Third Coast Capital Advisors Represents Minuteman Security & Life Safety in its Acquisition of Secuni, Access Security Corp, & AdaptToSolve

July & November, 2024

Third Coast Capital Advisors served as exclusive buyside advisor to Minuteman Security & Life Safety, a portfolio company of Tenex Capital Management, in three unrelated acquisitions consisting of Secuni, Access Security Corp, & AdaptToSolve. Our Acquisition Search services included identifying the target and making contact with its owner, as well as providing assistance on valuation, transaction structure and the negotiation and closing of the transaction.

Secuni, based in Edison, NJ, is a technology integration firm that solves physical security problems, primarily for industrial and commercial firms, schools, and brand-centric organizations.

Access Security Corp, based in Warminster, PA, is an integrated physical and electronic security provider specializing in solution deployment for customers in electronic access control, video surveillance, security voice solutions, intrusion detections and hosted managed services.

AdaptToSolve, based in LaGrange, GA, is an electronic security technology integration firm that solves physical security problems, primarily in the government, education, manufacturing, retail, and financial sectors.

Minuteman Security & Life Safety, based in Andover, MA, and founded in 1988, is the largest full-service enterprise security & life safety technology solution provider in the Eastern region of the United States. Minuteman’s services are utilized by a wide range of companies within the high technology, law enforcement, critical infrastructure, defense, mass transit, large retail, academic, public safety, and healthcare industries across North America.


For more information, please contact one of the individuals below:

Doug Lovette
Managing Partner
312-961-8763
dlovette@thirdcoastca.com

Mike Zycinski
Managing Director
773-230-7118
mzycinski@thirdcoastca.com


Third Coast Capital Advisors is an investment banking firm in Chicago, focused exclusively on buyside work. We provide three primary services to our clients:

  • Acquisition Search: Our core focus is to work with PE owned portfolio companies and corporate clients to identify, contact, and execute directly negotiated acquisitions on their behalf.

  • M&A Opportunity Assessment: We perform market research during a competitive sale process to assess and validate the add-on potential for a new platform.

  • Buyside Consulting Services: We provide project based services including acquisition strategy development, market research and corporate development support.


Doug Lovette
Managing Partner
312-961-8763
dlovette@thirdcoastca.com

Mike Zycinski
Managing Director
773-230-7118
mzycinski@thirdcoastca.com

Matt Clarke
Managing Director
480-626-0017
mclarke@thirdcoastca.com

Mark Harvey
Managing Director
312-925-2195
mharvey@thirdcoastca.com

Marc Pressler
Managing Director
847-971-7564
mpressler@thirdcoastca.com

Mike Dudek
Vice President
630-730-5978
mdudek@thirdcoastca.com