Leader in the design and manufacturing of custom food, beverage, and specialty lids.
July 2026
NWC Fund III
Plant City, FL
LidWorks is a leader in the design and manufacture of custom food, beverage, and specialty lids. Founded in 1985, the company has built a longstanding reputation for quality, reliability, and innovation, providing a comprehensive portfolio of foodservice lids for hot and cold applications. LidWorks serves leading national quick-service restaurant and convenience store brands, as well as major foodservice packaging manufacturers and distributors.
Deal Team
Brian McGee
Managing Partner
Brian McGee is a Managing Partner at New Water Capital with 25 years of private equity and investment banking experience. Before joining New Water, Brian was a senior member of the Transaction team at Sun Capital Partners, where he most recently served as a Principal. During his tenure at Sun Capital, Brian worked on 13 platform and add-on acquisitions. He executed a variety of transaction types, including, IPOs, bond exchanges, buy-side investment banking processes and bankruptcy auctions. In addition, Brian executed several financings, including asset-based loans, institutional and club term loans, unitranche structures, and mezzanine financings.
Prior to joining Sun Capital in 2007, Brian was a Senior Associate at Chanin Capital Partners, a boutique investment bank focused on debt restructurings, special situations and bankruptcy advisory. Brian began his finance career with Banc of America Securities Investment Banking as an Analyst (promoted to Associate in 2003) in the Industrials Group.
Brian earned a BA in both Economics and Political Science from Davidson College.
Brian McGee
Managing Partner
Matthew Carlos
Principal
Matt Carlos is a Principal at New Water Capital with 14 years of private equity and banking experience. Before joining New Water in 2017, Matt was an Associate at Mangrove Equity Partners, a Florida-based private equity fund focused on lower-middle market buyouts in the manufacturing, industrial services, and consumer products space.
Prior to joining Mangrove Equity in 2015, Matt was an Analyst for BB&T Debt Capital Markets, working in underwriting and portfolio management for BB&T’s middle market industrials vertical. Matt began his finance career with Deutsche Bank Securities as an Analyst in the derivatives trading and risk group.
Matt earned a BS in Finance and a minor in Entrepreneurship from the University of Florida.
Matthew Carlos
Principal
Nick LaRosa
Vice President
Nick LaRosa is a Vice President at New Water Capital with 10 years of private equity and investment banking experience.
Prior to joining New Water in 2017, Nick was an Analyst at RBC Capital Markets in the Industrials group of the Investment Banking Division, working on mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital raises and corporate advisory.
Nick earned a BS in Finance from Fordham University.
Nick LaRosa
Vice President
Gabrielle Neuman
Associate
Gabrielle Neuman joined New Water Capital as an Associate in 2024. Prior to joining the firm, she was an analyst and associate at Wells Fargo Securities in the Leveraged Finance group, primarily focused on the execution of debt capital raises across industries for a variety of transactions, including LBO and M&A deals.
Gabrielle graduated Magna Cum Laude with a dual BA in Finance and Accounting from Muhlenberg College.
Gabrielle Neuman
Associate
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