Investment Summary

Prophet Equity Exits Cummings Signs

On August 4, 2025, Identiti invested in manufacturer Cummings Signs from Prophet Equity

Investment Highlights
  • This is Identiti’s 1st transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Identiti’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Identiti’s 1st transaction in Tennessee.

Investment Summary

Date 2025-08-04
Target Cummings Signs
Sector Manufacturing
Investor(s) Identiti
Sellers(s) Prophet Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Cummings Signs

Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Cummings Signs is a national signage provider specializing in design, manufacturing, and national roll-outs of new exterior & interior sign products. Cummings Signs was founded in 1946 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Identiti

Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States

Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

Identiti offers comprehensive design, planning, management, fabrication, installation, and maintenance services for signage and branded environments across a national customer base. Identiti was founded in 1991 and is based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Tennessee M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-11-01 KFM 24/7

Woodbine, Maryland, United States

KFM 24/7 provides facility maintenance solutions, offering break-fix services, integrated platform automation, and analytics. KFM 24/7 was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbine, Maryland.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Prophet Equity

Southlake, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Prophet Equity is a private investment group focused on partnering with owners and management to acquire and build companies. The Firm targets the lower middle-market, and generally pursues businesses with significant value creation potential, such as those found in partnerships, corporate carve-outs, divestitures and non-strategic businesses of larger companies. Prospective companies typically have revenue up to $500 million and are valued between $10 and $250 million. Sectors of interest include automotive, transportation, consumer products, aerospace/defense, distribution, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, technology, and natural resources. Prophet Equity was founded in 2007 and is based in Southlake, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 9
Sector: Manufacturing M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 5
State: Tennessee 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
2023-02-01 Groff Tractor & Equipment

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Groff Tractor & Equipment is a heavy equipment specialist serving construction end-markets with flexible mix of parts, service, rentals and sales. Groff has 11 locations that serve Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia with OEM partnerships that include CASE Construction, Wirtgen America, Terramac, Rubble Master, Liebherr, Terex, Takeuchi, Sakai, Wacker, and Atlas Copco. Groff Tractor & Equipment was founded in 1958 and is based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

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