Brightstar Capital Partners Acquires Pennsylvania-based BrightTree Studios

BrightTree provides technology design and consulting services for clients in the higher education, healthcare, and corporate sectors. The company helps create smarter, more efficient, and safer spaces. As part of the platform, BrightTree will also be able to offer its technology design services to a broader network of existing clients.

Brightstar's architecture and design platform works with regional firms by providing strategic support, shared resources and a collaborative business model. This approach helps each firm maintain its unique culture while supporting long-term growth and expansion.

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“Great buildings today require more than great architecture. The technology that brings a space to life is just as important as the space itself,” said Dan Faust, CEO of Brightstar’s architecture and design platform. “We believe BrightTree’s capabilities will make us a more complete partner for clients across the platform by augmenting our existing capabilities, and we are excited to welcome their team.”

“We started BrightTree with a belief that technology, designed thoughtfully, has the power to unlock human potential in the spaces where people work, learn, and heal,” said Bill McIntosh, President and Co-Founder of BrightTree Studios. “Joining Brightstars platform gives us the resources and relationships to bring that vision to more clients and more projects than we could reach on our own.”

"We believe the firms that will define the next generation of architecture and design are those that can offer clients a seamless experience across disciplines,” said Michael Burke, Board Chair of Brightstar’s architecture and design platform and former Chairman and CEO of AECOM. “We are confident that bringing BrightTree into the platform creates a more integrated offering for clients and opens doors that would not otherwise be available to these firms on a standalone basis."

About Brightstar Capital Partners

Founded in 2015 by Andrew Weinberg, Brightstar Capital Partners is a middle-market private equity firm with $5 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2026. The firm invests in business services, industrials, technology, media and telecom, and financial services companies. Brightstar combines hands-on operational expertise with artificial intelligence to improve execution, increase productivity and support better decision making across its portfolio.

About BrightTree Studios

Founded in 2007 by Bill McIntosh, BrightTree Studios is a Pennsylvania-based technology design and consulting firm specializing in audiovisual, IT and telecom, security and acoustics. The company works with clients in higher education, healthcare, corporate, and other industries to design technology solutions that improve collaboration, safety, and overall performance.

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