Current Sponsors

Clairvest is a Toronto-based private equity management firm with over C$2.5 billion of equity capital under management.

We invest in successful mid-market companies, principally in North America, across a wide array of industries. The underlying philosophy of Clairvest is the concept of partnership: We will succeed when the operating companies in which we invest succeed.

We work together with the management of our portfolio companies to create long-term financial returns for all shareholders.

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, valuation, and strategic consulting. The firm serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks of the firm’s commitment to client success across its advisory services. Houlihan Lokey is ranked as the No. 1 M&A advisor for all U.S. transactions, the No. 1 global restructuring advisor, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 20 years, according to Thomson Reuters. For more information, please visit www.HL.com.

Comerica’s Environmental Services Department (ESD) provides financing solutions for the waste management, recycling and waste to energy companies across the United States and Canada. Clients are assisted with in-depth industry intelligence to help them achieve their goals.

Environmental Services prosecutes its market in three primary ways:
• We have a dedicated, experienced industry-specific group staffed to meet our clients’ needs.
• We have the flexibility to finance various types of needs including acquisitions, closure/post closure LC’s, and capex for new contracts.
• As one of the largest lenders active in the industry for more than 20 years, we are able to benchmark data and offer networking with our clients across the United States to add value to the relationship.

“Ironwood Capital provides non-control junior capital to middle market companies across the U.S. The firm has invested more than $1 billion in over 100 companies since 2001 and is currently making subordinated debt and minority equity investments in amounts ranging from $10 million to $40 million. Ironwood’s investments support business owners and financial sponsors in growth financings, recapitalizations, generational transitions and buyouts.

Ironwood has broad experience across solid waste, recycling, wastewater, composting, medical waste, portable sanitation, hydro excavation, and rail-served disposal investments. The firm has made multiple investments in this sector and its principals are frequent speakers and participants at industry events and have direct access to trusted industry relationships, including investment banks, private equity funds, industry executives and commercial banks”

Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the indirect parent company of Fifth Third Bank, National Association, a federally chartered institution. As of June 30, 2021, the Company had $205 billion in assets and operates 1,096 full-service Banking Centers, and 2,369 Fifth Third branded ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. In total, Fifth Third provides its customers with access to approximately 53,000 fee-free ATMs across the United States. Fifth Third operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, and Wealth & Asset Management. Fifth Third is among the largest money managers in the Midwest and, as of June 30, 2021, had $483 billion in assets under care, of which it managed $61 billion for individuals, corporations and not-for-profit organizations through its Trust and Registered Investment Advisory businesses. Investor information and press releases can be viewed at www.53.com. Fifth Third’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ® Global Select Market under the symbol “FITB.”