Colt Luedde

Managing Director

Colt has 30 years of investment banking and corporate finance experience. Throughout his career, Colt has completed approximately 200 merger and acquisition transactions helping entrepreneurs obtain liquidity via the sale of their business to either a strategic buyer or to a private equity firm.  In addition, he has completed numerous merger and acquisition advisory assignments helping business owners expand their business by acquiring other companies and, in many cases, has also raised the capital required to complete the acquisition via the private placement of both equity and debt.  He has deep transactional experience advising the owners of manufacturing, distribution, service and software businesses in the industrial and energy sectors of the economy.  He has also worked extensively in other sectors such as aerospace, business services and consumer. Colt serves on the board of, and is a past-president of, the Association for Corporate Growth (Houston Chapter).  Additionally, he is a former board member of the Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Center for Private Equity Finance at The University of Texas at Austin.

Colt earned a B.B.A. in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin.

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Founded in 1925 as Arthur Dooley & Son and renamed Dooley Tackaberry following its 1987 acquisition of The Tackaberry Company, Dooley has an extensive history in the distribution of fire and safety equipment to the oil and gas industry and municipal fire service market. Having grown steadily, Dooley’s biggest strengths are designing and fabricating fire detection and suppression systems as well as supplying fire protection and personal protective equipment to upstream, midstream and downstream customers throughout the world. Today, Dooley represents all major product lines in the fire and safety equipment industry.

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Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Collinsville, Oklahoma, Victory is a leading designer and manufacturer of industrial and commercial combustion, heat-transfer and steam production solutions, ranging from engineered firetube and watertube boilers and burners to heat recovery steam generators and high temperature hot water heaters. As part of the Company’s customer commitment, Victory provides extensive aftermarket customer support services, such as installation, commissioning and maintenance services, spare parts, burner and economizer retrofits and boiler fleet rental. Victory operates globally across a diverse and extensive group of industry sectors, including chemical, pulp & paper, food & beverage, bio-renewables, agriculture, education, healthcare, aviation and utilities.

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Divcon Controls provides building automation consultation and custom design for the commercial and manufacturing industries.

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Specialty Distribution
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Texcel is a leading branded supplier of premium quality industrial and hydraulic hoses and fittings, fluid sealing products and related services. With over 40 years of commercial operations, Texcel has established a clear leadership position in the fluid conveyance market through significant, long-term investments in product development, platform infrastructure and exceptional customer service. Headquartered in Houston, Texcel has established a strong national footprint, serving top-tier independent distributors across the country out of facilities located in Texas, Illinois, Delaware, Alabama and Colorado.

has completed a majority recapitalization with

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Industrial Services & Manufacturing
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Founded in 2008, PurgeRite is the leading provider of mechanical flushing and filtration services for water-based HVAC and geothermal systems. The Company ensures these systems operate with maximum efficiency and reliability across a variety of critical environments, including data centers, semiconductor fabrication, K-12 schools, universities, medical centers and other advanced manufacturing operations. Clean, efficient systems reduce power and water usage, ongoing maintenance and downtime, delivering meaningful savings and peace of mind to facility owners and operators.

a portfolio company of
has completed a majority recapitalization with

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Energy, Power & Infrastructure
Industrial Services & Manufacturing
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Mergers & Acquisitions Cross-Border Transactions

Headquartered in Houston, Texas and founded over 35 years ago, ZymeFlow is the worldwide leader in decontamination of hydrocarbon process equipment for entry, inspection, maintenance and effluent management. The proprietary ZymeFlow process prepares equipment for entry by simultaneously de-oiling while eliminating pyrophoric iron sulfide, hydrogen sulfide, benzene and other explosive gases. ZymeFlow products and services are currently utilized in refining, petrochemical, and LNG facilities for both onshore and offshore customers in more than 55 countries. ZymeFlow’s ecofriendly and patented products and services are highly efficient in the decontamination and maintenance of energy and chemical processing facilities in the United States and around the world.

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Houston, Texas 77002


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