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Christopher A. Pierce

Managing Director

Chris leads investment activity in the industrials sector. He is responsible for sourcing new opportunities and working closely with management teams and executives to drive value creation across the industrials portfolio. In addition to his investment work, Chris is actively involved in organizational leadership, including recruiting and mentoring investment professionals and helping shape firmwide strategy.

Joined Nautic

  • 2003

Nautic Focus

  • Industrials

Education

  • Yale University, B.A.
  • Stanford Graduate School of Business, M.B.A.

Investment Involvement

Active:

Nautic Ideal Components Aggregator, LLC (Ideal Tridon)

Provider of engineered components for fluid, air, and electrical systems across commercial, industrial, and infrastructure applications.

AP Plastics Parent, LLC (Aurora Materials Solutions)

Provider of customized specialty polymer compounds.

Nautic Vallen Holdings, LLC (Vallen, Inc.)

Distributor and provider of outsourced procurement services for indirect industrial supplies.

Nautic SurfacePrep Holdings, LLC

Distributor of consumable abrasive products and specialty materials, surface finishing equipment, and value-added services.

LS Ultimate Holdings, LLC (LindFast Solutions Group)

Master distributor of specialty fasteners in North America.
Exited:
Nautic HIPH Holdings, LLC (Harrington Industrial Plastics LLC) Spartech Parent Holdings, LLC (Spartech, LLC) Endries Holdings, LLC (Endries International Inc.) Aerostar Holdings, LLC (Aerostar Aerospace, Inc.) CWS Holding Company, LLC (Custom Window Systems, Inc.) IPS Holdings, LLC (IPS Corporation) Applied-Cleveland Holding Company, LLC (Applied-Cleveland Holding Inc.) Theorem Clinical Research Holdings LLC Aavid Holding Company, LLC / Aavid Holdings, LLC (Aavid Thermalloy,LLC) Milestone Aviation Group Limited NEPTCO Holdings, Inc.
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