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Overwatch is a veteran-founded digital infrastructure company serving the mission-critical data center industry. The Company deploys specialized project, construction, operations, safety, and engineering professionals to leading hyperscalers and operators. The Overwatch portfolio also includes Patriot Power Services, focused on power systems and commissioning; Overwatch University, a veteran-led training and certification pipeline; the #1-rated Data Center Revolution podcast; and the global Data Center Anti-Conference (DCAC), held annually in the U.S. and Europe for a decade. Together, these platforms connect infrastructure development with workforce advancement, thought leadership, and industry collaboration, guided by military precision and purpose.

LAUNCH Technical Workforce Solutions is the leading provider of aviation technical workforce solutions and services to many of the world’s largest airlines, OEMs, and MROs. The company provides highly skilled aviation personnel, including mechanics, technicians, engineers, and machinists, as well as project-based teams for avionics, structures, and aircraft on ground (AOG).  Argentum successfully exited its investment in LAUNCH when the company received a majority investment from Capitol Meridian Partners, a specialist private equity firm with deep expertise in the aviation sector cofounded by the former head of Global Aerospace and Defense at The Carlyle Group.

JessCo Solutions is a leader in providing emission control equipment and services for the oil & gas industry. The Company specializes in providing high-quality vapor recovery units, combustors, flares, and vapor recovery towers. JessCo’s equipment ensures regulatory compliance while maximizing profitability for its customers. JessCo offers industry-leading preventative maintenance, repair services, and guidance to minimize downtime and optimize performance.

Established in 1991, TransForce is the nation’s leading specialty staffing firm devoted exclusively to the transportation industry. The Company is committed to a culture of DOT compliance and safe driving. TransForce operates through a branch network of 33 offices across the nation.

NuCO2 is the only national provider of certified, beverage-grade carbon dioxide and draft-grade nitrogen gas solutions to the restaurant and hospitality industry. With service locations within reach of virtually all beverage users in the U.S., its experienced professionals comprise the largest network of sales and support specialists in the industry. NuCO2 serves national chain and local restaurants, convenience stores, theme parks and sports/entertainment venues by delivering the most reliable, economical and convenient beverage carbonation solutions. Headquartered in Stuart, Fla., NuCO2 services more than 130,000 customers and 30 million consumers every day. NuCO2 was acquired by Aurora Capital Group in May 2008.

Waste Services, Inc. (previously Capital Environmental Resource, Inc.) is a multi-regional, integrated solid waste services company. The company provides collection, transfer, landfill disposal and recycling services for commercial, industrial and residential customers in the U.S. and Canada. Waste Services services over 80,000 commercial and industrial customers, and about 7.5 million residential homes. It operates seven landfills, 22 transfer stations, 12 recycling facilities and 33 collection operations. Its U.S. operations are located in Texas and Florida, and its Canadian operations are located in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Waste Services was acquired in 2010 by IESI-BFC Ltd (Browning Ferris Canada).

Alarm Masters Corporation (AMC) is a leading provider of fire alarm, safety, monitoring, and security services that has served South and Central Texas for over 35 years.  With thousands of commercial and residential clients, AMC has invested aggressively in software, sales, marketing, and operations to establish a scalable acquisition platform that has been purpose-built to integrate, tech-enable, and accelerate the growth of independent fire alarm, safety, and security businesses.

Waste Services, Inc. (previously Capital Environmental Resource, Inc.) is a multi-regional, integrated solid waste services company. The company provides collection, transfer, landfill disposal and recycling services for commercial, industrial and residential customers in the U.S. and Canada. Waste Services services over 80,000 commercial and industrial customers, and about 7.5 million residential homes. It operates seven landfills, 22 transfer stations, 12 recycling facilities and 33 collection operations. Its U.S. operations are located in Texas and Florida, and its Canadian operations are located in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Waste Services was acquired in 2010 by IESI-BFC Ltd (Browning Ferris Canada).

QPS provides GLP/GCP-compliant preclinical and clinical research services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients worldwide in the areas of Bioanalysis, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Toxicology, Translational Medicine, and Clinical Research. Founded by Dr. Ben Chien in 1995, QPS has Bioanalysis and Preclinical testing facilities at its Newark, DE headquarters; and facilities in Groningen, the Netherlands; Taipei, Taiwan; and Hyderabad, India. Early-phase clinical facilities are located in Springfield, MO; Taipei, Taiwan; Groningen, the Netherlands; and Hyderabad, India.

Metalico, Inc. (AMEX: MEA) is a holding company with operations in two business segments: ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal recycling, and fabrication of lead-based products. The Company operates five recycling facilities and six lead fabrication plants in six states.

L2 Aviation is a leading provider of global avionics and fleet modernization solutions for the aviation aftermarket, including complex avionics engineering, system design, repair, certification, kitting, installation, supplemental type certificates (STCs), integrations, and manufacturing services. L2 helps many of the world’s leading OEMs, airlines, governments, militaries, satellite and communications services providers, MROs, and business aviation operators shorten the time to market for new products, minimize aircraft downtime, adapt to evolving technologies, comply with regulations, and maintain the value, airworthiness, and mission-readiness of their fleets.

Conner Industries is a leading providers of industrial wood products and services to the materials handling industry. The company specializes in supplying cut lumber (softwoods, hardwoods, and panel woods), needed for pallets, shelving, and crate & skid parts, or fully assembled wooden pallets & skids, crates, and industrial containers. Conner services its customers nationwide from its own remanufacturing plants located in eight states: FL, GA, MI, OK, SC, TN, TX, and VA.

ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (RPS) is a global, next-generation clinical research organization, or CRO, providing clinical development services to the biopharmaceutical industry. The Company’s services support the design, initiation and management of its clients’ clinical trials programs that are required to obtain regulatory approval to market biopharmaceutical products. RPS provides these services either as integrated solutions, embedded within the client’s internal clinical development operations and supporting the entire breadth of the client’s drug development pipeline, or on a more traditional project-by-project basis. RPS’s innovative, next-generation business model allows it to leverage its clients’ existing processes to improve quality, increase the speed of product development and reduce overall development costs while allowing its clients to maintain control of their development portfolio. RPS offers its services on a global basis, including in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia, and has developed a diverse client mix including 14 of the 15 largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. RPS was acquired by affiliates of Warburg Pincus in February 2011.

Based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, FutureHealth is a population health management company offering employers solutions to help them better manage the cost and complexity of health care. Founded in 1992, FutureHealth provides URAC accredited disease, case, utilization and maternity management services, as well as health and wellness offerings and a nurse advice and triage line, to individuals nationwide. FutureHealth was acquired by Nationwide Insurance in January 2006.

Continental Waste Industries Inc. went public in November 1994 and, prior to its acquisition by Republic Industries Inc. (a predecessor company of Republic Services Inc. – Nyse: RSG) in 1996, provided integrated waste management services to more than 175,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in concentrated, regional markets mainly in the midwestern and mid-southern United States.

National Recovery Systems Inc. specialized in blending, agglomerating, and recycling waste materials and by-products for heavy industry. NRS used its proprietary binder technology to manufacture a briquette, comprised primarily of steel-mill waste, that is suitable for recharging back into the steel-making process. The company owned and operated National Briquette Corp., which processed blended and packaged products and high-volume by-products for both integrated and mini-mills. The company also owned and operated on-site waste-recycling/agglomerating facilities at three integrated steel mills in East Chicago, Detroit, and Pittsburgh. Brambles Industries acquired NRS in 2000.