Heartwood Partners is honored to receive the 24th Annual M&A Advisor’s Equity Financing of the Year award for the acquisition of The Amlon Group through Heartwood Partners’ inaugural single-asset continuation vehicle, a recognition that underscores our strategic expertise and commitment to partnership-driven value creation. The award was presented at the 2025 Future of Dealmaking Summit on November 19, 2025, in New York City.
“We are proud to win the 24th Annual M&A Advisor’s Equity Financing of the Year award for the acquisition of The Amlon Group through our first single-asset continuation vehicle,” said Demetrios Dounis, Managing Partner at Heartwood Partners. “Since our initial investment in 2021, The Amlon Group has delivered exceptional results through five add-on acquisitions and several organic growth initiatives. We saw a clear path to further scale the business over the next few years and, with backing from our investors, deployed this continuation vehicle to extend our partnership and capture that value creation.”
Please contact the following members of the investment team at Heartwood Partners with investment or add-on aquisitions:
Demetrios Dounis | Managing Partner
ddounis@heartwoodpartners.com
John Willert | Partner
jwillert@heartwoodpartners.com
John Newman | Managing Director
jnewman@heartwoodpartners.com
James Jang | Principal
jjang@hearwoodpartners.com
Brian Chung | Vice President
bchung@heartwoodpartners.com
Jack Nolan | Associate
jnolan@heartwoodpartners.com