The Stephens Group

The Stephens Group, LLC is a private, family-owned investment firm founded in 1933 and headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, with additional offices in Frankfurt, London, and New York. The firm specializes in private equity and venture capital, focusing on mid-venture investments, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, growth capital, and mature investments across a diverse range of sectors. Its investment portfolio spans agriculture, energy, industrials, software, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, and technology, among others. The Stephens Group typically invests between $10 million and $125 million in companies with enterprise values ranging from $50 million to $400 million and seeks both minority and control positions in its investments. The firm aims to partner with management teams, often pursuing a board seat in its portfolio companies to foster long-term growth and success.

Aaron Clark

Managing Director

Thomas Hedrick

Operating Partner

Ryan Morrow

Managing Director

Eric Summerhill

Principal - Public Markets

Jens Talbert

Vice President

Jon Jacoby

Vice Chairman and Senior Managing Director

Past deals in Puerto Rico

Kalkomey Enterprises

Private Equity Round in 2025
Kalkomey is a provider of online recreational safety education, certifications and cloud-based agency management solutions. The company serves both outdoor enthusiasts and state and local government agencies in all 50 U.S. states, as well as Australia, Canada, Guam, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. Through its modern learning management system, Kalkomey delivers regulatory-approved safety education courses and certifications for a broad spectrum of outdoor recreational activities, including boating, hunting, snowmobiling, ATVs and scuba diving, among others. Each year, the company trains and certifies nearly one million outdoor enthusiasts. Additionally, Kalkomey’s agency management solutions enable state agencies to drive greater operational efficiencies of key workflows from licensing and registration, to certification and event management, to compliance and reporting. Through the integration of its online safety education and agency management solutions, Kalkomey is able to deliver a single platform for recreational safety management that makes outdoor recreation more accessible, drives recreational activity participation and increases civic engagement.
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