Middle-market private equity firm Frontenac Company has completed the majority recapitalization of Portfolio Group, a provider of financial services to automobile dealerships. Terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.

F+W Media has acquired Aspire Media, parent company of Interweave, from private equity firms Frontenac Company and Catalyst Investors, and several members of the Interweave management team. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. PRESS RELEASE F+W Media, Inc. Chairman & CEO David Nussbaum announced today the acquisition of Aspire Media LLC, parent company of [...]

LBC Credit Partners acted as the sole lender for a $36.5 million one-stop senior credit facility to support Frontenac Company‘s recapitalization of Wenner Bread Products, the company announced Thursday. Wenner Bread is a manufacturer of frozen, par-baked, and fully-baked dough, breads and rolls. LBC Credit also make an equity co-investment in Wenner as part of the deal. Frontenac Company is a Chicago-based private investment firm.

Frontenac Company, a lower middle market private equity firm based in Chicago, quietly closed its ninth buyout fund in December, according to Thomson One Banker’s database. T1 Banker gets its info directly from the firms. The firm did not return multiple calls for comment. The reason, perhaps, is that it appears Frontenac lowered its fund [...]