Thomas Matteson

Transition Equity Partners, a private equity firm investing in companies that are facilitating the multi-decade process of transitioning to cleaner, more efficient, reliable and sustainable energy infrastructure, in its equity investment in Trinity Gas Storage, LLC, a pioneering natural gas storage project located in East Texas.

Gen II Fund Services LLC, an independent private capital fund administrator, in its acquisition of Crestbridge, a European provider of private capital fund administration solutions.

iFIT Health & Fitness, the industry’s largest at-home fitness equipment company and an L Catterton portfolio company, in the sale of Universal Technical Services, the operator of iFIT’s extended warranty business, to Amynta Group.

L Catterton and its portfolio company Kodiak Cakes, an industry leader in whole grain, protein-packed breakfast and snacking products, in negotiating a marquee strategic partnership with actor and producer, Zac Efron. 

TPG Rise Climate and TPG Rise, TPG-managed global impact funds, in the $300 million investment in Little Leaf Farms, the leading producer of packaged lettuce sustainably grown through controlled environmental agriculture (CEA) in the United States. 

L Catterton as the anchor investor of a $355 million capital raise for iFIT Health & Fitness, a global leader in connected fitness and interactive content.

TPG Rise, a global impact investing platform managed by TPG Global, and Element Markets, a leading renewable natural gas marketing and environmental commodities company, on the acquisition of Bluesource, the largest carbon credit developer in North America. 

Recognize Partners in its investment in SpringML, a leading machine learning and advanced data analytics services company.

FTV Capital in its investment in Luma Health, a comprehensive medical patient relationship platform.

L Catterton in its acquisition of Kodiak Cakes, a leading player across pancake and waffle mixes, frozen waffles and pancakes, oatmeal, baking mixes, and a variety of snacking products.

L Catterton in its investment in Truck Hero®, Inc., the leading provider of functional aftermarket accessories for pickup trucks and Jeep® vehicles.

Vestar Capital Partners in the sale of its portfolio company, Woodstream, a leading manufacturer and marketer of branded pest and animal control products.

Stage Stores, Inc. in its sale of assets (including a 435,000-square-foot distribution center located in Jacksonville, Texas) out of Chapter 11.

Murray Energy Holdings Co., a large privately-owned coal company with operations in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Illinois, Utah and Colombia, South America, and certain of its subsidiaries in connection with the corporate and M&A aspects of their Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

A private equity firm in its $1 billion acquisition of a hospice provider.

New Mountain Capital in its acquisition of Horizon Services.

Summit Partners in its acquisition of warrants from Viking Energy Group, Inc. (VKIN) and its subsidiary, Ichor Energy, in connection with Ichor Energy, as borrower, entering into a term loan credit facility with Summit Partners and its affiliates, as lenders.

ArcLight Energy Partners Fund V, L.P. in its affiliate’s acquisition by merger of the outstanding common units that ArcLight and its affiliates did not own of American Midstream Partners, LP.

Mission Coal Company, LLC in its sale of assets (including three metallurgical coal mines located in West Virginia and Alabama) out of Chapter 11.