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Alpine closes $3.4B continuation fund for Tampa-based Apex Service Partners

What happened. Alpine Investors closed a $3.4 billion single-asset continuation vehicle for Apex Service Partners, led by Blackstone Strategic Partners, HarbourVest Partners, Lexington Partners and Pantheon, with $450 million from Alpine Investors Fund IX. The transaction gave liquidity to 2019-vintage Fund VII limited partners while letting Alpine keep control of the Tampa-headquartered platform, which then had over 8,000 employees. Alpine reported $16 billion of AUM as of June 30, 2023.

Parties

Company
Buyer
Apex Service Partners
Capital
Alpine Investors
Price
$3.4B
Employees
8000 at announcement

Other Tampa Bay brands under Apex Service Partners: Frank Gay Services.

What this kind of deal tends to mean for customers and staff: pricing · sales pressure · technicians · the exit clock.

Sources Verified — primary document

  1. Business Wire / Alpine Investors (2023-10-25) — press release. Primary announcement

Researcher notes: price_usd is the size of the continuation vehicle, not an enterprise value.

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