28 Jul, 2025

Gridiron acquires Greenix from Riata; Warburg to buy FlavorSum from Riverside

Deal Wrap is updated as of 3 p.m. ET.

– Gridiron Capital LLC acquired US pest control company Greenix Holdings LLC from Riata Capital Group LLC. Greenberg Traurig LLP was Gridiron's legal adviser, and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC was its financial adviser. William Blair & Co. LLC and LR Tullius were Greenix and Riata's financial advisers, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP was their legal adviser.

– Warburg Pincus LLC agreed to acquire US food flavoring company FlavorSum LLC from The Riverside Co. BMO Capital Markets Corp. was Warburg Pincus' financial adviser and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP was its legal adviser. Houlihan Lokey Inc. and Cascadia Capital LLC were FlavorSum's financial advisers, and Jones Day was its legal adviser.

– Saothair Capital Partners LLC acquired US smoke detector maker Air Products And Controls Inc., which does business as AAI, from Halma PLC. McGuireWoods LLP was Saothair's legal adviser. Houlihan Lokey was Halma's financial adviser, and Nixon Peabody LLP was its legal adviser.

– Levine Leichtman Capital Partners LLC acquired US donuts seller Shipley Do-Nut Flour And Supply Co. Inc. from Peak Rock Capital LLC. North Point Advisors Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. were Shipley's financial advisers. Kirkland & Ellis LLP and DLA Piper were Levine Leichtman's legal advisers.

– Transom Capital Group LLC acquired US electronic manufacturing services provider SigmaTron International Inc. Kirkland & Ellis LLP was Transom's legal adviser. Lincoln International was SigmaTron's financial adviser, and Greenberg Traurig LLP and Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC were its legal advisers.

– CBPE Capital LLP acquired a stake in UK-based transportation-focused software developer Velociti Solutions Ltd. from Literacy Capital PLC. Mayer Brown was CBPE's legal adviser, and Hogan Lovells was Literacy's legal adviser.

– O.G. Venture Partners led a $50 million series B round in Israeli security software developer Blink Operations Inc.

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