Trive Capital: Defense Investment History

Trive Capital buys Polar Technology

Oxfordshire, UK manufacturer of complex, highly engineered composite and metallic components.

Trive Capital buys PavCon

Provider of advanced predictive analytics and decision-support solutions serving the U.S. Department of War.

Trive Capital buys Canopy Aerospace & Defense

Newly formed advanced materials provider with insulative, absorptive and signal-reducing characteristics, combining Hera Technologies Inc. and MSM Industries Inc. with an R&D center.

Trive Capital buys Independent Forgings & Alloys

Sheffield, UK manufacturer of complex, multi-step forgings with a focus on advanced alloys.

Trive Capital buys Hypergiant Industries

AI-enabled, cloud-based command and control software and solutions for space, defense and critical infrastructure.

Trive Capital buys Kittyhawk

Provider of Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) services for space, commercial aerospace, defense and medical applications.

Trive Capital buys Forward Slope

Independent provider of mission-critical software and surveillance solutions for the defense industry.

Trive Capital buys Systems Innovation Engineering

Defense services firm providing systems engineering and design services for radar/RF, directed energy, counter-UAS systems and other emerging defense technologies.

TCFIII Spaceco Holdings buys Aerospace Engineering

Backed by Trive Capital

Founding business of Karman Space and Defense; combined with AMRO as a supplier focused on manufacturing complex systems for the space and missile markets

Trive Capital takes a stake in Dan Magarian's Field Aerospace

Seller: Dan Magarian

Aircraft integration, engineering, modification and support services for government, aerospace and defense customers, focused on special-mission aircraft.

Canopy Aerospace & Defense buys Aviotec

Backed by Trive Capital

Turin, Italy-based supplier of multi-layer insulation (MLI) blankets and electrical harnesses for satellites and spacecraft.

Canopy Aerospace & Defense buys Tods Technology

Backed by Trive Capital

UK-based designer and manufacturer of advanced composite structures and acoustic materials.

Vitesse Systems, backed by Trive Capital buys Spacetime Engineering

Provider of high-performance antenna feeds for ground-based satellite and gateway antenna systems.

Kittyhawk, backed by Trive Capital buys Stack HIP

Seller: Stack Metallurgical Group

Hot Isostatic Pressing services operator in Albany, Oregon with the largest high-pressure HIP vessels in North America.

TCFIII Spaceco Holdings buys Rapid Machining Solutions

Backed by Trive Capital

Aviation and aerospace machining and design business; the buyer says it expands its design and manufacturing capabilities

Forward Slope, backed by Trive Capital buys SoarTech

Provider of advanced artificial intelligence solutions for Department of Defense mission requirements.

Vitesse Systems, backed by Trive Capital buys Custom Microwave

Provider of high-performance passive antennas for critical space and ground applications.

Systima Technologies buys Cornerstone Research Group assets

Seller: Cornerstone Research Group · Backed by Trive Capital

Certain assets including equipment, inventory, and intellectual property

Vitesse Systems, backed by Trive Capital buys Sterling Precision

Manufacturer of dip-brazed assemblies and thermal management and communication devices such as cold plates, chassis assemblies and waveguides.

Karman Missile & Space Systems buys TMX Engineering

Backed by Trive Capital

Complex precision machining of exotic and non-exotic metals for missile, space and hypersonic systems.

TCFIII Spaceco Holdings buys Systima Technologies

Backed by Trive Capital

Specialist in design and integration of energetic and mechanical systems into the structural design of mission-critical space and hypersonic systems

Karman Missile & Space Systems buys AAE Aerospace

Backed by Trive Capital

Manufacturer of high temperature composites for the missile, interceptor and space sectors.

TCFIII Spaceco Holdings buys American Automated Engineering

Backed by Trive Capital

Manufacturer of high-temperature composites

TCFIII Spaceco Holdings buys AMRO Fabricating

Backed by Trive Capital

Founding business of Karman Space and Defense; combined with AEC as a supplier focused on manufacturing complex systems for the space and missile markets

Trive Capital sells Kittyhawk to Machine Sciences, a portfolio company of Viking Global

Buyer: Machine Sciences, a portfolio company of Viking Global

Provider of Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) services for space, commercial aerospace, defense and power generation end-markets.

Trive Capital sells Systems Innovation Engineering

Buyer: Undisclosed buyer

Technology-driven defense services firm focused on improving industrial base resiliency.

Trive Capital sells WDC Acquisition

Buyer: Undisclosed buyer

Maker of premium grade aluminum and magnesium sand castings, mainly for aerospace applications.

Trive Capital sells AEVEX Aerospace to Madison Dearborn Partners and CoVant

Buyer: Madison Dearborn Partners and CoVant

Airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) solutions provider with engineering and technology, flight operations and intelligence solutions units.