Capstone Partners (IMAP USA) advised Special Applications Group (SAG), an innovative provider of mission-critical tactical helicopter training, operational planning, and support services to domestic and allied military agencies and government organizations, on its sale to a strategic acquirer.

SAG was formed in 2004 in Tampa, Florida by Bryan Bean and Dave Lawrence, two former Special Operations officers. They recognized there was a market need for values-based, responsive studies and assessments within the Special Operations community of interest, and demand for standards-based training in support of Federal and local law enforcement in the post-9/11 era. The founders were able to address this market need by assembling a core team of proven former Special Operations Forces (SOF) leaders from this unique Joint community.