When we (Great Range Capital) moved into our new office space in 2016, we expected to fill it with desks, chairs, computers, a conference table, some furniture and perhaps a plant or two—all the things a private equity firm needs to conduct business. A ping-pong...
Great Range Capital (GRC), a Kansas City-based private equity firm, announced today that Westport, Connecticut-based Sterling Investment Partners has made a majority equity investment in HeartLand, LLC, in partnership with management. HeartLand, LLC, a GRC portfolio company and a Kansas City-based commercial landscape management firm...
HeartLand, LLC, a Kansas City-based commercial landscape management firm recently added Hillenmeyer Landscape Services of Lexington, KY and JML Landscape Management of Pittsburgh, PA to its growing portfolio. Other operating companies already under the HeartLand umbrella include Signature Landscape in Kansas City, KS, Columbia Landcare...
While economists and policy makers debate over the exact percentage that constitutes full employment in the U.S., most everyone agrees that we are either near or at that level. On February 1, 2019, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the unemployment rate at 4.0 percent...
Fairbank Equipment, Inc. is a premier parts and equipment supplier to the agriculture and propane industries. Joe Fairbank founded the company in 1946. In 1970, he sold the business to Florene and Bill Wray, his daughter and son-in-law, who transitioned leadership to their son, Cody...
Cott Corporation acquires The Mountain Valley Spring Water Co. for $78.5 million in cash. Great Range Capital (GRC), a Kansas City-based private equity firm, announces today that DS Services, a Cott Corporation (NYSE:COT; TSX:BCB) subsidiary, acquired The Mountain Valley Spring Water Co., the longest continuously operated...
There isn’t anything easy about selling your family business. Transactional topics like valuation, due diligence, and documentation are certainly challenging. But there are emotional, once-in-a-lifetime questions to be explored. Here are just some of the questions we’ve encountered in our many years of sitting in the...
Sourcing new opportunities can be done behind a computer screen. But to truly understand the market and genuinely connect with our network, you’ve got to get out on the road. We get plenty of windshield time in the Heartland and we love it. Especially when...
Great Range Capital congratulates and welcomes a new addition to the Apple Bus Company team; Mindy Johnson, Chief Financial Officer. Apple Bus Company has been a part of the Great Range Capital portfolio since March of 2016 and is a leading provider of school bus...
Every summer, we welcome college students (typically between their junior and senior years) to intern with us at our Kansas City-based private equity firm. GRC’s internship program is competitive since there aren’t many programs offering private equity experience. Our interns help us source deals, evaluate...