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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 $1.7 billion in 65 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

$4 – 20 million
(no minimum for add-ons)

Equity Investment

$15 – 80 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 six partners who have been with the firm for an average of eighteen years .

John Compall

Partner

Chris Geneser

Partner & CFO

Dan Helle

Partner

Marc McManus

Partner

Chris Perry

Partner

Scott Schwartz

Partner

J.D. Wright

Partner

News

Computer Aided Technology Completes the Acquisition of Fisher Unitech

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — Computer Aided Technology (“CATI”), a CIVC Partners, L.P. (“CIVC”) portfolio company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Fisher...

Posted: 12/09/2019 View Post

Houlihan Lokey Advises EN Engineering

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that EN Engineering, a leading utility services firm, and Kohlberg & Company (Kohlberg) have announced that Kohlberg...

Posted: 08/15/2019 View Post

CIVC Partners Announces the Formation of Specialized Elevator Services Holdings

DUBLIN, CA — CIVC Partners, L.P. (“CIVC”), a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm, is pleased to announce the formation of Specialized Elevator...

Posted: 05/14/2019 View Post

CIVC Partners Announces Investment in Computer Aided Technology

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. — CIVC Partners, L.P. (“CIVC”), a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm focused on investments in the business services and...

Posted: 04/16/2019 View Post

KPA Acquires Compli to Expand Human Capital Management Solution

LAFAYETTE, Colo. — KPA, a leading software as a service (“SaaS”) and services provider for compliance and workforce management solutions, today announced its...

Posted: 01/15/2019 View Post

CIVC Partners Announces Investment in Magna Legal Services

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. — CIVC Partners, L.P. (“CIVC”), a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm focused on investments in the business services and financial...

Posted: 12/05/2018 View Post

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Home

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 $1.7 billion in 65 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

$4 – 20 million
(no minimum for add-ons)

Equity Investment

$15 – 80 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 six partners who have been with the firm for an average of eighteen years .

John Compall

Partner

Chris Geneser

Partner & CFO

Dan Helle

Partner

Marc McManus

Partner

Chris Perry

Partner

Scott Schwartz

Partner

J.D. Wright

Partner

News

Computer Aided Technology Completes the Acquisition of Fisher Unitech

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — Computer Aided Technology (“CATI”), a CIVC Partners, L.P. (“CIVC”) portfolio company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Fisher...

Posted: 12/09/2019 View Post

Houlihan Lokey Advises EN Engineering

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that EN Engineering, a leading utility services firm, and Kohlberg & Company (Kohlberg) have announced that Kohlberg...

Posted: 08/15/2019 View Post

CIVC Partners Announces the Formation of Specialized Elevator Services Holdings

DUBLIN, CA — CIVC Partners, L.P. (“CIVC”), a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm, is pleased to announce the formation of Specialized Elevator...

Posted: 05/14/2019 View Post

CIVC Partners Announces Investment in Computer Aided Technology

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. — CIVC Partners, L.P. (“CIVC”), a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm focused on investments in the business services and...

Posted: 04/16/2019 View Post

KPA Acquires Compli to Expand Human Capital Management Solution

LAFAYETTE, Colo. — KPA, a leading software as a service (“SaaS”) and services provider for compliance and workforce management solutions, today announced its...

Posted: 01/15/2019 View Post

CIVC Partners Announces Investment in Magna Legal Services

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. — CIVC Partners, L.P. (“CIVC”), a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm focused on investments in the business services and financial...

Posted: 12/05/2018 View Post

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