterling Investment Partners Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 8 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
Showing the 12 most recent of 46 tracked deals for Sterling Investment Partners.
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March 19, 2026
- Buyer
- Sterling Investment Partners
- Target
- Cyber Advisors
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Sterling Investment Partners has acquired Cyber Advisors, a provider of managed security services, cybersecurity consulting, and IT technology solutions. Cyber Advisors, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Maple Grove, Minnesota, serves small, mid-sized, and enterprise clients and supports 1,800+ customers nationwide with a team of 330+ professionals.
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December 8, 2025
- Buyer
- Verdantas, Sterling Investment Partners
- Target
- Crawford Environmental Services, LLC
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Type
- Addon
Verdantas, a Sterling Investment Partners-backed environmental and engineering consulting platform, has acquired Crawford Environmental Services (CES), a Roanoke, Virginia-based firm specializing in site assessment, remediation, emergency response, and compliance services. The add-on expands Verdantas' technical capabilities and geographic footprint—enhancing support for federal, industrial, and commercial clients across 18 states.
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October 28, 2025
- Buyer
- Sterling Investment Partners, HarbourVest Partners, StepStone Group, ICONIQ, Churchill Asset Management, Sterling principals, Sterling's latest buyout fund, XKIG management team
- Target
- XKIG
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Sterling Investment Partners closed a single-asset continuation vehicle recapitalization of XKIG, co-led by HarbourVest Partners, StepStone Group and ICONIQ, with additional funding from Churchill Asset Management. Sterling principals, Sterling's latest buyout fund and the XKIG management team also invested; the transaction provides capital to support XKIG's continued growth, geographic expansion and service capability investments.
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- Buyer
- Verdantas, Sterling Investment Partners
- Target
- Independent Solutions, Inc.
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Verdantas, a portfolio company of Sterling Investment Partners, acquired Independent Solutions, Inc., a Lake Elsinore, California-based inspection and soil/materials testing firm focused on healthcare projects. The add-on expands Verdantas' presence in Southern California and enhances its geotechnical, inspection, 3D scanning, and materials testing capabilities for the healthcare market.
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- Buyer
- Verdantas, Sterling Investment Partners
- Target
- Horizons Engineering, Inc., Aqua Engineering Inc., Advanced Earth Sciences, Inc. (AES), Atlantic Resource Consultants, LLC (ARC), Atlantic Environmental Consulting Services, LLC
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Addon
Verdantas, a Sterling Investment Partners–backed environmental and engineering consultancy, completed five add-on acquisitions—Horizons Engineering, Aqua Engineering, Advanced Earth Sciences (AES), Atlantic Resource Consultants (ARC), and Atlantic Environmental Consulting Services—to broaden its technical capabilities and geographic footprint across the U.S. The deals strengthen Verdantas' water, geotechnical, remediation, permitting, and surveying capabilities while adding new offices in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine and enhancing remediation resources in New Jersey.
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- Buyer
- Mr. Greens Produce, Sterling Investment Partners
- Target
- Parishables Food Service
- Seller
- Jason Harwell, Tommy Bullington
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Addon
Mr. Greens Produce, backed by Sterling Investment Partners, has acquired Atlanta-based Parishables Food Service to enter the Atlanta market and strengthen its Southeast service footprint. The deal expands Mr. Greens' product offering (including specialty cheeses, oils, spices and dairy) and service capabilities (including Sunday deliveries), while enabling Parishables' founders to partner for regional growth.
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January 14, 2025
- Buyer
- Verdantas, Sterling Investment Partners
- Target
- Civil West Engineering Services, Inc.
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Oregon, United States
- Type
- Addon
Verdantas, a PE-backed engineering and environmental consulting firm, has acquired Civil West Engineering Services, Inc., a Coos Bay, Oregon-based municipal engineering firm. The bolt-on purchase expands Verdantas' water, wastewater, stormwater and land development capabilities and strengthens its geographic presence in Oregon and the broader Pacific Northwest.
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- Buyer
- Verdantas, Sterling Investment Partners
- Target
- M-H-M, Inc.
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Verdantas, a digitally enabled environmental and engineering consulting firm backed by Sterling Investment Partners, has acquired M-H-M, Inc. (MHM) of Marysville, California. The acquisition expands Verdantas' water, land development and surveying capabilities in northern California and strengthens its relationships with municipalities, public agencies and private clients in the region.
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November 13, 2024
- Buyer
- Verdantas, Sterling Investment Partners
- Target
- Groundwater Sciences Corporation
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Type
- Addon
Verdantas, a Tampa-based environmental and engineering consulting firm backed by Sterling Investment Partners, has acquired Groundwater Sciences Corporation (GSC). The acquisition expands Verdantas' groundwater, hydrogeology and remediation capabilities and strengthens its local presence in Pennsylvania and New York to better connect its MidAtlantic and New England operations.
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- Buyer
- Sterling Investment Partners
- Target
- PROtect, LLC
- Seller
- Spire Capital Partners
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Kansas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Sterling Investment Partners has acquired PROtect, a Wichita-based provider of safety, reliability, compliance and risk-management services, from Spire Capital Partners. PROtect, which employs over 550 people and offers NDT, mechanical integrity, pipeline integrity, environmental and compliance solutions (including proprietary software), will be a Sterling platform to drive further geographic and service expansion; financial terms were not disclosed.
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October 22, 2024
- Buyer
- Verdantas, Sterling Investment Partners
- Target
- ASEC Engineers
- Industry
- Energy
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Type
- Addon
Verdantas, a Tampa-based consulting firm backed by Sterling Investment Partners, has acquired ASEC Engineers, a Denver-based power delivery and renewable energy engineering firm. The deal adds ASEC’s transmission, substation and distribution design capabilities and ~130 staff across offices in Colorado, California, Florida, Texas and Pune, India, expanding Verdantas’ energy transition service offerings and geographic footprint.
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September 17, 2024
- Buyer
- Verdantas, Sterling Investment Partners, Sterling Capital Partners
- Target
- Aegis Environmental
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Type
- Addon
Verdantas, a Tampa-based environmental and engineering consulting firm backed by Sterling Investment Partners, has acquired Aegis Environmental, a Richmond, Virginia environmental consultancy. The acquisition expands Verdantas' geographic footprint into Virginia and strengthens its environmental health & safety, permitting, stormwater, and sustainability capabilities as an add-on to the Verdantas platform.
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Environmental Services Buyers & Acquisitions
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Healthcare Services Buyers & Acquisitions
4 tracked deals by Sterling Investment Partners.
Food & Beverage Buyers & Acquisitions
3 tracked deals by Sterling Investment Partners.
Acquisitions in Virginia
6 tracked deals by Sterling Investment Partners.
Acquisitions in California
5 tracked deals by Sterling Investment Partners.
Acquisitions in Georgia
4 tracked deals by Sterling Investment Partners.
Acquisitions in Minnesota
3 tracked deals by Sterling Investment Partners.
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