Whether via acquisition or partnership agreements, West Michigan’s office furniture makers are looking to fill product holes with their recent spate of deals. In the span of about six months, Grand Rapids-based Steelcase Inc. (NYSE: SCS) and Zeeland-based Herman Miller Inc. (Nasdaq: MLHR) announced nearly $286 million in acquisitions. The deals signaled to industry watchers […]
Read MoreThe organizers behind the new cultivate(MD) Capital Fund GP LLC found backers by appealing to their own global professional networks and investors with whom they had previously done business. The approach led cultivate(MD) to close this month on the first $7.2 million toward a $10 million goal the fund aims to raise in what Managing […]
Read MoreSpendMend LLC, a company that provides spending visibility and audit and recovery services to the health care industry, sold a majority stake to Chicago-based private equity firm Sheridan Capital Partners. The recapitalization and investment from Sheridan Capital, which invested along with SpendMend’s founders and managers, will support the continued growth of the company. Terms of […]
Read MoreM&A activity should remain strong in 2018 and perhaps get a push from federal tax reform. As well, rising interest rates should not pose a barrier to deal flow, although most companies — whether on the buy-side or sell-side — face a key challenge with finding skilled talent. That’s according to a group of M&A advisers […]
Read MoreCrystal Flash, an employee-owned fuels distribution company, continues its buying spree. The Grand Rapids-based firm said today that it had acquired Knapp Energy Inc. of Kalamazoo, a distributor of gasoline, diesel, home heating and lubricants with more than 900 customers, according to a statement. Crystal Flash expects to retain all of Knapp’s employees in the deal, […]
Read MoreThe Grand Rapids-based investment banking firm Charter Capital Partners said yesterday that London-based ACM Group, or Alpha, whose management team works out of Grand Rapids, has agreed to sell technology, intellectual property and customer assets to the London-based gaming company Playtech. Charter Capital Partners assisted Alpha with the transaction. The acquisition includes an up-front payment of […]
Read MoreA local investment banking firm is co-hosting a business planning seminar focused on continuing the success of family businesses across generations. Charter Capital Partners has partnered with BDO and Miller Johnson to host Mapping the Legacy of Your Family Business on July 25 at GVSU’s L. William Siedman Center in Grand Rapids, at 50 Front […]
Read MoreCharter Capital Partners was recognized today as one of West Michigan’s 2017 Best and Brightest Company to Work For® at an awards ceremony taking place at the JW Marriott in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This award honors companies that display a commitment to innovative human resource practices and employee enrichment. Organizations are assessed based on […]
Read MoreA local investment banking firm has been named one of the most-referred middle-market advisors in the nation by its peers. Grand Rapids-based Charter Capital Partners was included in Axial’s inaugural 2017 “Advisor 100” ranking. Axial, a network comprising investors, advisors and CEOs, chose the winning firms by surveying 1,000 private equity firms, strategic acquirers and family offices. […]
Read MoreCharter Capital Partners, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based investment banking and capital management firm, today announced that it has been included in Axial’s 2017 Advisor 100 List for most referred middle-market advisory firms in the United States, according to a survey of 1,000 private equity firms, strategic acquirers, and family offices. According to the Axial, “We […]
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