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DFW Capital Partners (“DFW”), headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, held a first and final close on their sixth private equity fund, DFW Capital Partners VI, L.P. (“Fund VI”) on April 3, 2019, raising $500 million to reach the fund’s hard cap. Fund VI was significantly oversubscribed through the participation of new and existing investors including leading public and private pension funds, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, fund of funds, family offices and high net worth individuals from the United States and Europe.
Griffin Financial Group LLC (“Griffin”) served as administrative agent and consultant for DFW in connection with the Fund VI fundraise. Griffin previously served as placement agent for DFW Capital Partners V, L.P., which had its final close in April 2016 at $360 million and DFW Capital Partners IV, L.P., which had its final close in December 2013 at $162.5 million.
DFW makes control equity investments in lower middle market healthcare services, business services, industrial services and specialty pharmaceutical companies located primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Eastern United States. DFW’s investment strategy is to acquire companies with addressable deficiencies that are undergoing an ownership transition, professionalize them and build revenue and EBITDA for an ultimate sale to strategic or larger financial buyers. DFW focuses on companies with typically $15 million or less in EBITDA and revenue ranging from $20 million to $100 million and that benefit from a compliance-drive business model.
For more information on this transaction, please contact Paul F. Delaney, Senior Managing Director, at 646.254.6397. For more information on Griffin’s services in general, contact any one of our investment banking professionals.
