Lumin8 Transportation Technologies Expands East Coast Operations with the Acquisition of Rommel Infrastructure
Denver, CO – August 21, 2024 – Lumin8 Transportation Technologies, a portfolio company of Crest Rock Partners, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Rommel Infrastructure, a provider of traffic signal maintenance and installation services to departments of transportation, municipalities, and contractors in Maryland and Delaware. The addition of Rommel brings Lumin8's workforce to over 500 employees dedicated to delivering intelligent transportation systems and traffic-related services across the United States.
Crest Rock Partners Announces Unbounce and Insightly Merger
Denver, CO – July 22, 2024 – Crest Rock Partners is proud to announce that its Vancouver-based portfolio company, Unbounce, has merged with Insightly, a leading all-in-one provider of customer relationship management (“CRM”), marketing automation, and customer success software. The combination brings together Unbounce’s AI-powered landing page creation and optimization software with Insightly’s robust CRM, marketing automation, and customer service capabilities to provide customers with a unified sales and marketing platform.
Crest Rock Partners Announces Strategic Growth Investment in Relocity, a Leading Relocation Software and Tech-enabled Services Provider
Denver, CO – April 9, 2024 – Crest Rock Partners announced a strategic growth investment in Relocity Holdings, Inc. (“Relocity”). The investment will enable Relocity to accelerate product development and continue to expand its innovative solution portfolio of relocation software solutions and tech-enabled destination services globally. Relocity’s founder and executive team invested alongside Crest Rock.
Crest Rock Partners Invests in Specialty Pipe & Tube, a Leading Distributor of Large Diameter, Heavy Wall Seamless Pipe and Tubing
Denver, CO – January 9, 2024 – Crest Rock Partners proudly announced an investment in Specialty Pipe & Tube (“SPT”). Founded in 1964 and located in Mineral Ridge, Ohio and Houston, Texas, SPT is a value-added supplier of large diameter, heavy wall mechanical pipe and tubing. SPT serves an essential role in the supply chain with its direct relationships with domestic and international mills, broad inventory of 800+ SKUs, short lead times, and in-house materials expertise.
Lumin8 Transportation Technologies Acquires the Traffic Signal Division of Watson Electrical
Denver, CO – November 7, 2023 – Lumin8 Transportation Technologies (“Lumin8”), a portfolio company of Crest Rock Partners, today announced that it has acquired the Traffic Signal division of Watson Electrical Construction Co. LLC (“Watson Electrical” or “Watson”), a Wilson, North Carolina-based provider of electrical construction and maintenance services in North Carolina and Virginia.
Crest Rock Partners Invests in Specialty Alloy Distributor Midalloy
Denver, CO – September 20, 2023 – Crest Rock Partners is pleased to announce a strategic investment in Midwest Alloys & Technology Inc. and Midalloy Specialty Materials, LLC (together “Midalloy”). Founded in 1985 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Midalloy is a value-added supplier of specialty alloy welding consumables and bar and wire rod products that are used in mission-critical applications in demanding end markets, including aerospace, defense, and petrochemical. Midalloy’s founders invested alongside Crest Rock.
Crest Rock Partners announces its portfolio company, Lumin8 Transportation Technologies, has acquired Bean Electrical
Denver, CO – May 11, 2023 – Lumin8 Transportation Technologies (“Lumin8”), a portfolio company of Crest Rock Partners, today announced that it has acquired Bean Electrical (“Bean”), a Fort Worth, Texas-based provider of traffic signal and streetlight construction services for municipalities and general contractors in the Dallas-Fort Worth (“DFW”) Metroplex. The acquisition creates a combined organization of over 400 employees dedicated to providing intelligent transportation systems (“ITS”) and traffic-related services to government entities, agencies, and contractors nationwide.
Crest Rock Partners announces its portfolio company, Lumin8 Transportation Technologies, has acquired Lightspeed Integrated Communications.
Denver, CO – February 16, 2023 – Lumin8 Transportation Technologies (“Lumin8”), a portfolio company of Crest Rock Partners, today announced that it has acquired Lightspeed Integrated Communications (“Lightspeed”), a Castle Rock, Colorado-based provider of fiber optic infrastructure and services related to interstate and traffic signal networks. The acquisition of Lightspeed expands service offerings for Lumin8 customers across the US.
Crest Rock Partners announces its portfolio company, Opti9 Technologies, has merged with Canadian IaaS platform provider HostedBizz
Denver, CO – May 31, 2022 – Crest Rock Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm, is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, Opti9 Technologies LLC (“Opti9”), a trusted North American managed cloud services provider for hybrid cloud, security, and application modernization, has merged with HostedBizz, one of Canada’s premier Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform providers and Veeam’s 2021 North America Cloud & Service Provider Rising Star Partner of the Year. The merger of HostedBizz into Opti9 creates expanded coverage throughout North America for Opti9 customers and partners along with an increased technology footprint.
