Mark Melling

Hastings Manufacturing Co. designs and manufactures piston rings. Its products include compression rings, oil control rings, and top compression rings. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Hastings, MI.

RFE Management Corp (RFE Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1979. The firm is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut.

Weston Presidio Service Co. LLC (Weston Presidio) is a private equity firm founded in 1991 by Michael Cronin and Michael Lazarus. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

DelStar Technologies, Inc. manufactures thermoplastic nets, nonwovens, laminates, and extruded components used in filtration, automotive, healthcare, industrial, food, electronics, and textile markets. Its product lines include Naltex Extruded Netting, Delnet Apertured Films, Delpore Meltblown Media, Stratex Engineered Composites, and Coretec Extruded Cores and Precision Parts. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Middletown, DE.

Harris Williams & Co. provides investment advisory services. It offers investment banking, sell-side mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, fairness opinion, and restructuring advisory services. The company was founded by H. Hiter Harris III and Christopher H. Williams in 1991 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

GA Communications, Inc. provides advertising and marketing services. It also provides brand transformation, photography, design, strategy, writing, styling, visual merchandising, production, database management, web design and development, printing, video and consulting services. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Charlotte, and Philadelphia. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Stone Mountain, GA.

AbelConn LLC engages in the manufacture of electronic component products. Its services include specialty manufacturing, electromechanical design support, and obsolescence management. The firm specializes in manufacturing custom electronic assemblies including backplanes, circuit card assemblies, connectors, and interconnect solutions. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in New Hope, MN.

Garden Green Products LLC engages in the provision of seed and seed starting products. It operates through the following brands: american seed, NK Lawn & Garden, Ferry-Morse, Jiffy, SUPERthrive, Livingston, Jiffy Hydro, and McKenzie Seed. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Norton, MA.

JSI Store Fixtures, Inc. designs and manufactures metal and wood store fixtures. Its products include merchandising displays and fixtures focused on the perimeter of grocery stores, including the produce, bakery, prepared foods, floral, and wine departments. The company was founded by Terry Awalt, Barry Awalt and Clayton G. Johndro in 1991 and is headquartered in Milo, ME.

The Small Business Investor Alliance is an association of senior investment professionals focused on the lower middle market. The non-profit company is based in Washington and was founded by Jonathan F. Wilson. The American company's public policy goals are focused on maintaining access to growth capital for small businesses to support economic growth and job creation. The company recommends policies to unleash more capital for job creation and economic growth, including encouraging investment in rural business investment companies and venture and growth capital.

Brook & Whittle Ltd. provides printing and packing products. It engages in the design and manufacture of packaging solutions for the food and beverage, household, and personal care products industries. The firm’s capabilities include flexography, rotogravure, shrink labeling, and digital printing. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Guilford, CT.

Cambridge Medical Center provides medical services. The private company is based in Cambridge, MN.

Camino Modular Systems, Inc. manufactures, distributes and installs access flooring and under floor air distribution systems. Its products include woodcore and slabcore access floor system, filled steel access floor systems, linear air diffusers, perimeter plenums, modular power cabling, modular power distribution boxes and power supply modules. The firm provides the broadest RAF, UFAD and MPD solutions in the building industry. It offers a complete turnkey portfolio of products and installation services providing air quality and significant operational cost savings when compared to traditional overhead HVAC systems. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

GAPRC Holding Corp. provides advertising services. It designs and executes integrated retail marketing programs that include pre media advertising execution, digital creative and design, digital asset management services, photographic services and interactive services for national retailers. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in New Canaan, CT.

Hti Technology, Inc. designs and manufactures electric motors and complex engineering assemblies. It offers components, injection molding, metal stampings, casting, powder metal parts, fans, shafts, cord sets, and gears. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in LaVergne, TN.

HTI Technologies Holding Corp. operates as a holding company. The company is headquartered in New Canaan, CT.

Squan Construction Services LLC provides construction and site development services to the telecommunications sector. The firm offers its services for telecom infrastructure, engineering and fiber infrastructure, wireless, utility infrastructure and solar. The company was founded by John J. Celentano, Jr. and Kevin Frerich in 2008 and is headquartered in Englewood, NJ.

Sales Empowerment Group LLC engages in the provision of business coaching and training services designed to help companies increase sales. It specializes in sales consulting, lead generation, talent incubation, marketing strategy, integrated marketing campaigns, and customer relationship management strategy. The company was founded by Brian O?Neil in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

3 Bridge Holding Corp. is an investment holding private company founded in 2017. The company is based in New Canaan, CT. The company functions as a holding company for investments.

Global Ifs Holdings, Inc. operates as a investment holding company. The company is headquartered in New Canaan, CT.

Piston Rings Komarov sro designs and manufactures piston rings. Its products also include sealing rings, castings, and machined castings. The company was founded on May 29, 2017 and is headquartered in Komárov, Czech Republic.

RFE-Hastings Investment LLC provides investment services. The company is headquartered in New Canaan, CT.

Global Integrated Flooring Solutions, Inc. provides energy efficient flooring solutions to workplace. The company is headquartered in Kentwood, MI.

CongruityHR LLC provides human resources services. It offers workers compensation, payroll, and employee benefit programs. The company was founded by Darrin Hunter in 2011and is headquartered in Kernersville, NC.

Veransa Group, Inc. specializes in transforming urban wood and yard waste into valuable commodities on an industrial scale. Veransa is based in the Tampa Bay region of Florida and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company vertically integrates green waste collection centers with commodities manufacturing facilities to achieve highest-value use, waste-to-organic commodities production. It also processes wood waste into the feedstock for decorative mulch and renewable energy. The company was founded by Marc Owensby, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Friendly Group LLC provides mentorship, direction, resources, and capital to take strategic initiatives to the next level. The company is based in Westlake, TX, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company reviews the business valuation process and the six factors that buyers focus on when assessing HVAC, plumbing, or electrical companies. The company is growing and expanding its roster of leading home services partner companies. The company's finely tuned, holistic approach sets them apart. The CEO of the company is Joe Bergman.

Part of RIA Solutions, Inc., LaunchPad Home Group is a family of regional home inspection and services brands that aim to simplify home ownership at every stage of the journey. The private company is based in Austin, TX. LaunchPad's mission is to create lifelong relationships by providing support systems, best practices, and capital base for the mutual growth of their brands. Scott Swayze has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Crofton Capital LLC (Crofton Capital) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2009 by Phil Ivey. The firm is headquartered in Cohasset, Massachusetts.