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Portfolio Companies
Building Products | Business Services | Consumer/Retail | General Industrial | Healthcare | Technology
CapitalSouth Partners provides capital in partnership with strong management teams to generate long-term enterprise value. The majority of the Fund's portfolio investments are in transactions structured as management buyouts (MBOs), leveraged buyouts (LBOs) control buyouts and growth capital investments to support management growth initiatives. CapitalSouth has closed over 40 transactions since 2000. The majority of these transactions have been minority investments; however, 5 of these transactions were control buyouts where CapitalSouth invested as the lead investor and majority owner of the company alongside management.
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Advanced Composite Materials
Advanced Composite Materials Corporation (ACMC) is a specialty chemical company. ACMC manufactures and sells inorganic single crystal materials, and products based on these single crystals, to the cutting tool industry. ACMC sells silicon carbide single crystals, frequently called "whiskers," under the registered trademark Silar® silicon carbide whiskers. |
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Caregiver Services, Inc.
CSI (Caregiver Services, Inc.), Florida’s largest registry of skilled and compassionate caregivers enables persons of all ages to live at home. Currently licensed in 33 counties throughout Florida, CSI registries are continuously growing the company’s network of personalized caregivers in private homes as well as nursing staff relief to area hospitals, long term care facilities and hospice providers. |
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Handy Home Products
Established in 1978, Handy Home Products is North America's largest manufacturer of ready-to-assemble wooden storage and recreational building kits. The company’s product line includes storage buildings and accessories, gazebos, timber buildings and playhouses. The kits are marketed toward the do-it-yourself consumer mainly through home centers retailers. |
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Highwinds Software
Highwinds Software, Inc. is a multi-platform IP services and content distribution provider. The Company offers an array of content distribution services, hosting and IP transport services in addition to NNTP server software. Highwinds is the world leader in NNTP infrastructure software which is in production at over 200 of the world's largest internet service providers. |
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Horizon CNC Products, Inc.
Founded in 1993, Horizon is a manufacturer of high quality custom crafted cabinet doors, drawer fronts, and accessories used in kitchen cabinets, office furniture, store fixtures, home offices, closets and millwork markets. The Company's primary sales channel today is the small to medium kitchen cabinet shop and re-facing market ("SMCM"), where it currently serves about 500 customers. |
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Impact Confections, Inc.
Founded in 1981, Impact Confections, Inc. is the largest manufacturer of 3-D Lollipops in the United States. The company also manufactures WARHEADS, the #1 hard sour candy in the market. As an innovator in the candy market, Impact Confections is the recipient of numerous industry awards for product design and originality. |
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Incentive Concepts, LLC
Incentive Concepts, LLC is a leading service provider to the premium incentive and corporate gifts program industry. The company primarily serves as a fulfillment and customer service company that provides the critical service void that exists between the manufacturer and the award winner of corporate gift programs. |
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Intellitec Products, LLC
“Intellitec™”, designs, manufactures, and markets electronic and electrical equipment to the OEM and fleet operators of specialty vehicles. The customer base consists of leading truck, bus, recreational vehicle (RV), boat, heavy equipment, and emergency vehicle manufacturers. The product line offers over 250 different items that cover a wide array of applications, including battery rundown protection, power distribution, power switching, and multiplexing devices for specialty vehicles. |
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International Wood
The company is the largest U.S. finisher of wood used in the fabrication of window blinds and shutters. It has long-term relationships with the leading window treatment companies, including Hunter-Douglas, Levolor, and Springs. Within the industry, the company is the U.S. leader in market share with the highest standards and shortest delivery times. |
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InterSearch Group
InterSearch Group, Inc. owns and operates internet domain properties that drive revenue through premium advertising partnerships which include: Yahoo!, Ask, H&R Block and Intuit. The Company has grown its sites organically through extensive search engine marketing and optimization, as well as acquiring highly trafficked web properties. Among its properties are look.com, an information and search portal currently under development and irs.com, a highly trafficked income tax service portal acquired in 2005. |
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ISO Poly Films, Inc.
ISO Poly Films produces polyethylene film from 7 blown film extrusion lines in a 50,000 sq. ft. plant located near Greenville, SC. ISO produces mono and co-extruded (multilayer) film for critical or tight tolerance applications in general packaging, food packaging, and various industrial products such as tape, carpeting, electronics, printing and lamination. |
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JTI, Inc.
