Mazzone & Associates advised ValorBridge Partners in the acquisition of Guardian Fueling Technologies
Mazzone & Associates is pleased to announce that it served as the advisor to ValorBridge Partners in its acquisition of Guardian Fueling Technologies. Guardian was founded by Joey Batchelor, its CEO and President, in 2000, and is a distributor and authorized service center for leading petroleum equipment manufacturers, such as Gilbarco Veeder-Root, OPW, Verifone and Franklin Electric throughout the Southeast. Mr. Batchelor expressed his gratitude for Mazzone & Associates by noting, “There is an art to getting a deal like this done, and Mazzone & Associates successfully carried this transaction across the finish line.” Simeon Wallis, the Investment Director at ValorBridge expressed his appreciation for Mazzone & Associates by stating, “For many reasons, Mazzone & Associates is our partner of choice in our merger, acquisition and growth capital investment activities. Once again, their strategic advice and deal experience expedited the closing of our Guardian Fueling Technologies transaction. We believe the firm is best in class.”
ValorBridge Partners, founded in 2004, is a holding company that owns and operates several portfolio companies, including ApolloMD, a successful, hospital-based physician services firm that treats over 2.6 million patients each year nationwide. ValorBridge’s uncommon combination of substantial entrepreneurial, operational and classic value investing experiences, as well as its long-term orientation as an investment partner, has positioned it as a strong partner in providing capital to growing companies. ValorBridge also offers a wealth of strategic guidance and experience gained from successfully growing companies at all stages of the business life cycle. The firm maintains offices in Atlanta and New York.
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, Guardian is a leading specialist in the petroleum equipment industry. With a team of 200 employees, Guardian primarily serves gas stations and convenience stores through the Southeast. In addition to providing a wide range of petroleum equipment systems and related parts, the Company helps businesses manage petroleum equipment repairs, fuel polishing and tank cleaning, POS systems installations, environmental and EMV compliance. Guardian was recently nominated for both the Jacksonville Business Journal’s Fast 50 and Florida’s Fast 100 fastest growing private companies.