Zapata Solar is an innovative Texas-based solar development firm, with offices in both Houston and Boston, founded by energy and technology industry veterans, who are creating new approaches to the utility scale solar business. Their first project in Texas is a 145MW solar photovoltaic generating facility under development in the flatlands of Liberty County, about 40 minutes east of Houston. Zapata is expanding our footprint throughout Texas and surrounding states.

Zapata develops higher-value utility-scale solar projects (100MWac and larger) by focusing on select locations throughout the continental US where good transmission access coincides with strong electricity market fundamentals to create highly competitive generating assets. The management team brings with it over 30 years’ experience in wind, solar, oil and gas, and technology development.

Melange Capital Partners is an independent, founder-owned and controlled investment firm formed by two investment professionals who began their careers together 15 years ago at the energy group of one of Wall Street’s top investment banks. The two have worked exclusively in the energy sector as investors, allocators or operators, executing transactions across a wide spectrum of the energy value chain.

The tumultuous energy industry of the last decade coupled with a highly illiquid alternatives market has created a unique opportunity for secondary transactions. Melange was formed to improve the ecosystem of the private energy markets for both investors and sponsors by providing liquidity solutions.

Floyd’s 99 Barbershop is a family-owned company, established in 1999 by brothers Paul, Rob, and Bill O’Brien on the principle that success is driven by providing superior client service and that satisfied employees result in satisfied clients. From the diverse styles and personalities of the stylists and barbers, to the signature rock-and-roll poster wall plastered with a time machine of music memorabilia, Floyd’s 99 is creating a welcoming, all-inclusive environment while offering custom haircuts, colors, waxing, and shaves to everyone, including men, women, and children. Floyd’s 99 Barbershop operates more than 130 locations in 14 states.

Evolution has invested alongside Dekos Capital Management, a Dallas-based operationally-focused investment firm targeting exceptional companies that are at an inflection point in their growth trajectories, in a leading franchisee of Floyd’s 99 Barbershops with locations in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Houston, TX, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.