Crest Rock Partners Announces Strategic Growth Investment in Pitcher
Denver, CO – May 25, 2022 – Crest Rock Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm, is pleased to announce a strategic investment in Pitcher, a leading sales enablement platform for enterprise companies. The investment will allow Pitcher to accelerate product innovation and extend its lead on the competition as a differentiated provider of sales and revenue enablement solutions globally.
Crest Rock Partners Portfolio Company Unbounce Acquires LeadsRx
Denver, CO – January 20, 2022 – Crest Rock Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm investing in lower middle market software, technology, services, and manufacturing companies, enthusiastically announces its portfolio company, Unbounce, the leading Conversion Intelligence software platform, has acquired LeadsRx, a marketing attribution SaaS platform that provides brand and agency marketers with impartial, actionable attribution data and insights. This acquisition further expands Unbounce’s Conversion Intelligence platform, bringing the power of marketing attribution to its customers.
Crest Rock Partners Announces Launch of Opti9 Technologies LLC as a Leading Hybrid Cloud Solutions Provider
Denver, CO – January 12, 2022 – Crest Rock Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm investing in lower middle market software, technology, services, and manufacturing companies, announced earlier this month the launch of Opti9 Technologies LLC (“Opti9”), a North America-based managed hybrid cloud solutions provider. Opti9 was formed through a strategic merger between two of Crest Rock’s IT services portfolio companies: New York-based Webair, a leader in private cloud, infrastructure, and cloud services, and Jelecos, a Nebraska-based AWS Advanced Consulting Partner and application development firm.
Crest Rock Partners Portfolio Company CloudNine Acquires ESI Analyst
Denver, CO – November 2, 2021 – Crest Rock Partners (“Crest Rock”) is excited to announce that CloudNine, a leading electronic discovery (“eDiscovery”) software suite for legal professionals, has acquired ESI Analyst, the leader in forensic discovery software for emerging file types. The acquisition of ESI Analyst brings new analytical capabilities to CloudNine’s platform and enhances their customers’ experience navigating the evolving, complex data environment.
Crest Rock Partners Invests in CloudNine
Denver, CO – June 30, 2021 – Crest Rock Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm investing in lower middle market software, technology, services and manufacturing businesses, today proudly announced a majority investment in CloudNine (“CloudNine” or the “Company”). Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, CloudNine is a leading eDiscovery software suite for legal professionals nationwide.
Crest Rock Partners Portfolio Company Unbounce Acquires Snazzy AI
Denver, CO – May 26, 2021 – Crest Rock Partners is proud to share the news that Unbounce, the global leader in landing page and conversion intelligence software, has acquired Snazzy AI, the AI powered copywriting tool running on GPT-3. The addition of Snazzy AI furthers Unbounce’s mission of providing AI-powered conversion intelligence technologies to small businesses and expands the Unbounce platform beyond landing pages into the AI-powered copywriting space.
Crest Rock Partners Announces Strategic Investment in Jelecos
Denver, CO – May 4, 2021 – Crest Rock Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm investing in lower middle market software, technology, services and manufacturing companies, today announced a strategic investment in Jelecos. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, with additional offices in Overland Park, Kansas and St. Louis, Missouri, Jelecos is a technology consulting company and leading AWS Advanced Tier Consulting Partner. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.
Crest Rock Partners Invests in Cloud Service Provider Webair
Denver, CO – January 11, 2021 – Crest Rock Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm investing in lower middle market software, technology, services and manufacturing businesses, today proudly announced a majority investment in Webair Internet Development Company, Inc. (“Webair” or the “Company”). Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Garden City, New York, Webair is a leading provider of cloud-agnostic orchestration services and disaster-recovery deployments. Webair’s founders and members of management invested alongside Crest Rock.
Crest Rock Partners Invests in Lumin8 Transportation Technologies
Denver, CO – December 1, 2020 – Crest Rock Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm investing in lower middle market software, technology, services and manufacturing businesses, today proudly announced a majority investment in Lumin8 Transportation Technologies (“Lumin8” or the “Company”). Formed in 2020 and headquartered in Arvada, Colorado, with additional offices in Marietta and Newnan, Georgia, Lumin8 is a leading provider of traffic and intelligent transportation systems (“ITS”) services and technology. Members of Lumin8’s management team invested alongside Crest Rock.
Crest Rock Partners Invests in Marketing Technology Platform Unbounce
Denver, CO – June 17, 2020 – Crest Rock Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm investing in lower middle market software, technology, services and manufacturing businesses, today proudly announced an investment in Unbounce Marketing Solutions Incorporated (“Unbounce” or the “Company”). Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Unbounce is a leading provider of conversion optimization tools and technology for marketers that help small and mid-size businesses (“SMBs”) optimize conversions and accelerate growth. Unbounce founders and members of management invested alongside Crest Rock.