M&A Deal Summary

KCM Capital Partners Acquires StartKleen

On March 14, 2025, private equity firm KCM Capital Partners acquired business services company StartKleen from Fortrex

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is KCM Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is KCM Capital Partners’ 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is KCM Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-03-14
Target StartKleen
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) KCM Capital Partners
Sellers(s) Fortrex
Deal Type Recapitalization

Target

StartKleen

Gunter, Texas, United States
StartKleen provides turn-key contract sanitation services to food processing plants with an emphasis on food safety with social, environmental, and economic responsibility. StartKleen provides services to 42 customer plants located throughout the state of Texas and New Mexico.

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Buyer(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

KCM Capital Partners LLC is a private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle-market business services, value-added distribution, and specialty industrial companies throughout the US. KCM has a preference for 'fundamentals well-positioned' companies undergoing transition or experiencing change. The Firm looks to commit $10 to $50 million per platform investment and will consider transactions valued up to $150 million. KCM Capital Partners LLC was formed in 2017 and is headquartered in Chicago.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 10
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 2
Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: Texas M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 8 of 9
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-12-07 ISG

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

ISG provides services and parts to critical-to-process industrial rotating equipment for a diversified blue chip customer base comprised mainly of large industrial, power, paper, and energy companies. ISG was founded in 2018 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-06-20 Carolina Filters

Sumter, South Carolina, United States

Carolina Filters is a provider of mission-critical filtration products and services to a diversified mix of industrial and commercial customers. Carolina Filters was founded in 1968 and is based in Sumter, South Carolina.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Fortrex

Dunwoody, Georgia, United States

Category Company
Founded 1972
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Fortrex is a provider of outsourced cleaning services to the beef, pork and poultry processing industries. PSSI also cleans other specialized food preparation plants including those that process salads and pizza toppings. PSSI has grown rapidly due to increased outsourcing of cleaning services and added focus on food safety. Fortrex was founded in 1972 and is based in Dunwoody, Georgia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Texas M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-21 Contract Services

Burlington, Iowa, United States

Contract Services Limited provides contract sanitation services to food processing plants in the form of on-site management of nightly cleaning crews to managing and maintaining all appropriate documentation and training knowledge necessary for internal, third party, GFSI, and USDA (FSA) audits.

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