Godspeed Capital Management

We are thrilled to announce that Brightstar Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Stratus from Godspeed Capital Management, marking our second exit since the firm’s founding.   Stratus is a platform of multi-disciplinary engineering, architecture, and consulting firms with a strategic focus on serving the high-growth economies of the Southeastern United States.   "We are proud of what Stratus has achieved under our ownership and believe that Brightstar is the right partner to lead the company on the next leg of its journey,” said Douglas Lake, Founder & Managing Partner of Godspeed Capital.   The sale of Stratus builds on Godspeed’s platform sale of MOREgroup in January of this year. With 29 acquisitions forming seven distinct platform investments and over $400M raised across two investment programs, Godspeed remains committed to partnering with founder- and management-owned businesses at crucial growth inflection points.   Read more about the announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gKUkUs8d   #PrivateEquity #Investing #StrategicGrowth #Architecture #Engineering

Godspeed Capital Management is excited to announce the acquisition of Quintron Systems, Inc. by our space engineering, defense, and communications technology solutions platform, Special Aerospace Services/SAS Flight Factory. The transaction marks the second addition to the growing SAS platform, following its recent acquisition of Willbrook Solutions, and reinforces SAS' position in the space and defense markets, adding capabilities in communications systems technology for NASA, defense and commercial space clients.   “Quintron’s strong reputation for innovation and customer satisfaction complements our values and enhances SAS’ capabilities in critical secure communications technology, enabling us to offer an even wider range of solutions to our clients in the space and defense markets,” said Heather Bulk, CEO of SAS.   Read more about the announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gugysq3A    #PrivateEquity #Investing #Space #Technology 

Godspeed Capital Management is excited to announce the acquisition of Willbrook Solutions by our space engineering, defense, and communications technology solutions platform, Special Aerospace Services/SAS Flight Factory. The transaction marks the first addition to the growing SAS platform, expanding its capabilities in the missile defense industry.   “We are thrilled to be partnering with the talented and experienced team at Willbrook and look forward to leveraging their strategic relationships and capabilities in the missile defense market and community to add significant breadth and depth to the SAS platform and portfolio,” said Heather Bulk, CEO of SAS.   Read more about the announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gWmZvCws    #PrivateEquity #Investing #Aerospace #Technology

Godspeed Capital Management is excited to announce the acquisition of IDCUS Inc. in strategic partnership with Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering under ICE USA, Godspeed’s transportation-focused engineering and consulting services and solutions platform. The transaction marks the first addition to Godspeed’s expanding ICE USA platform and deepens its planning, civil engineering, and construction management capabilities for public works and transportation agency customers within the highly attractive Texas market.   “This transaction represents an important step for ICE USA as we continue to expand our engineering capabilities to better support our public and private customers and projects. We look forward to working with the IDCUS team as we continue to build our platform and support new and greater infrastructure projects across the region," said Douglas Lake, Founder & Managing Partner at Godspeed.    Read more about the announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gdutbMAW.    #PrivateEquity #Investing #Transportation #Engineering

We are proud to announce the formation of Special Aerospace Services/SAS Flight Factory, a high-end space engineering, defense, and communications technology solutions platform designed to serve the critical needs of U.S. Defense & Intelligence Agencies, as well as commercial space customers.   “We are excited to partner with the incredible team at SAS to establish a platform capable of addressing the next generation of public and private sector space priorities. Godspeed has significant expertise building and scaling technology solutions-focused platforms serving commercial as well as Intelligence and Defense customers. With CEO Heather Bulk at the helm of SAS alongside a deeply experienced leadership team including Warren Kohm as our new CFO, we are confident in the platform’s ability to become the premier provider of high-end space, missile defense, and communications technology solutions for the commercial space and defense markets,” said Douglas Lake, Founder & Managing Partner at Godspeed.     Read more about the announcement here: https://lnkd.in/g8N_nJBg    #PrivateEquity #Investing #Aerospace #Technology

As we continue to build our talented team, we are excited to share that Jake Sliman has been promoted to Principal. Jake has contributed meaningfully across Godspeed Capital Management's portfolio, and we couldn't be prouder of his demonstrated leadership abilities across the firm. We are also thrilled to announce that Alex Gainey has been promoted to Associate. Alex has shown great dedication and expertise in his work, and we are confident that he will continue to make impactful contributions to the team as he supports our robust portfolio. Join us in congratulating Jake and Alex! Learn more about the team here: https://lnkd.in/gjZui9rk #PrivateEquity #Promotions #TeamGrowth #Investing

At Godspeed Capital Management, we believe that our success is rooted in the collective strength of our team. Today, we are delighted to announce that James Reid will be joining us as a Principal, bringing his wealth of knowledge and experience to the team. The addition of James further enhances our team's capabilities as we develop new platforms and continue building our focused and disciplined investment strategy. Welcome to the team, James! Learn more about the Godspeed team here: https://lnkd.in/gjZui9rk #NewHires #PrivateEquity #TeamGrowth #Investing

We are excited to announce the formation of Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering (ICE), a new transportation-focused engineering and consulting services and solutions platform focused on public infrastructure projects. With decades of expertise across transportation verticals, the ICE platform will offer a full suite of transportation design, consulting, and engineering services including roadway, bridge, and structure design, construction engineering and inspection (“CE&I”), construction / program management (“CM / PM”), surveying, civil engineering, aviation planning, foundation testing, and geotechnical, environmental, and permitting services for customers across some of the fastest-growing markets in the U.S.   “ICE has established itself as the premier transportation design and engineering partner in the Southeastern U.S. thanks to its proven executive leadership team, scalable operating model, and strong track record within a competitive and fast-growing sector of the transportation infrastructure market. We are pleased to partner with ICE to support the next phase of its growth by expanding design capabilities, bolstering operational capacity, and pursuing add-on acquisitions to make the platform the premier partner for municipal, state, and federal transportation clients,” said Douglas Lake, Founder & Managing Partner at Godspeed.     Read more about the announcement here: https://lnkd.in/g-tEhnER    #PrivateEquity #Investing #Transportation #Engineering

We are excited to announce the acquisition of Smith Consulting Architects (SCA) by Godspeed Capital Management’s architectural, engineering, and consulting platform, Stengel Hill Architecture (SHA). The addition of SCA marks the first addition to SHA’s growing platform of companies and extends its geographic footprint into California.    “We are pleased to welcome Smith Consulting Architects to the SHA platform, as its established footprint and sector expertise in the California architecture and design market will materially expand the reach and breadth of our services,” said Brad Stengel, Senior Principal and Founding Partner of SHA.     Read more about the announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gQbw7Kst    #PrivateEquity #Investing #StrategicGrowth #Architecture #Engineering

We are excited to announce the acquisitions of TekMasters and Seaford Consulting by Godspeed Capital Management’s Intelligence, AI/ML, and Data Analytics platform, Crimson Phoenix. The addition of these two businesses to the platform meaningfully expands Crimson Phoenix’s capabilities and presence with its core Intelligence Community customers, and further advances its strategy to support their critical mission requirements. “The acquisition of TekMasters and Seaford represents our continued commitment to investing in capabilities and resources to support our core Intelligence Community customers. The addition of these two well respected companies brings us over 120 highly cleared employees with expertise in software engineering, data science, financial consulting, business intelligence and program management. We are thrilled to have them as part of the Crimson Phoenix team,” said Crimson Phoenix CEO Ross O'Rourke. Read more about the announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gkF5qwGk    #PrivateEquity #Investing #DefenseSector #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning