BIGNAME Commerce is a collection of e-commerce businesses specializing in providing customized office supplies and products directly to businesses, organizations, and consumers worldwide. BIGNAME’s brands have a shared e-commerce platform, a core marketing engine and shared back office operations, all powered by great people.
Team Members: Jonathon Cope and Alex Tyroler
Located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Metro and Walker are each full-service heating, ventilation and air conditioning (“HVAC”) companies specializing in the replacement, repair and maintenance of HVAC equipment. End markets include single-family homes, multi-family apartment complexes and commercial businesses. Metro and Walker have each existed for more than 30 years and have developed strong brand recognition throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Coltala originally partnered with the management team at Trüdela in 2018 with the strategy of building a leading HVAC platform through strategic acquisitions. The Trüdela management team collectively possesses more than 85 years of experience in the HVAC industry and is led by CEO, Paul Adams and COO, Eric Shaw.
Team Members: Charles McCusker, Patrick Hamner, Aaron Katzman
EastPoint Sports is a developer, importer, and marketer of indoor and outdoor recreational sporting goods. With an office in Shanghai, China and 3PL facilities in California and Ontario, Canada, the Company sells through retail and e-commerce channels. Owned and licensed brands include Go! Gater, Majik, Rec-Tek, Classic Sport, Narwhal, NHL, HEAD, and PENN.
Team Members: Kyle Griffith, Tom Kurtz, Tom Holland
Carson-Dellosa Publishing is a leading provider of K-8 supplemental education content for parents, teachers and students with an established portfolio of market-leading brands including Spectrum, Summer Bridge, Carson-Dellosa Education and others. With over 35 years of experience in the consumer educational products market, the Company offers digital and print workbooks, test-prep, hands-on learning materials and classroom décor and resources to solve critical needs for parents and teachers across students’ education.
Team Members: Charles McCusker, Dan Yardley
Aztec/Shaffer, LLC operates as a party rental company for corporate events, private parties, and weddings. The Company provides bars, beverage servers, chair covers and sashes, chairs and stools, china and chargers, concessions and supplies, cooking equipment and supplies, dance floors, flatware, food service utensils, glassware, lighting products, linens and napkins, tents, decor accessories, comfort stations, power and climate control products, lounge furniture, miscellaneous products, serving pieces, staging products, and tables.
Shaffer Sports & Events (“Shaffer”) provides rental equipment to PGA Tour and Champions Tour events under an exclusive contract.
Team Members: Tom Holland, Pat Hamner
Successful exit through a refinancing 1Q 2019
PCN Network Inc. offers attorney based mortgage closing services. The Company provides refinance and reverse mortgages, loan modification, purchase, and relocation closing services as well as title search, title opinion letter preparation, deed preparation, recording, and attorney disbursement services catering to title companies and lenders.
Successfully exited 2Q 2018 via strategic saleCutex, the most recognized brand of nail polish remover, and Calico Laboratories, a contract fulfillment company that manufactures and bottles Cutex, combination gave retailers greater value through a single manager of the entire nail polish remover category, while at the same time streamlining their vendor base.
Successfully exited Q4 2015 via sale to Revlon1757 Golf Club was formed to complete and manage a daily-fee premium golf course in Northern Virginia. Located just a few minutes from Washington Dulles International Airport, 1757 Golf Club has become the preeminent daily fee course in the Northern Virginia Market.
Successfully exited Q2 2012 via recapitalization
