AEA is a private investment firm for a select group of industrial family offices with over $15 billion in assets under management. The firm focuses on private equity and debt investments in the middle market. The firm's individual investors are known as participants, and their network of relationships, experience, and deep industry expertise in operating businesses help the firm evaluate investment opportunities and work with portfolio companies to achieve superior, risk-adjusted returns for its investors.
Suite 3001, 30/F Gloucester Tower, The Landmark 15 Quee' Road Central, Hong Kong
Robert Bassman
Founding Partner and Co-Head of AEA Growth
Tara Brantley
Vice President
Nathan Khalil
Vice President
Lee McCabe
Operating Partner
40 past transactions
Splash Car Wash
Acquisition in 2025
Splash Car Wash is a provider of professional car washing services, offering a range of options including full service, hand wash, express car wash, and self-service alternatives. In addition to car washing, the company also provides oil and lube services, catering to the comprehensive upkeep of vehicles. Focused on delivering exceptional customer service, Splash Car Wash employs environmentally-friendly technology to ensure a quality experience. The company offers various programs, including monthly subscription plans, allowing customers to choose the service that best fits their needs.
Nations Roof
Acquisition in 2024
Nations Roof is a construction company that specializes in roofing services across the United States. The company offers a range of solutions, including roof repair, emergency response, and roof replacement, aimed at both commercial and residential clients. In addition to traditional roofing services, Nations Roof provides restoration, deck remediations, coatings, masonry restorations, and metal roofing. By focusing on customized services at competitive prices, Nations Roof aims to meet the diverse needs of its customers while ensuring quality and reliability in their roofing projects.
TileBar
Acquisition in 2023
TileBar LLC, founded in 2018 and based in New York City, specializes in the manufacturing and retail of a wide range of tiles and building materials. The company produces both indoor and outdoor tile products, including porcelain, ceramic, marble, stone, and glass. TileBar serves a diverse clientele that includes contractors, architects, design firms, developers, and individual consumers. In addition to tiles, the company offers a variety of specialty interior products such as mirrors, shower doors, and wall coverings, aiming to provide efficient and cost-effective solutions for various flooring and home improvement needs. Products are available through their online platform, enhancing accessibility for customers.
WorldWide Electric Corporation
Acquisition in 2022
WorldWide Electric Corporation LLC is a wholesale manufacturer and distributor based in Rochester, New York, specializing in electric motors, motor controls, and gear reducers. Established in 1998, the company provides a range of products including low voltage AC motors, variable frequency drives, soft starters, and various types of gear reducers. Its offerings cater to diverse sectors such as agriculture, construction, equipment packaging, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, material handling, oil and gas, and water irrigation. Through its extensive product line, WorldWide Electric serves a broad customer base across North America.
The Burke Porter Group
Acquisition in 2022
Burke Porter Group is a global collective of intelligent machinery manufacturers. Its machines ensure the highest levels of quality in the global automotive, advanced manufacturing, and life science markets in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Burke Porter Group's global network provides unmatched supply and support to its customers worldwide who have fueled consistent, organic growth.
Bespoke Partners
Private Equity Round in 2022
Bespoke Partners specializes in executive recruiting and leadership advisory services specifically for private equity-backed software firms. The company provides comprehensive human capital solutions throughout the investment lifecycle, including due diligence, leadership development, and exit readiness. Its offerings encompass executive search, recruitment, staffing, and behavioral assessments, aimed at helping portfolio companies align with their investment objectives and enhance organizational effectiveness.
AmeriVet Veterinary Partners
Acquisition in 2022
AmeriVet Partners Management Inc. is focused on acquiring majority ownership positions in well run, high quality and ethical veterinary practices across the Unites States. They want to help veterinarians achieve their professional, financial, and retirement goals.
Redwood Logistics
Acquisition in 2021
Redwood Logistics is a contract logistics partner based in Chicago, Illinois, that specializes in developing web-based solutions for various companies. Established in 2008, the firm offers a range of services designed to simplify and enhance the transportation and supply chain processes. Its offerings include a software-as-a-service transportation management system (TMS), digital freight brokerage, logistics consulting, and freight management services. Redwood Logistics is recognized for its expertise in transportation network design, multi-modal procurement, and managed logistics services, which help clients streamline their operations. The company's team comprises professionals from diverse backgrounds, including carriers, brokers, and data analysts, enabling them to provide tailored solutions such as real-time optimization, automated tendering, and freight audit services. By integrating various supply chain technologies, Redwood Logistics aims to facilitate efficient and effective logistics management for its clients across North America.
