FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Hidden Harbor Capital Partners (“Hidden Harbor”), an operationally focused private equity firm specializing in control investments in lower middle market companies, announced today that it has named Brett Craig as a Principal in the firm. In this role, Mr. Craig will be responsible for sourcing and closing new investments, conducting due diligence, and working closely with the partners in managing the firm’s portfolio.

BOCA RATON, FL – Hidden Harbor Capital Partners (“Hidden Harbor”), an operationally focused private equity firm specializing in control investments in lower middle market companies, announced today the hiring of Tucker Coates as Vice President of Business Development.

May 11, 2016. Kevin Dowd. The idea was born 20 years ago, when John Caple and David Block first met at Bain & Company fresh out of business school.“ Since then, it’s always been a dream of both of ours to work together and start our own thing,” Caple told PitchBook in a phone interview.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Boca Raton, Florida) – Two of the industry’s leading veterans, John Caple and David Block, have announced the formation of Hidden Harbor Capital Partners (“Hidden Harbor”), an operationally focused private equity firm specializing in control investments in lower middle market companies. Hidden Harbor will leverage its deep operational and financial resources to transform and grow companies in industries such as industrials, transportation and logistics, business services, consumer products, and retail.

John Caple and David Block, executives with ties to private equity, formed Hidden Harbor Capital Partners, an “operationally focused” firm specializing in control investments in lower midmarket companies, according to a news release. The Boca Raton, Fla., firm said it would target companies in the industrials, transportation and logistics, business services, consumer products and retail industries.

Hidden Harbor Capital launched by pair of longtime friends. John Caple has stepped down as a partner with Comvest Partners, in order to launch a new lower middle-market private equity firm with David Block, who is in the process of resigning as president and CEO of Swiss Watch International. The two have been longtime pals, going back to their days as colleagues at consulting firm Bain & Company.