The company is a provider of end-to-end globalization solutions for companies seeking to reach international markets through multilingual websites and software products. JTI's Web Globalizer enables the company to create and manage websites in multiple languages - German, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic and more. |
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Living Earth Technology, Co.
LETCO is the largest manufacturer and provider of mulch, compost and other landscaping materials in the State of Texas. The Company operates thirteen locations, primarily in the metropolitan areas of Dallas and Houston, selling to commercial contractors and nurseries. |
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Market E's
Market E, Inc., based in Orlando, Florida, is an online travel marketing & retail firm selling hotel rooms and other travel products to consumers. The company generates sales through 2 websites: hotels-and-discounts.com & hotelreservations.com. Market E’s obtains its travel product supply through an agreement with one of the largest online travel websites and receives a commission on all sales. |
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Medical Modalities, LLC
Medical Modalities, Inc. is a home medical equipment supplier specializing in the rental, sale and service of orthopedic, physical therapy and wound care equipment. The Company is based near Charlotte, but active throughout North and South Carolina and southwest Virginia. MMI offers a specifically defined product line of physical and occupational therapy equipment designed to ensure that rehabilitative needs are met by non-invasive procedures. |
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Naples Lumber & Supply Co, Inc.
Naples Lumber and Supply Company provides professional-grade building supplies to residential luxury home builders. Serving Southwest Florida, core products and related services include custom design roof and floor trusses, made to order doors and windows, high-end millwork and moldings, engineered wood products and high quality lumber. |
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Peak-10, Inc.
The company develops and operates "Technology Gateways" that provide customers in Tier II cities secure co-location space and connectivity to major internet providers and telecommunications carriers. Customers include Internet Service Providers (ISPs), web hosting firms, and Application Service Providers (ASPs). |
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Pickaway Plains Ambulance
Pickaway Plains is an ambulance services business, based in Circleville, OH, approximately 20 miles south of downtown Columbus. The Company provides emergency and non-emergency transport services to both stretcher and wheelchair patients. The Company has both exclusive and non-exclusive contracts with hospitals, hospice centers, municipalities and assisted-living facilities to transport patients both to and from their homes and other medical facilities. |
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Print Direction
This company is a point of sale (POS) commercial printing services company providing one-stop production services to its customers throughout the United States. In addition, the company provides value-added printing services such as pre-press services, design consulting, warehousing, fulfillment, packaging and shipping. Customers include, Chick Fil-A, Winn-Dixie, Home Depot, Blimpie Brands and OldCastle. |
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Regal Kitchens
Regal is the leading local cabinet manufacturer in South Florida. It has well established and long-standing customer relations with homebuilders in the area. By acquiring a solid surface (Gibraltar and Corian) countertop business in Fort Myers, FL, it can now provide a more integrated and complete product offering. Furthermore, Regal installs all of its cabinets and countertops, thus relieving the builder of that set of responsibilities. |
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SEI Environmental, Inc.
The company is a full-service environmental services provider including: water and soil remediation, incident response, storage tank and hazardous waste services, and landfill caps. The company has offices in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. |
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Southern Parts and Engineering
The company was founded in 1981 and distributes and rebuilds industrial air compressors and parts, including pumps and pumping equipment and also distributes lubricants. The Company sells into multiple industrial market segments, including utilities, manufacturing, distribution, and general commercial enterprises nationwide. |
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Southern Pump and Tank Co.
Southern Pump and Tank Co. (SPATCO), LLC is a value-added distributor of liquid handling equipment serving the petroleum and industrial markets. The company sells and installs equipment and parts such as: tanks, monitoring systems, nozzles and hoses, dispensers and pumps, electronic card and key systems, and meters and security systems. |
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Spartan Foods, Inc.
