PE Weekly: Focus Turns to the Lower-Middle Market
Summary
Heartwood Partners, a middle-market private equity firm based in Connecticut, has announced its investment in NativeSeed Group, which operates a wild seed collection business as well as erosion control solutions to support land reclamation and conservation projects. In a statement, Audax managing director David Goldenheim said the firm will support Mosaic’s expansion “through operational excellence and M&A.” Accel-KKR Joins Riverside in Enterprise Labeling Investment. “Now backed by not just one but two leading technology investors, we are poised to do even more for our customers, partners and employees as we accelerate our global growth plans,” said Loftware president and CEO Robert O’Connor. “PharmaForce’s commercial benchmarking offerings complement our core CI services by providing supplemental data and incremental insights to our customers,” he added. In a statement, The Oxford Group CEO Brian Swanson said the investment expands the firm’s “capacity for innovation and quality production” within the truss manufacturing market.