Business services

A look at facilities management, with a spotlight on janitorial services; exploring Windjammer Capital’s plans to sell IPS Group, a San Diego-headquartered provider of parking infrastructure, to Nayax.

IPS Group is a San Diego-based smart parking infrastructure provider serving municipalities and parking operators across North America, the UK and Ireland.

The sector has drawn investments from PE firms of all sizes, a sign of the growing appeal of the cleaning business.

Plantexpand, founded in 1987, provides outsourced maintenance, statutory compliance and asset management services for fleet vehicles and specialist plant equipment across the UK's critical infrastructure sectors.

‘I think of banks as having incredibly rich data. AI is going to be an opportunity for them to move up the value chain as a service provider,’ says the co-lead of European financial and business services.

AuditMate, billed as a leading elevator asset management technology platform, helps building owners and property managers track maintenance performance and cut risk.

MarketSphere Unclaimed Property Specialists, founded in 2002, helps enterprise and mid-market organizations manage unclaimed property compliance across US and Canadian jurisdictions.

Skyrise Engineering and Testing, founded in 2022, has grown into one of South Florida's most trusted geotechnical and materials testing firms, led by founders Eric Stern and Richard Fesdjian, who bring two decades of industry experience.

Civil Infrastructure Associates, founded in 2009, specializes in water and wastewater utilities, civil/site design, aviation infrastructure, and surveying for municipalities and public agencies.

Charleston Grounds Management and Clear Lakes and Wetland Services provide landscaping and aquatics services to commercial and homeowner association customers along South Carolina's coast.