Spartan manufactures, markets and distributes food products to the retail grocery trade through its "Mama Mary's" trade name, as well as non-branded and private label products to the Food Service, Vending and Institutional Food Industries. The Company's product offering include frozen and non-frozen pizza products (crust, topped pizzas, and pizza sauce), along with frozen and non-frozen pancake products (various size and flavored pancakes, and pancake breakfast sandwiches). |
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Telco Solutions III, LLC
The company is a diverse, full-service, contract provider of manufacturing services specializing in: printed circuit board assembly; wire harness and cable assembly; phone equipment new sales, upgrade, repair and refurbishment; and manufacturing and service of automated electronic semiconductor test systems. |
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V12 Group
V12 Group is the complete provider of below the line (BTL) marketing services, using a proprietary database and multi-channel delivery model to provide measurable results for customer acquisition campaigns. Services include analytics and strategy, database marketing, e-mail marketing, interactive services, affinity marketing, and data licensing. |
Exited Deals
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Aerial Access Equipment
AAE operates a comprehensive rental fleet of some 400 units of aerial work platforms and related heavy equipment, consisting of electric, diesel and propane powered scissor lifts, booms, articulated booms, forklifts, skid steer loaders and telescopic forklifts. This deal was exited in July 2007. |
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American Apparel
American Apparel is a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor and retailer of T-Shirts and related products. All garments produced by American Apparel are cut and sewn at a facility located in downtown Los Angeles. American Apparel currently has retail stores in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Mexico and Japan. This deal was exited in January 2007. |
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AmeriComm Marketing, LLC
AmeriComm Marketing, LLC (Norfolk, VA) The company has eight business divisions that provide fully integrated direct marketing services: Data Processing, Data Management, Mailing List Services, Web Applications, Fulfillment, Telemarketing, Strategic Creative Services, and Logistics-Transportation. This deal was exited in July 2003. |
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Avery Communications, Inc.
The company is a third-party clearinghouse for the telecommunications industry. Customers include Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), GTE, Sprint, AllTel, as well as over 1,300 Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) nationwide. The company provides "enhanced billing" services for its telecommunications customers. This deal was exited in March 2005. |
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Bradman Lake Group, Inc.
The company is a manufacturer of packaging machinery with operations in England and the United States. The company manufactures both Top Load and End Load Packaging machines with a strong industry reputation for Top Load machines. The company actively sells and maintains its products in over 54 countries throughout the world. This deal was exited in December 2004. |
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Canterbury Engineering Company
The Company is one of the country's leading suppliers of engineered parts used by manufacturers of plastic and rubber products. The Company's products include feed screws, barrels, cross heads, medical tubing, plastic pipe and hose extrusion used in the telecommunications, automotive, plastics and medical products industries. This deal was exited in March 2005. |
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Harmony Labs, Inc.
Harmony is a full-service outsourced development manufacturer of topical cosmeceutical, over-the-counter, and prescription skin care products. The company serves as a critical outsourcing partner to its customers providing turn-key solutions from formulation development and testing through full-scale custom manufacturing, packaging and fulfillment. This deal was exited in September 2006. |
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Home Healthcare Partners, LLC
HHP was organized to acquire Medicare Certified home healthcare agencies in the states of Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. These three states receive approximately 13% of Medicare payments for home care services in the United States. The acquired agencies offer primarily Medicare reimbursed nursing and allied services. This deal was exited in December 2006. |
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New South Supply
New South Supply is a regional distribution company that purchases and resells concrete and accessories (40% of sales), masonry and accessories (35%), and waterproofing materials (25%) in the Carolinas. The Company operated distribution centers in Greenville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Columbia, Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Hardeville, and Gulfport. The Company has developed long-standing relationship with over 100 suppliers such as Dow Chemical and Georgia Pacific. The deal was exited in September 2005. |
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Radiological Assistance, Consulting & Engineering
RACE is a full service low-level radioactive waste processing company that offers a wide array of services to radioactive waste generators, including nuclear power plants, the U.S. government, hospitals, drug companies and universities. This investment was exited in April 2006. |
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Southern Software, Inc.
SSI is the leading provider of applications software used in the municipal and public safety market for small to midsized jurisdictions in North Carolina. The Company is expanding rapidly into surrounding states with a growing customer base in Virginia and South Carolina, as well as several other states. This deal was exited in March 2007. |
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Staircase & Millwork, Inc.
The company is one of the leading Southeast manufacturers of parts and pre-fabricated staircases. The company serves the high-end market of staircases and parts with home values greater than $500,000 for the typical customer. This deal was exited in November 2004. |
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Strategic Power Systems, Inc.
The company provides proprietary monitoring and analytical applications (ORAP-Link and ORAP-Data)to the gas turbine industry. The company provides integrated engineering services and related ORAP applications which translate Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) performance data into meaningful business information and solutions to the power generation, cogeneration, energy and industrial markets. This deal was exited in October 2003. |
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Triangle Biomedical Sciences, Inc.
The company is a leading manufacturer and distributor of a full line of sophisticated medical equipment to the hematology and histology markets of the health care industry. The company has seven FDA approved procedures for testing in the hematology and histology markets and establishes the company as one of the premiere life sciences company in the Southeast. This deal was exited in June 2002. |
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