PORTFOLIO
Our investments have been made in a wide range of industries through a diverse set of sourcing strategies.
Acosta Sales and Marketing
Industry: Business Services
Investment Year: 2019
Acosta is one of the largest sales and marketing agencies in the United States, working to drive greater sales and market share for manufacturers and retailers. Acosta’s sales division focuses on Headquarter Sales which helps manufacturers secure strategic shelf space to optimize promotional activities and Retail Services which executes its clients’ in-store sales plans through 200,000 monthly outlet visits. Acosta’s marketing agency provides its clients with innovative ways to engage consumers and drive purchases at every point along the shopper journey.
ACT
Industry: Education
Investment Year: 2024
ACT is a market leading provider of high school testing and assessment materials, workplace assessments and higher education enrollment services.
Careismatic Brands
Industry: Professional Products
Investment Year: 2024
Careismatic Brands is a leading omnichannel medical apparel business that manufactures and sells products across 10+ brands, including Cherokee, Infinity, Dickies, Healing Hands, and Med Couture, among others.
CK Snacks
Industry: Food & Beverage
Investment Year: 2024
CK Snacks is a leading co-manufacturer of private-label and branded salty snack foods, including extruded, fried, and baked products as well as popcorn. CK Snacks will serve as a platform investment to build a broader snacking business.
Cypress Performance Group
Industry: Specialty Chemical Industrials
Investment Year: 2018
Cypress Performance Group offers a portfolio of advanced materials and diversified products with leading brand positions in the specialty chemicals and industrials verticals. The company was formed through the combination of IPS Corporation, a global manufacturer of specialized industrial products, and Encapsys LLC, the market leader in the development of microencapsulation technologies.
Dollar Shave Club
Industry: Consumer / E-Commerce
Investment Year: 2023
Dollar Shave Club is an omni-channel men’s razor and shaving brand which will serve as a platform investment to build a broader personal care / grooming business.
Encoura
Industry: Education
Investment Year: 2024
Encoura is a market leading provider of higher education enrollment services and data solutions. Encoura was founded in 1972 through the launch of the First National Survey and has since become a nationally established, leading provider of student data and higher education analytical services.
FTD
Industry: Consumer / Business Services
Investment Year: 2019
FTD has a 100+ year history as a leading provider of floral products and services in the U.S. with a strong group of leading brands that include FTD and ProFlowers. FTD’s business is centered around supporting the company’s independently owned and operated florist shops across North America through its network services, technology solutions and other products.
HDT Global
Industry: Aerospace and Defense
Investment Year: 2021
HDT is the leading manufacturer of highly engineered, mission-capable infrastructure solutions across defense, aerospace and government markets. The company is widely recognized for its industry-leading production of state-of-the-art, fully integrated expeditionary solutions, including shelters, generators, heaters, air filtration devices, robotics and other engineered technologies, currently used by U.S. and allied military units worldwide, as well as civilian government and commercial customers.
Lamps Plus
Industry: Consumer
Investment Year: 2022
Lamps Plus is the nation’s largest specialty lighting retailer with over 96,000 SKUs across lighting and other furniture categories. Lamps Plus sells products across a variety of price points and styles, making shopping easier for homebuyers and design professionals.
Mav Beauty
Industry: Consumer
Investment Year: 2023
Founded in 1995, MAV Beauty Brands is a global personal care company that operates Marc Anthony, Renpure, Cake Beauty and The Mane Choice brands. Its hair care, body care and beauty products are sold in over 25 countries around the world and in many major retailers.
MediaLab
Industry: Internet
Investment Year: 2021
MediaLab owns a portfolio of large, online communities across music, entertainment, messaging, and image sharing, among other content categories.
Natural Balance
Industry: Consumer / Pet
Investment Year: 2021
Natural Balance is a leading premium pet food brand specializing in high-quality dog and cat food products sold exclusively through the pet specialty and e-commerce channels. Natural Balance has a 30+ year history in premium formulations and was a pioneer of limited ingredient diets. The business will serve as a platform in the pet sector for Nexus.
Resident
Industry: Consumer / E-commerce
Investment Year: 2020
Resident is a platform of direct-to-consumer brands in the home goods space. The company owns and operates multiple brands catering to different consumer furnishing needs including Nectar and DreamCloud. Resident has been named one of North America’s fastest growing e-commerce retailers.
Savvas Learning Company
(f.k.a. Pearson U.S. K12 Education)
Industry: Education
Investment Year: 2019
Savvas is a market leader in the U.S. K-12 curriculum market, offering a full suite of products across the core literacy, math, science and humanities disciplines. Its portfolio of comprehensive curriculum programs allows the business to compete across the entire U.S. through its large salesforce that covers 15,000 school districts with over 40 million students.
Sperber Landscape Companies
Industry: Industrial / Business Services
Investment Year: 2019
Sperber Landscape Companies (“SLC”) is an emerging commercial landscaping services provider serving clients throughout the United States. In addition to providing landscape maintenance services, SLC will additionally offer design assistance and turnkey installation solutions for select commercial projects.
Sky Organics
Industry: Consumer / E-commerce
Investment Year: 2021
Sky Organics is a rapidly growing lifestyle brand centered on natural and certified organic beauty and personal care. The company specializes in global, responsibly sourced single ingredient personal care as well as formulated, certified organic collections for hair, skin and body. Products are available through the e-commerce channel as well as through leading North American retailer partners.
Sugarbear
Industry: Consumer
Investment Year: 2021
Sugarbear is a category-defining direct-to-consumer oriented beauty and wellness brand offering innovative products to enhance its customers’ natural appearance and/or health. Sugarbear specializes in great-tasting vegan vitamin-based solutions that are made in the U.S.A. with organic and premium plant-based ingredients.
TOMS
Industry: Consumer
Investment Year: 2018
TOMS designs and sells lightweight shoes and other products worldwide. The company’s mission-driven business model is focused on helping and advancing health, education and economic opportunities for children and their communities around the world.
Tricam Industries
Industry: Building Products
Investment Year: 2025
Tricam specializes in the design, development and engineering of consumer and professional home improvement equipment, including ladders and step stools, garden carts, wheelbarrows and hose reels, among others. Tricam’s products are primarily sold through home centers across North America under the flagship Gorilla® brand.
TruRoots
Industry: Food & Beverage
Investment Year: 2022
TruRoots is a platform focused on building a broad portfolio of plant-based, natural and organic food and beverage brands. The platform is currently comprised of R.W. Knudsen, Santa Cruz Organic, TruRoots, and private label brands.