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Succession Capital Partners

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Succession Capital Partners is a specialty private equity firm providing investment capital to individually or family owned businesses in the Mid-Atlantic and the Southeast. Succession specializes in providing liquidity for family-owned businesses and supporting the smooth transition and continued success of small cap businesses.

Focus Areas
Private equity / buyouts, Succession solutions for family-owned businesses

Tracked deals

7

7 tracked deals across 2019-2020.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

7 addon

Succession Capital Partners Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 2 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 2 years for Succession Capital Partners. 4 2019 3 2020

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Groundworks, Cortec Group, Succession Capital Partners
    Target
    Foundation Systems of Michigan
    Seller
    Bob Genord / Foundation Systems of Michigan shareholders
    Industry
    Construction
    Type
    Addon

    Virginia Beach-based Groundworks, a PE-backed national foundation services platform, acquired Foundation Systems of Michigan (FSM) on July 9, 2020. The add-on expands Groundworks' footprint into Michigan and the Midwest, bringing FSM's ~200+ employees and multi-branch operations onto the Groundworks platform backed by investors including Cortec Group and Succession Capital Partners.

  • Buyer
    Groundworks, Succession Capital Partners, Cortec Group
    Target
    AFS Foundation & Waterproofing Specialists
    Seller
    Ben Bayless / Bayless family
    Industry
    Construction
    Type
    Addon

    Groundworks, a Virginia Beach–based national foundation services platform, acquired AFS Foundation & Waterproofing Specialists of Huntsville, Alabama, adding seven offices, more than 300 employees and over $65 million of annual revenue. The deal is an add-on to Groundworks’ PE-backed platform (supported by Succession Capital Partners and Cortec Group) and strengthens the company’s Southeast footprint while advancing its strategy to build a national, vertically integrated foundation services brand.

  • Buyer
    Groundworks, Succession Capital Partners
    Target
    Foundation Repair of Western Colorado
    Seller
    Ted Munkres
    Industry
    Construction
    Type
    Addon

    Groundworks, a portfolio company of Succession Capital Partners, has acquired Foundation Repair of Western Colorado (FRWC), expanding Groundworks' footprint on Colorado's western slope and into Utah. FRWC's founder Ted Munkres will retire following the transition but will remain as a consultant; the business will continue operating under the Foundation Repair of Western Colorado name within Groundworks' platform.

  • Buyer
    Groundworks Companies, Succession Capital Partners
    Target
    Innovative Basement Systems (now Innovative Basement Authority)
    Seller
    Ross and Keith Johnson (founders/owners of Innovative Basement Systems)
    Industry
    Construction
    Type
    Addon

    Groundworks Companies, a portfolio company of Succession Capital Partners, has acquired Innovative Basement Systems (rebranded as Innovative Basement Authority). The acquisition brings Innovative's ~80 employees and regional footprint in Minnesota, North Dakota and eastern Montana into Groundworks' national foundation services platform as an add-on to accelerate growth and service expansion.

  • Buyer
    Groundworks Companies, Succession Capital Partners
    Target
    Ohio Basement Systems
    Seller
    Mike Rusk, Gayle Rusk
    Industry
    Construction
    Type
    Addon

    Groundworks Companies, a portfolio company of Succession Capital Partners, has acquired Ohio Basement Systems. The team of nearly 100 employees will join Groundworks while founder Mike Rusk will join Groundworks' advisory board and the Ohio Basement Systems brand will continue to operate under its name as part of the Groundworks platform.

  • Buyer
    Groundworks Companies, Succession Capital Partners
    Target
    Ohio Basement Authority, Florida Foundation Authority
    Industry
    Construction
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Addon

    Groundworks Companies, a portfolio company of Succession Capital Partners, has acquired Ohio Basement Authority and Florida Foundation Authority. The add-on acquisitions expand Groundworks' foundation services footprint into central Ohio and the Orlando/Central Florida region as part of a larger plan to build a national foundation services platform.

  • Buyer
    Groundworks Companies, Succession Capital Partners
    Target
    Rod Martin's Complete Basement Systems
    Seller
    Rod Martin
    Industry
    Construction
    Type
    Addon

    Groundworks Companies, a Succession Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired Rod Martin's Complete Basement Systems, a Denver-based foundation repair and basement waterproofing provider. The add-on deal — Groundworks' largest to date — is intended to serve as a strategic foothold for the platform's western expansion and the combined businesses will retain existing staff while leveraging Groundworks' operational infrastructure.

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