CapStreet - Direction and Growth

The CapStreet Group is a private equity firm that invests in growing lower middle market companies in Texas and other Sunbelt states, and partners with management to accelerate growth and improve profitability. CapStreet has made investments in 29 portfolio companies and has completed more than 250 add-on acquisitions for those companies. CapStreet is located in Houston, Texas.


GHX HOLDINGS Dan Ahuero and Ben Andrews knew just where to turn when the time came to add a financial partner to GHX Incorporated. GHX, which the two seasoned executives owned and managed, is a 70 year old, Houston-based... READ ON				WORLDWISE HOLDINGS "When I founded Worldwise at 23," says founder Aaron Lamstein, "people told me it would take twice as long as I expected to grow the business. They were wrong – it took three times as long." So when looking for an investor in 2005, READ ON



TRINITY STEEL "CapStreet has helped us think outside the box," says Roy Karnes, CEO of Trinity Steel. "We thought outside the box before; our box was just a little smaller." Randy Karnes, Vice President, adds, "CapStreet's vision helped us find new ways to increase sales during tough economic times, and their planning guidance has helped us prosper despite the economic downturn." The Karnes' father founded Trinity Steel, a leading provider of structural fabrication services to the petrochemical, energy, power and engineering and construction markets, more than 30 years ago. They were introduced to CapStreet when looking for sources of expansion capital, and CapStreet invested in the company in July 2008. READ ON