Hero Digital
Acquisition in 2021
Hero Digital is a prominent independent customer experience company based in California, specializing in digital transformation services for large corporations across various sectors, including health and wellness, financial services, retail, manufacturing, and travel. The company combines strategic consulting, design, technology, data, and performance marketing to help clients achieve growth and deliver new business value. Hero Digital employs a holistic approach and integrated methods to empower leading brands, enabling them to enhance customer experiences and drive success in their respective markets. Notable clients include Comcast, Twitter, U.S. Bank, Salesforce, Sephora, Jefferson Health, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and TD Ameritrade Institutional.
Polygon US
Acquisition in 2021
Polygon is a global provider of property damage restoration, temporary humidity control and property performance services. We work with businesses that have experienced a disaster as well as provide temporary climate control services for a variety of industries including construction, pharmaceutical & manufacturing.
Visual Comfort
Venture Round in 2021
Visual Comfort & Co. is a leading provider of designer lighting fixtures based in Skokie, Illinois. The company specializes in a wide range of interior and exterior lighting products, including pendants, chandeliers, ceiling fans, and architectural lighting. Their offerings cater to both residential and commercial markets, emphasizing fashionable and functional designs crafted from natural materials with hand-applied finishes. Visual Comfort & Co. serves various industries, including electrical wholesale, home improvement, home decor, and building products, delivering high-style solutions that blend aesthetics with practicality.
Verdesian Life Sciences
Acquisition in 2021
Surging populations and tighter restrictions are making food production harder than ever. Our plant-health products, nutritional catalysts and seed treatments/inoculants are leading the charge to maximize yields and stay ahead of the growing demand. Verdesian Life Sciences offers value-added and patented technologies for high-value speciality crops, row crops, and turf and ornamental markets. Our unique formulations deliver what plants need faster and more efficiently for optimal performance in both yield and quality. Verdesian is raising the bar by aligning plant health and nutritional technologies to meet our customers' and growers' agronomic needs. In a world faced with increasing pressures on food demand, supply and food safety, we are committed to the research and development of products that are environmentally sustainable.
Process Sensing Technologies
Acquisition in 2020
Process Sensing Technologies (PST) specializes in the manufacture of instruments, analyzers, and sensors designed for precision measurement and monitoring across various critical industries. The company provides a diverse range of products, including gas, oxygen, and level sensors, along with instruments such as probes, transmitters, and analyzers. These tools enable clients to accurately monitor essential parameters like humidity, moisture, oxygen levels, and trace impurities. By ensuring process safety and enhancing plant efficiency, PST's solutions help clients significantly reduce fuel consumption and achieve considerable cost savings.
Contract Land Staff
Acquisition in 2020
Contract Land Staff’s (CLS) entrance into the Right of Way technology arena started years ago out of necessity. As the complexity of our land asset and project management needs grew, we searched for an “off the shelf” gis viewer screen shot 2technology solution that contained all the tools we needed. Realizing thatgis viewer screen shot 2 the software we wanted did not yet exist, we set out to create our own Right of Way technology solution. CLS’s resulting systems combine state-of-the-art technology with years of hard-earned Right of Way experience.
Univar Solutions - Environmental Sciences Business
Acquisition in 2020
Univar Solutions - Environmental Sciences Business is a premier pest management business serving customers in the U.S.
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Numotion
Acquisition in 2018
Numotion has decades of experience providing people with access to freedom. They have a trained staff of caring and passionate credentialed professionals and assignments from most insurance companies. With a strong local focus, they aim to be the most responsive and innovative provider of custom wheelchairs to do business with.
