Odyssey Investment Partners
Private equity firm founded in 1997 with $8.2 billion of capital raised, specializing in control investments in industrial, business services, and engineered components sectors.
Why interesting to a deal team
PE sponsor that acquired Service Champions from founder Smith in 2021; backed platform through multi-year expansion and successful 2026 Blackstone exit at $2.5B valuation.
Experts connected to this company
- Leland SmithPE sponsor that acquired his company in 2021
- Frank DiMarcoPE sponsor backing him as CEO, 2018-2026
Leland Smith
Founder and Chairman of the Board
Champions Group Holdings
Founder-chairman who built and sold two HVAC roll-up platforms (ARS 1997; CenterOak/Odyssey/Blackstone chain through 2026) — deep operator insight into home-services consolidation economics.
Frank DiMarco
CEO
Champions Group Holdings
DiMarco just steered a $2.5B Blackstone buyout of a 20+ brand HVAC/plumbing roll-up he helped scale since 2018 — direct playbook knowledge for any home-services platform thesis.
Sources
- Page titlePrimaryodysseyinvestment.com
- Page titlePressprnewswire.com/news-releases/odyssey-investment-partners-acquires-service-champions-301201741.html