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.
Recent Transactions
Energy, Power & Infrastructure
Specialty Distribution
Mergers & Acquisitions
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Tomball, Texas, Midstream Valve Partners (MVP) is a leading value-added distributor of valves, actuators and related flow-control accessories to midstream pipeline operators, engineering, procurement & construction firms, fabricators and other distributors that serve the energy infrastructure, pipeline and refining industries primarily in the continental United States.
Industrial Services & Manufacturing
Specialty Distribution
Mergers & Acquisitions
Founded in Southeast Texas in 1943, American Packing & Gasket Holdings (APG) is a master distributor of sealing and fluid conveyance products, including O-rings, gaskets and couplings, with operations in Houston and Knoxville, Tennessee. In 1944, EVER-TITE™, now owned by APG, patented the first cam and groove coupling, which was quickly adopted by the U.S. military. Today, APG operates as a value-added master distributor, maintaining a deep inventory of more than 40,000 active SKUs supported by a diversified network of OEM suppliers and delivering core value-added capabilities, including O-ring bagging, kitting and custom gasket fabrication, to customers across a variety of end markets.
Industrial Services & Manufacturing
Specialty Distribution
Mergers & Acquisitions
Headquartered in East Rutherford, New Jersey, GENLED is a designer, manufacturer and assembler of premium LED lighting products, systems and solutions serving a diverse range of signage, architectural and commercial lighting applications worldwide. The Company is recognized for its innovative product portfolio and ability to deliver customized lighting solutions tailored to specific customer applications and requirements. GENLED’s portfolio of brands includes AgiLight, a premier provider of innovative signage lighting solutions, and Acolyte, a leading provider of custom architectural lighting solutions for interior and exterior projects.
Industrial Services & Manufacturing
Mergers & Acquisitions
Founded in 1942, Basler is a third-generation, family-owned manufacturer of electrical control and protection solutions, based in Highland, Illinois, with approximately 700 employees. Basler’s innovative products regulate and protect mission-critical equipment and are used by more than 1,600 global customers across a diverse range of critical applications and high-growth end markets, including power generation, power transmission, grid and utility infrastructure, HVAC, data centers, and industrial and electrical equipment. The Company operates three manufacturing facilities in Highland, Illinois; Taylor, Texas; and Piedras Negras, Mexico.
Business Services
Mergers & Acquisitions
For over 50 years, Steger Bizzell has been a leader in civil engineering in Central Texas. The Company has performed more than 22,000 projects for governmental and private clients, with expertise covering a wide range of disciplines including hydraulic and hydro-logic analysis, floodplain mapping, transportation, water and wastewater utilities, planning and site design, and surveying. Headquartered in Georgetown, just north of Austin, Steger Bizzell adds a team of more than 50 technical experts with deep water, wastewater and land development expertise to CHA, a full-service engineering, design, and management consulting firm. Steger Bizzell will rebrand as Steger Bizzell, A CHA Company. The acquisition expands CHA’s team to more than 2,100 professionals across 55+ offices, from Canada to Florida to California.
Consumer Products & Services
Mergers & Acquisitions
Alpha, a privately held, family-owned frozen foods manufacturer based in Waller, Texas, was founded in 1984 by Greek immigrants George and Athena Sarandos. Alpha has grown from a regional foodservice distributor into a highly respected producer of frozen pizzas and pizza components for national accounts. Today, Alpha operates from a modern, highly efficient, 115,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility serving a broad range of customers, including K-12 schools, leading grocery retailers and well recognized packaged foods brands.