Spectrum Plastics Group
Acquisition in 2018
Spectrum Plastics Group is a manufacturer specializing in the production of PVC and polyethylene tubing, films, and bags, primarily for food and industrial packaging applications. The company offers a range of services including automated packaging, in-line converting, and advanced extrusion capabilities. It also provides analytical lab testing and produces low melt batch inclusion bags and blown film extrusion products. Serving diverse sectors such as fresh farm products, processed and frozen foods, industrial, medical, and pharmaceutical, Spectrum Plastics Group is committed to delivering high-quality solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of its clients.
Excelitas Technologies
Acquisition in 2017
Excelitas Technologies is a manufacturer of specialty lighting and sensor components, serving original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) globally. The company provides a diverse array of electrical and electronic products, including emitters, flash lamps, photonic detectors, light emitting diodes, pulsed xenon lighting, thermal infrared detectors, avionic displays, and imaging lenses. By offering these advanced technologies, Excelitas helps clients accelerate their time to market while securing unique technological advantages and establishing barriers to entry for competitors.
TricorBraun
Acquisition in 2016
TricorBraun Holdings Inc. is a leading distributor of rigid packaging solutions, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The company offers a diverse range of packaging products, including plastic and glass containers, closures, dispensers, tubes, and flexible packaging, serving various customer end markets across North America. In addition to its distribution capabilities, TricorBraun operates a fully integrated design studio that specializes in package design, development, and custom mold building. The company has received numerous industry accolades, including WorldStar, AmeriStar, and American Packaging Design Awards, highlighting its commitment to innovation and quality in packaging solutions.
Omega Environmental Technologies
Acquisition in 2016
Omega Environmental Technologies is a global distributor of aftermarket climate control components, catering to a diverse array of vehicles including light vehicles, heavy-duty trucks, and agricultural and off-road equipment. The company specializes in providing essential components such as compressors, evaporators, condensers, expansion valves, and receiver driers. These products are critical for various applications across the automotive sector, ensuring effective climate control in both passenger and commercial vehicles. Omega Environmental Technologies is dedicated to serving the needs of its clients by offering a comprehensive line of high-quality components.
Scan Global Logistics
Acquisition in 2016
Scan Global Logistics provides freight forwarding and logistics services. The company provides a range of logistics services including ocean and air freight forwarding, warehousing, and customs brokerage. Their mission focuses on delivering cutting-edge logistics solutions to ensure fluid and resilient supply chains for their customers.
1-800 Contacts
Acquisition in 2015
1-800 Contacts, Inc. is the largest retailer of contact lenses in the United States, specializing in simplifying the purchasing process for consumers. The company provides a wide range of popular contact lens brands at competitive prices while emphasizing exceptional customer service. It has served over 8 million customers and maintains a stock of more than 15 million lenses, facilitating the daily delivery of over 200,000 lenses directly to consumers. The company operates an award-winning website, 1800contacts.com, and a toll-free telephone number, ensuring that 98 percent of orders are shipped within one business day of prescription verification. In addition to contact lenses, 1-800 Contacts also offers glasses through its division, glasses.com, which features name-brand eyewear and services such as free In-Home Try-On, free shipping, and easy returns, aimed at transforming the online glasses purchasing experience.
Balboa Water Group
Acquisition in 2015
Balboa Water Group Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing control systems and equipment for the leisure water industry, both in the United States and internationally. The company provides a comprehensive range of products, including spa products such as jets, control systems, blowers, pumps, LED lighting, and fittings, as well as bath products like hydromassage jets, air massage systems, heaters, and controls. Additionally, Balboa offers technical support and online services, reinforcing its commitment to customer service. Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Tustin, California, the company also has locations in San Diego, Mexico, Denmark, and Australia. Balboa Water Group operates as a subsidiary of Helios Technologies, Inc. and is recognized for its dedication to quality and innovation in the leisure water sector.
ThreeSixty
Acquisition in 2015
ThreeSixty Group, originally known as MerchSource, was founded in Southern California in 1999. Today, ThreeSixty designs, sources and distributes consumer products across diverse categories under a portfolio of owned and licensed brands. The Company provides curated merchandise programs which it distributes to major retailers across almost every retail channel in the U.S. representing over 70,000 retail stores.
