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Experience, Stability,
And Success In The Middle Market

Who We Are

Chicago-based private equity firm founded in 1970

Sector Experts

Back leading business services companies

Extensive Experience

Invested over $2 billion in 77 platforms and over 100 add-ons since 1989

Growth-Focused

Support management in driving growth organically and through acquisitions

Partners With Management

Seek to establish true partnerships with management and firm believers in the power of broad equity participation

Criteria & Approach

EBITDA

$5 – 25 million
(no minimum for add-ons)

Equity Investment

$20 – 100 million
(no minimum for add-ons)

Geography

Headquarters in US or Canada

Ownership

Founder-owned
 Management-owned
Secondary buyouts

Transactions

Recapitalizations
Buyouts
Growth equity

Characteristics

Market leader
History of earnings growth
Proven management team
Strong free cash flow generation

Business  Services

CIVC has been investing in business services companies for more than twenty-five years.

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Investment Team

CIVC’s team of eighteen investment professionals is led by seven partners who have been with the firm for an average of nineteen years .

John Compall

Partner

Marc McManus

Partner

Chris Perry

Partner

Scott Schwartz

Partner

J.D. Wright

Partner

Doug Potters

Partner

News

CIVC Partners Announces Investment in InnovateMR to Support Continued Growth

CALABASAS, CA - January 24, 2022– CIVC Partners, L.P. (“CIVC”), a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm focused on investments in the business...

Posted: 01/24/2022 View Post

CIVC Portfolio Company Specialized Elevator Holdings Announces Merger with 3Phase Elevator

Canton, MA and Santa Fe Springs, CA, January 21, 2022 – 3Phase Elevator (“3Phase”), a leading independent elevator and escalator services provider in...

Posted: 01/21/2022 View Post

CIVC Portfolio Company Crest Insurance Group Continues Rapid Expansion, Completing 13 Acquisitions in the Past Year

TUCSON, AZ--Crest Insurance Group (“Crest” or the “Company”), one of the country’s fastest growing insurance brokerage firms, announced today that it completed the...

Posted: 01/06/2022 View Post

CIVC Partners Announces Sale of Magnate Worldwide To Littlejohn & Co.

Portland, OR, (December 30, 2021) -- CIVC Partners, L.P. (“CIVC”) has sold its position in Magnate Worldwide (“MWW” or the “Company”) to Littlejohn...

Posted: 01/05/2022 View Post

CIVC Portfolio Company, StoneRidge Insurance Brokers, Acquires John Stark & Company

ANCASTER, ON — SIB Corp., operating as StoneRidge Insurance Brokers (“SIB”), a leading independent provider of insurance and consulting services, whose platforms include...

Posted: 12/13/2021 View Post

CIVC Portfolio Company, StoneRidge Insurance Brokers, Partners with J.M. Johnson

ANCASTER, ON — SIB Corp., operating as StoneRidge Insurance Brokers (“SIB”), a leading independent provider of insurance and consulting services, whose platforms include...

Posted: 11/22/2021 View Post

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Experience, Stability,
And Success In The Middle Market

Who We Are

Chicago-based private equity firm founded in 1970

Sector Experts

Back leading business services companies

Extensive Experience

Invested over $2 billion in 77 platforms and over 100 add-ons since 1989

Growth-Focused

Support management in driving growth organically and through acquisitions

Partners With Management

Seek to establish true partnerships with management and firm believers in the power of broad equity participation

Criteria & Approach

EBITDA

$5 – 25 million
(no minimum for add-ons)

Equity Investment

$20 – 100 million
(no minimum for add-ons)

Geography

Headquarters in US or Canada

Ownership

Founder-owned
 Management-owned
Secondary buyouts

Transactions

Recapitalizations
Buyouts
Growth equity

Characteristics

Market leader
History of earnings growth
Proven management team
Strong free cash flow generation

Investment Team

CIVC’s team of eighteen investment professionals is led by seven partners who have been with the firm for an average of nineteen years .

John Compall

Partner

Marc McManus

Partner

Chris Perry

Partner

Scott Schwartz

Partner

J.D. Wright

Partner

Doug Potters

Partner

News

CIVC Partners Announces Investment in InnovateMR to Support Continued Growth

CALABASAS, CA - January 24, 2022– CIVC Partners, L.P. (“CIVC”), a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm focused on investments in the business...

Posted: 01/24/2022 View Post

CIVC Portfolio Company Specialized Elevator Holdings Announces Merger with 3Phase Elevator

Canton, MA and Santa Fe Springs, CA, January 21, 2022 – 3Phase Elevator (“3Phase”), a leading independent elevator and escalator services provider in...

Posted: 01/21/2022 View Post

CIVC Portfolio Company Crest Insurance Group Continues Rapid Expansion, Completing 13 Acquisitions in the Past Year

TUCSON, AZ--Crest Insurance Group (“Crest” or the “Company”), one of the country’s fastest growing insurance brokerage firms, announced today that it completed the...

Posted: 01/06/2022 View Post

CIVC Partners Announces Sale of Magnate Worldwide To Littlejohn & Co.

Portland, OR, (December 30, 2021) -- CIVC Partners, L.P. (“CIVC”) has sold its position in Magnate Worldwide (“MWW” or the “Company”) to Littlejohn...

Posted: 01/05/2022 View Post

CIVC Portfolio Company, StoneRidge Insurance Brokers, Acquires John Stark & Company

ANCASTER, ON — SIB Corp., operating as StoneRidge Insurance Brokers (“SIB”), a leading independent provider of insurance and consulting services, whose platforms include...

Posted: 12/13/2021 View Post

CIVC Portfolio Company, StoneRidge Insurance Brokers, Partners with J.M. Johnson

ANCASTER, ON — SIB Corp., operating as StoneRidge Insurance Brokers (“SIB”), a leading independent provider of insurance and consulting services, whose platforms include...

Posted: 11/22/2021 View Post

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