Articles from Sole Source Capital LLC

Sole Source Capital LLC (“SSC”), an industrial and business services-focused private equity firm, today announced the appointment of Claire Bissot, SPHR, as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), a newly created role focused on strengthening human capital and organizational capabilities across the firm and its portfolio companies.

Sole Source Capital LLC (“SSC”), an industrial and business services-focused private equity firm, today announced it has once again been recognized as the top-performing private equity manager across multiple categories in PitchBook’s 2025 Manager Performance Score League Tables.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial and business services-focused private equity firm, today announced that it has acquired Brite, a leading cybersecurity and managed services provider serving customers across the U.S. This transaction marks Sole Source’s first platform investment in its third fund, SSC Partners Fund III.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Peak Technologies, a leading system integrator in the Automatic Identification and Data Capture (“AIDC”) market, has acquired Automation Intelligence, LLC. The acquisition marks Sole Source Capital’s 18th add-on acquisition for Peak Technologies since Sole Source acquired the company in 2021. Automation Intelligence enhances Peak Technologies’ portfolio with advanced robotics and machine vision solutions, further strengthening its industry-leading digital supply chain offerings. In a rapidly changing supply chain market environment, these additional capabilities – trusted by Fortune 500 companies and mid-market businesses – enable clients to operate more efficiently and respond more effectively to customer needs. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, announced today that it has acquired Lee Fish USA (“Lee”), a premium importer and value-added distributor of fresh and frozen seafood. This transaction marks Sole Source’s 40th investment since inception in 2016 and its third platform investment in the foodservice distribution space. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, ID Images (“IDI”), a premier provider of product identification solutions, has acquired Lebanon, Tennessee-based Hickman Label. The acquisition marks the fifth add-on investment for IDI since it became a Sole Source Capital portfolio company in August 2021. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Worldwide Produce, one of the largest fresh produce and dairy distributors on the West Coast, has acquired Left Coast Food Company (“Left Coast”), a premier foodservice distributor of frozen goods, dry goods and produce serving the greater San Diego region. The acquisition of Left Coast expands Worldwide Produce’s presence in Southern California and marks the company’s fifth completed acquisition since it became a Sole Source Capital portfolio company in 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC (“SSC”), an industrial-focused private equity firm, announced today that it has acquired Westwood Laboratories (“Westwood”), a contract manufacturer of consumer staple products in the beauty, personal care, pet and over-the-counter drug end markets. This is Sole Source Capital’s first investment in the contract manufacturing industry. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, announced today that its portfolio company, Dallas Plastics, a leading manufacturer of blown polyethylene film with printing, embossing, and other value-added capabilities for the medical, food, and industrial end markets, has acquired Emballage MPP, Inc. (“MPP”). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Peak Technologies, a leading system integrator in the Automatic Identification and Data Capture (“AIDC”) market acquired VisionID and Dalosy. The acquisition of both companies marks Sole Source Capital’s 15th investment in the AIDC industry and expands Peak’s footprint into Europe. Sole Source has supported Peak Technologies in six prior add-on acquisitions including Optical Phusion, Inovity, Bar Code Direct, DBK Concepts, Avalon Integration and Graphic Label. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Worldwide Produce, one of the largest fresh produce and dairy distributors on the West Coast, has acquired Valley Food Services (“Valley”), a premier foodservice distributor of fresh produce and dairy serving the Coachella Valley market. The acquisition of Valley strengthens Worldwide Produce’s presence in the Coachella Valley and marks the company’s second acquisition in the past three months. This is also the fourth completed acquisition for Worldwide Produce since it became a Sole Source Capital portfolio company in 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Worldwide Produce, one of the largest fresh produce and dairy distributors on the West Coast, has acquired Chef’s Choice Produce, a premier foodservice distributor of fresh produce and dairy serving the Northern California market. The acquisition of Chef’s Choice expands Worldwide Produce’s geographic reach, enabling it to serve virtually the entire state of California. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Peak Technologies, a leading system integrator in the Automatic Identification and Data Capture (“AIDC”) market acquired Graphic Label LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Supply Chain Services (“SCS”), a leading full life-cycle system integrator and provider of digital supply chain, retail and mobile workforce solutions, has acquired Access POS. This is Sole Source’s fifth add-on transaction for SCS, following the purchases of Dasco Label, Miles Data, Coridian and ISG Technologies since acquiring SCS in May 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Peak Technologies, a leading full life-cycle system integrator and provider of digital supply chain, retail and mobile workforce solutions, acquired Avalon Integration Inc (“Avalon”). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, announced today that its portfolio company, I.D. Images (“IDI”), a premier provider of product identification solutions, has made three significant acquisitions over the past five months. IDI’s acquisitions of Digital Printing Concepts, Multi-Action Communications, and Valley Forge Tape & Label Company have more than doubled the size of the company and extended its reach to several new markets across the U.S. and Canada since it became a Sole Source Capital portfolio company in August 2021. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC (“SSC” or the “Firm”), an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced the final closing of its second fund, SSC Partners II (“Fund II”), with aggregate total commitments of $555 million. Fund II was significantly oversubscribed with an initial target of $400 million and reached its hard cap. With the closing of Fund II, Sole Source Capital now manages in excess of $1 billion just three years after the launch of Fund I.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Worldwide Produce (“WWP”), has acquired Vision Produce (“VP”), a premier importer and distributor of fresh produce to U.S. and Canadian markets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Peak Technologies, an outsourced IT and hardware provider of barcoding and data collection solutions to customers across North America, has acquired DBK Concepts Inc (“DBK”). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, announced today that it has acquired I.D. Images (“IDI”), a premier provider of product identification solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, announced today that its portfolio company, Supply Chain Services, a premier provider of automatic identification and data capture (“AIDC”) and factory automation solutions to customers across North America, has acquired ISG Technologies. The acquisition of ISG Technologies adds to Supply Chain Service’s product line and expands its geographic reach into Texas. This is the fourth add-on transaction supported by Sole Source Capital, following the purchases of Dasco Label, Miles Data and Coridian since Supply Chain Services was acquired in May 2020. Terms of the ISG Technologies transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, announced today that its portfolio company, Dallas Plastics, a leading manufacturer of blown polyethylene film with printing, embossing, and other value-added capabilities for the medical, food, and industrial end markets, has acquired Hi-De Liners, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm today announced that its portfolio company, Peak-Ryzex, a value-added reseller of barcoding and data collection solutions to customers across North America, has acquired Bar Code Direct. The acquisition of Bar Code Direct adds to Peak’s ability to serve its expanding array of client segments and is Sole Source’s third add-on transaction for Peak-Ryzex, following the purchase of Optical Phusion Inc. (OPI) and Inovity Inc. earlier this year. Terms of the Bar Code Direct transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company, Peak-Ryzex, a value-added reseller of barcoding and data collection solutions to customers across North America, has acquired Inovity Inc. The acquisition of Inovity marks Sole Source’s seventh investment in the AIDC space following the April merger of Peak-Ryzex and Optical Phusion Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, announced today the acquisition of Peak-Ryzex from Keystone Capital and Optical Phusion Inc. (“OPI”) from its founders, two leading providers of automatic identification, data capture (“AIDC”) and factory automation solutions. The companies will be merged and led by Peak-Ryzex CEO Juliann Larimer, CFO Michele Adams and OPI President Tony Rivers. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.