Flow Control Group
Acquisition in 2015
Flow Control Group is a distributor of essential flow control and industrial automation products, serving various industries including chemical processing, food and beverage, energy, and life sciences. The company offers a diverse range of products, such as air compression systems, dehydration and purification equipment, instrumentation, and piping systems. In addition to its product offerings, Flow Control Group provides technical services, including instrumentation repair, calibration, and installation support. By supplying these mission-critical solutions, the company helps its clients operate their manufacturing facilities efficiently and effectively.
Evoqua Water Technologies
Acquisition in 2013
Evoqua Water Technologies GmbH is a leading manufacturer of water and wastewater treatment products and systems, including disinfection and solutions for municipal, industrial, and purified water applications. Headquartered in Günzburg, Germany, the company operates as a subsidiary of Evoqua Water Technologies LLC. With over a century of experience, Evoqua is recognized for its innovation and expertise in the water treatment sector. The company is organized into two main segments: Integrated Solutions and Services, which offers fully integrated systems and tailored service solutions, and Applied Product Technologies, which focuses on developing product platforms for distribution through third-party channels. Evoqua is committed to helping municipalities and industrial clients protect and enhance water resources worldwide.
Siemens Water Technologies Corp
Acquisition in 2013
Siemens Industry, Inc. Siemens Water Technologies Corp. provides industrial, municipal, commercial, and consumer water and wastewater treatment systems, products, and services.
Aramsco
Acquisition in 2013
Aramsco is a distributor that provides solutions for Environmental Safety, Emergency Response, and Surface Preparation markets across the United States and Canada. The company specializes in a wide array of services, including fire and water damage restoration, hazardous material removal and handling, and asbestos, lead, and mold abatement. Aramsco offers over 50,000 quality products, including personal protective equipment and specialty chemicals, to support specialty contractors and service professionals in completing their projects effectively. By catering to diverse needs within its markets, Aramsco enables clients to safely and efficiently address hazardous environments.
Brand Networks
Private Equity Round in 2013
Brand Networks is a provider of AI-driven social media advertising software that focuses on enhancing marketing relevance for its clients. The company serves 650 enterprise customers, including a significant portion of the Fortune 100 and many leading brands recognized by AdAge. Its platform is designed to manage media campaigns across all social platforms, utilizing personalization data and advanced automation technologies. This approach helps marketers optimize their media investments and improve campaign performance by providing valuable insights and assistance to media analysts and marketing teams.
Sparrows Offshore Group
Private Equity Round in 2012
Sparrows Offshore Group provides engineered products and services in the areas of lifting and mechanical handling, cable and pipe lay, and fluid power to the energy industry. The company offers engineering design services in the areas of mechanical, structural, hydraulic, and electrical design; technical consulting; bespoke lifting and mechanical handling equipment design; FEED studies; analysis reports and product drawings; structural integrity analysis.
NES Global Talent
Acquisition in 2012
Established in 1978, NES Global Talent is an award winning manpower specialist that provides candidates across the Oil & Gas, Power, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Chemicals, Mining and, IT sectors worldwide. It provides guaranteed staffing solutions, sourced from a global talent pool by a dedicated, discipline specific team of over 500 consultants.
IAC Acoustics
Acquisition in 2012
IAC Acoustics is a provider of engineered noise and acoustic control solutions and test facilities to various industries, including energy & power, industrial, commercial construction, aviation, and automotive end markets.
Vycom
Acquisition in 2005
Vycom is a plastics manufacturer and plastics supplier of market-leading brands of highly innovative plastic sheet products. Their plastic sheets are designed to replace wood, metal, and other traditional materials in a variety of applications.
Compression Polymers Holdings
Acquisition in 2005
World-class manufacturers of engineering thermoplastic sheet and plate
Nanostream
Series C in 2003
Nanostream Inc. provides products and services for pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
Telephia
Series C in 2000
Telephia specializes in providing research and analytical tools focused on consumer usage data within the telecom and mobile media sectors. Its offerings include a portfolio of marketing and service quality information products aimed at mobile service operators, device manufacturers, infrastructure firms, and enterprises. These products help clients assess their market position, optimize investment strategies, and enhance the adoption and usage of their services and products. Telephia employs a variety of proprietary data analysis techniques to support critical decision-making and deliver diagnostic information for major communications companies. In June 2007, Telephia was acquired by Nielsen Mobile.
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