Investment Summary

Staple Street Capital Exit Eastern Dental

On January 10, 2025, private equity firm Branford Castle Partners and asset manager Siguler Guff & Company invested in healthcare services company Eastern Dental from Staple Street Capital

Investment Highlights
  • This is Branford Castle Partners’ 1st and Siguler Guff & Company’s 1st transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is Branford Castle Partners’ 21st and Siguler Guff & Company’s 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Branford Castle Partners’ 1st and Siguler Guff & Company’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

Investment Summary

Date 2025-01-10
Target Eastern Dental
Sector Healthcare Services
Investor(s) Branford Castle Partners
Siguler Guff & Company
Sellers(s) Staple Street Capital
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Advisor(s) Weil Gotshal & Manges
Polsinelli (Legal)

Target

Eastern Dental

Avenel, New Jersey, United States
Eastern Dental is a dental support organization that provides support services to Eastern Dental clinical offices operating across the state of New Jersey. Eastern Dental provides comprehensive general, specialty and cosmetic dental services that meet all dental care needs. Eastern Dental was founded in 1978 and is based in Avenel, New Jersey.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Branford Castle Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1986
PE ASSETS 200M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Branford Castle is a private investment firm that seeks investments in traditional companies with stable cash flows. Branford Castle prefers investing in 'old economy' businesses valued up to $100 million. Brandford will consider public or private companies, but the Firm will not invest in bankrupt, turnaround, or distressed situations. Sectors of interest include manufacturing, commercial distribution, services, consumer products, publishing, restaurants, and infrastructure. Branford Castle was formed in 1986 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 22
Sector: Healthcare Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 7 of 7
State: New Jersey M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 21 of 21
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-11-12 Testek Solutions

Wixom, Michigan, United States

Testek Solutions designs, manufactures, and supports highly reliable aerospace and defense test equipment and testing facilities for OEMs, MROs, and operators. Testek Solutions was founded in 1969 and is based in Wixom, Michigan.

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Investor

Siguler Guff & Company

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 1991
PE ASSETS 16.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Siguler Guff & Company is a multi-strategy investment manager that provides institutional clients with access to a variety of investment programs including distressed, real estate, small business, emerging markets, and other strategies. Siguler's small business group looks to acquire or investment in US-based, lower middle-market companies in a variety of industries with $5 to $25 million of EBITDA. Siguler Guff & Company was established in 1991 as a unit of Pain Webber and became independent in 1995. The Firm is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 10
Sector: Healthcare Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: New Jersey M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 10 of 10
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-11-12 Testek Solutions

Wixom, Michigan, United States

Testek Solutions designs, manufactures, and supports highly reliable aerospace and defense test equipment and testing facilities for OEMs, MROs, and operators. Testek Solutions was founded in 1969 and is based in Wixom, Michigan.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-01-28 Precision

Lancaster, Ohio, United States

Precision provides repair, replacement, and maintenance services for utility customers across the gas, electrical, telecommunications, and water end markets. The company offers horizontal directional drilling, excavation, hydrovac operations, utility locating and verification, video camera line inspection, GPS mapping, and other underground solutions. It has a core focus on (i) replacement of leak-prone natural gas distribution pipelines and (ii) installation of telecommunications infrastructure to protect and secure the electrical grid. Precision is based in Lancaster, Ohio.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Staple Street Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2009
PE ASSETS 900M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Staple Street Capital is a private equity firm focused on acquiring middle-market companies with $50 to $500 million in revenue. Staple Street looks to invest up to $125 million per transaction and will consider opportunities in the business services, chemicals, communications, media, software, consumer, retail, distribution, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, and manufacturing sectors. Prospective transaction situations include carve-outs, family-owned business acquisitions, recapitalizations, consolidations, take privates, and special situations. Staple Street Capital was formed in 2009 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 5
Sector: Healthcare Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: New Jersey M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-09-06 DVFlora

Sewell, New Jersey, United States

DVFlora is a large floral distribution and logistics company. The Company's distribution footprint and cold chain infrastructure enable next-day flower delivery for thousands of customers. DVFlora is based in Sewell, New Jersey.

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