Founded in 1989 by L.E. Simmons, SCF Partners provides capital and strategic growth assistance to build North American based energy service and equipment companies that do business throughout the world. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and manages investments in Canada through an exclusive consulting arrangement. SCF Partners has over $1 billion under management, has invested $1.5 billion in more than 50 leading energy service companies, and has completed approximately 275 add-on transactions worth over $6 billion. SCF focuses on companies with equity capital needs of $10 million to $50 million, and aims to increase the value of equity invested threefold to fivefold within a five-year time period.