Rob D. Wendell

Granite Seed Co. supplies seed and erosion control products for land reclamation and restoration, turf, beautification, pasture and range. It offers grasses and glasslike species, window flowers and forbs, shrubs and trees, turf grasses, cover crops, erosion control blankets, wattles, hydraulic mulch, planting aids and rice hulls. The company was founded by Don Bermant in 1988 and is headquartered in Lehi, UT.

Part of Heartwood Partners LLC, NativeSeed Group is a company that specializes in providing native seeds to federal and state agencies, NGOs, and private landowners throughout the West. The company is based in Carpinteria, CA and was acquired by Heartwood Partners LLC on March 27, 2023. The company has been in the industry for several decades and has the largest network of wildland seed collection capabilities in the West. The company carry the industry's most diverse range of local ecotype seed for complex, large-scale conservation. The CEO of the company is Rob D. Wendell.

Marwit Investment Management LLC (Marwit Investment) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1962 by Chris Britt and Matthew Witte. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.