M&A Deal Summary

Mountaingate Capital Acquires Walker Sands

On October 8, 2025, growth capital firm Mountaingate Capital acquired marketing company Walker Sands from Stone-Goff Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Mountaingate Capital’s 7th transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is Mountaingate Capital’s 18th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Mountaingate Capital’s 4th transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-10-08
Target Walker Sands
Sector Marketing
Buyer(s) Mountaingate Capital
Sellers(s) Stone-Goff Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Advisor(s) Canaccord Genuity (Financial)

Target

Walker Sands

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Walker Sands is a marketing agency focused on accelerating the growth of B2B brands, offering tailored solutions to drive real business results for its B2B clients, with core capabilities that include public relations, demand generation, branding, creative, marketing strategy, and web. Walker Sands was formed in 2001 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Mountaingate Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2016
PE ASSETS 1.4B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Mountaingate Capital is a private equity firm focused on acquiring middle-market companies with $5 to $25 million of EBITDA. The Firm focuses on growth-oriented companies in the business services, specialty manufacturing, marketing, and distribution sectors. Mountaingate looks to partner with management when investing and will consider transaction situations from buyouts, to consolidations and recapitalizations. Mountaingate Capital was formed in 2016 and is based in Denver, Colorado.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 19
Sector: Marketing M&A 7 of 7
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Illinois M&A 4 of 4
Country: United States M&A 18 of 18
Year: 2025 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-08-26 Bold Orange

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Bold Orange is a human connections company with a two-fold purpose: business and societal progress. Bold Orange modernizes loyalty, CRM, and digital experiences for both consumer and business-to-business brands. Bold Orange is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Seller(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

Stone-Goff Partners is a private equity investment firm that acquires and builds lower middle-market companies. Specific areas of interest include marketing, media, education, healthcare services, industrial services, information services, consumer products and services, food and beverage, tourism, e-commerce and retail sectors. Stone-Goff Partners was established in 2006 and is headquartered in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 9
Sector: Marketing M&A 2 of 2
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 6 of 6
State: Illinois M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 9 of 9
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-05-09 JSI

Greenbelt, Maryland, United States

JSI is a provider of regulatory and compliance consulting services to telecommunications providers in rural communities across the US. JSI's deep knowledge of the telecom industry and rural broadband markets is a key differentiator benefiting its longstanding client base. The company also provides financial, business management and executive management training services to its client base. JSI was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Greenbelt, Maryland.

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