Buyout PE
Frontenac
Frontenac acquires controlling stakes in established, profitable businesses, from United States.
Stated investment criteria
What Frontenac says it buys
Read from Frontenac’s own website in August 2026. This is what the firm says it buys, not what anyone has recorded it buying, and figures are shown in the currency the firm itself used - nothing here is converted. Every line links to the page it was read from.
A stated mandate is a firm’s description of itself and was true of the page on the day it was read; firms widen and narrow what they will look at without updating the site. Frontenac states that it takes majority or outright ownership. The team figure counts the people the firm shows on one team page, so it is a floor rather than a headcount: firms that split their team across tabs or load it in pages will read low. Nothing here is a commitment by Frontenac to consider any particular business, and nothing on this page is represented as being for sale.
Regulatory record
How Frontenac is registered
From this firm's Form ADV, the annual filing every registered and exempt investment adviser makes to the SEC.
| Adviser status | SEC registered |
| Regulatory assets under management | $2.0bn |
| Employees | 28 |
| Private funds advised | 10 · $2.0bn gross |
| SEC adviser number | CRD 156096 |
Portfolio
Disclosed holdings
Companies Frontenac lists on its own website. No investment years are published.
| Company | Invested | Years held | Recorded transaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101communications | — | — | — |
| 3e Company | — | — | — |
| A H Harris | — | — | — |
| Access Solutions With Integrated Openings Solutions | — | — | — |
| Alfalfas | — | — | — |
| Ansira | — | — | — |
| Asian Food Manufacturing With Cci Prime | — | — | — |
| Aspire Media | — | — | — |
| Automotive Services With Dealer Services Network | — | — | — |
| Beckway | — | — | — |
| Behavioral Health Group | — | — | — |
| Bill Gosling Outsourcing | — | — | — |
| CEO1ST | — | — | — |
| CEO1st What& | — | — | — |
| Certainpath | — | — | — |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill | — | — | — |
| Collegis | — | — | — |
| Corporate Family Solutions | — | — | — |
| Crescent Healthcare | — | — | — |
| Crofters Organic | — | — | — |
| Crom | — | — | — |
| Devry | — | — | — |
| Digs Dog Care | — | — | — |
| Discover Re | — | — | — |
| Dvc Worldwide | — | — | — |
| Eagle River Interactive | — | — | — |
| Ecancercare | — | — | — |
| Efc International | — | — | — |
| Encore Discovery Solutions | — | — | — |
| Excellarate | — | — | — |
| Gevity Hr | — | — | — |
| Gnap | — | — | — |
| H E Parts International | — | — | — |
| Health Valley Foods | — | — | — |
| Healthways | — | — | — |
| Honk Technologies | — | — | — |
| If you | — | — | — |
| Integris | — | — | — |
| La Tavola Fine Linen Rental | — | — | — |
| Levy Restaurants | — | — | — |
| Lighthouse | — | — | — |
| Liquid Technologies | — | — | — |
| Mce | — | — | — |
| Mercer Foods | — | — | — |
| Monterey Bay Herb Co | — | — | — |
| Motion Solutions | — | — | — |
| Myridius | — | — | — |
| Navis Food Partners | — | — | — |
| Newterra | — | — | — |
| Nutriscience | — | — | — |
| Ohio Transmission Corporation | — | — | — |
| Over the last five decades | — | — | — |
| Portfolio Group | — | — | — |
| Premier Systems Integrators | — | — | — |
| Process-Oriented Tested processes that work | — | — | — |
| Promach | — | — | — |
| Redhelm | — | — | — |
| Salient Crgt | — | — | — |
| Schlotterbeck Foss | — | — | — |
| Si International | — | — | — |
| Sigma | — | — | — |
| Sms | — | — | — |
| Spice Chain Corporation | — | — | — |
| Thesis-Driven Dedicated industry experience | — | — | — |
| Tpc | — | — | — |
| Trial Graphix | — | — | — |
| Trilogy Health Services | — | — | — |
| Watch Video × | — | — | — |
| Wausau | — | — | — |
| Wenner Bread Products | — | — | — |
| Whitebridge Pet Brands | — | — | — |
| Wncfirst | — | — | — |
| Xaneduservices | — | — | — |
| Year Founded 13 Funds Raised | — | — | — |
| Zipline Logistics | — | — | — |
Compiled from Frontenac’s published portfolio page. Where a recorded transaction is shown, that company was the target of a reported deal and has most likely already been realised. Nothing here is represented as being for sale.
Recorded transactions
Buying and selling
Deals in which Frontenac is named as buyer or seller in the transaction archive. 3 recorded exits, most recently in 2023.
| Company | Side | Counterparty | Year | Consideration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motion Solutions | Sold | Novanta | 2023 | $189m |
| A. H. Harris & Sons | Sold | HD Supply | 2018 | $380m |
| A.H. Harris Construction Supplies | Sold | HD Supply | 2018 | $380m |
Compiled from a transaction archive of 10,204 recorded deals. Most private transactions are never disclosed, so this is a sample of a firm’s activity rather than a complete record of it.
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