July 9, 2026

VantEdge Partners Partners with JM Valley Group

Croft & Bender, an Atlanta-based investment banking firm, is pleased to announce the successful recapitalization of JM Valley Group (“JM Valley” or the “Company”) by VantEdge Partners (“VantEdge”). Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, JM Valley is a leading franchisee of Jersey Mike’s restaurants in California. With 29 stores and 300+ employees, the Company is one of the largest franchisees in the Jersey Mike’s system. Following the transaction, Daniel Acuna will continue to lead the Company as President and is excited about the growth opportunities in partnership with VantEdge. Croft & Bender served as the exclusive financial advisor to JM Valley throughout the transaction. For more information, please contact Bo Briggs or Connor Boston. Since 1996, Croft & Bender has provided superior M&A and capital raising services to middle market and emerging growth companies. Croft & Bender is the exclusive U.S. partner firm of Clairfield International, a partnership of leading corporate finance firms around the world.

January 30, 2026

Wall Works Holdings Announces Partnership with Associated Drywall Partners

Wall Works Holdings (“Wall Works” or “WWH”), backed by AVALT and VantEdge, today announced a partnership with Associated Drywall Partners, LLC (“Associated” or the “Company”). Wall Works invested alongside members of the Associated management team in the transaction. The partnership will support the Company as it builds upon its leading market position in Indianapolis while expanding into adjacent geographies.

October 14, 2025

Wall Works Holdings Appoints Shannon McElveen as CFO

BOSTON & KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BUSINESS WIRE) — Wall Works Holdings (“Wall Works”), a portfolio company of AVALT and VantEdge, is pleased to announce the appointment of Shannon McElveen as Chief Financial Officer. Shannon joins Wall Works from AIA Contract Documents (“ACD”), where she spent five years in a variety of leadership roles, most recently as Chief Operating Officer, where she managed ACD’s carve-out of the non-profit AIA into a privately held for profit company.

July 10, 2025

Wall Works Holdings Appoints Darren Gould as CEO

BOSTON & KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BUSINESS WIRE) — Wall Works Holdings (“Wall Works”), a portfolio company of AVALT and VantEdge, is pleased to announce the appointment of Darren Gould to Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gould joins Wall Works from WillScot, where he spent 15 years in a variety of leadership roles. His most recent position was Senior Vice President of the Central Division, where he managed a P&L of more than $600 million in revenue across 40 MSAs and 70 branch locations.

May 5, 2025

AVALT and VantEdge Launch Wall Works Holdings, Acquire Optimum Building Systems

BOSTON & KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BUSINESS WIRE) — AVALT, a Boston-based private equity firm, and VantEdge, a Kansas City-based family office investment firm (collectively, “the Sponsors”) today announced the formation of Wall Works Holdings (“Wall Works”, “WWH”, or the “Company”), a platform to partner with leading regional specialty construction contractors in the finishing trades. WWH partner companies provide installation services for drywall, insulation, metal framing, acoustic ceiling tiles, exterior cladding, and custom finishes to general contractors and homebuilders.

November 4, 2024

Beacon Communications Acquires Thompson Engineering, Gaining Additional Market Share in California’s Southern Region

National critical communications provider and technology consulting company acquires California-based Thompson Engineering as of October 22, 2024, to extend its communications and security solutions to healthcare, government, education, energy and infrastructure buildings and facilities throughout the Southern California region.

July 8, 2024

AVALT and VantEdge Acquire Suburban

Partnership represents the first transaction in an acquisition-driven strategy that will seek to build a leading multi-regional provider of interior construction services in the housing and light commercial markets. BOSTON & KANSAS CITY — AVALT, a Boston-based private equity focused family office, and VantEdge, a Kansas City-based family office investment firm (collectively, “the Sponsors”) today announced a partnership with Suburban Intermediate Holdco, Inc. (“Suburban” or “the Company”). The Sponsors have invested alongside members of the Suburban management team in the transaction. The partnership will support the Company as it seeks to build upon its leading market position in Wisconsin while simultaneously catalyzing an acquisition-driven strategy to extend the platform’s reach into new geographies.

April 8, 2024

Martin Marietta Completes Acquisition of Aggregates Operations from Affiliates of Blue Water Industries LLC

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE: MLM) today announced that, on April 5, 2024, it completed its previously announced acquisition of 20 active aggregates operations in Alabama, South Carolina, South Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia from affiliates of Blue Water Industries LLC (BWI Southeast) for $2.05 billion in cash. This portfolio-optimizing transaction improves the Company’s product mix, margin profile and durability through economic cycles by adding another pure aggregates business to its already aggregates-led portfolio.

May 4, 2023

ServiceMaster CDR Acquires ServiceMaster by Lewis

ServiceMaster CDR is pleased to announce that it has completed its strategic acquisition of ServiceMaster by Lewis. ServiceMaster by Lewis has 13 licenses throughout Ohio in key markets such as Youngstown, Akron, and Mentor. These licenses will merge with ServiceMaster CDR’s current 40 licenses that span across Texas and Ohio, expanding CDR’s Ohio presence further East and South of its current Cleveland and Akron markets.

May 1, 2023

VantEdge Partners Announces Sale of Allstar Services

VantEdge Partners, LP (“VantEdge”) has announced that Allstar Services (“Allstar”) has been acquired by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (“MSCP”), part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Allstar is a full-service provider of residential exterior services including the installation, repair and maintenance of roofing, siding, windows, decks, and gutters. Over the course of its 44 years of operations, Allstar has grown through geographic and service expansion as well as strategic acquisitions. Today Allstar is a leading regional platform serving markets in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Colorado. VantEdge co-led the initial acquisition of Allstar in 2019 with a subsidiary investment company of JE Dunn Construction.

December 2, 2022

ServiceMaster Restore Network Continues to Strengthen from Investments and Partnership

ServiceMaster Restore is pleased to announce that VantEdge Partners has completed its strategic acquisition of both ServiceMaster by Century and ServiceMaster by Disaster Recon. This multi-location acquisition spans two states and 40 licenses in key markets such as Houston, TX, Dallas, TX, Austin, TX, and Cleveland, OH. The new entity will operate under the DBA of ServiceMaster CDR. Blake Moak, Jillian Moak, and Greg Dennison will continue to manage and lead the combined business into the future.

June 12, 2020

Overland Park Equity Firm Buys Stake in Hawaii’s Second-Largest Brewery

Overland Park-based private equity firm VantEdge Partners LP was part of a group that acquired the Hawaiian arm of Kona Brewing Co. for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 1994, Kona Brewing Co. is the second-largest brewery in Hawaii, controlling 11% of the state’s beer market by volume. Kona was owned by Craft Brew Alliance, based in Portland, Ore.