M&A Deal Summary

St. Cloud Capital Acquires Sentinel

On May 2, 2022, private equity firm St. Cloud Capital acquired technology hardware company Sentinel from Bison Capital Asset Management

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is St. Cloud Capital’s 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is St. Cloud Capital’s 34th transaction in the United States.
  • This is St. Cloud Capital’s 12th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-05-02
Target Sentinel
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) St. Cloud Capital
Sellers(s) Bison Capital Asset Management
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Sentinel

Irvine, California, United States
website
Sentinel is a provider of customized electronic monitoring solutions empowered by industry-leading software to help reduce offender recidivism and improve reentry success. Sentinel was founded in 1992 and is based in Irvine, California.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

St. Cloud Capital

Los Angeles, California, United States

website


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 530M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

St. Cloud Capital is an investment firm that invests in lower middle-market private and public companies. The Firm provides both debt and equity capital financing. St. Cloud targets well-managed, undervalued companies with successful products or services, proven technologies, and market niches. It looks to invest $3 to $20 million per transaction in companies with revenue of $10 to $150 million. Prospective transactions types include recapitalizations, buyouts, and growth capital financing. St Cloud Capital was formed in 2001 and is based in Los Angeles, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 34 of 34
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 2 of 2
State (California) 12 of 12
Country (United States) 34 of 34
Year (2022) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-08-17 AutoReturn

San Francisco, California, United States

AutoReturn provides services for towing, storage, and disposal of abandoned and illegally parked vehicles. AutoReturn was foounded in 2002 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Bison Capital Asset Management

Los Angeles, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Asset Manager
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 10.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Bison Capital is a private equity firm which makes non-control investments in middle-market companies with revenue of $20 to $500 million and at least $5 million of EBITDA. Bison Capital invests in businesses to finance their growth, balance sheet restructurings, recapitalizations, and to fund buyouts. Bison looks to invest between $10 and $30 million per transaction. Bison Capital was formed in 2001 and is based in Los Angeles, California with an additional office in Charlotte, North Carolina.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 14
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Secondary Buyout) 4 of 4
State (California) 8 of 9
Country (United States) 12 of 13
Year (2022) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-06-10 indie semiconductor

Aliso Viejo, California, United States

indie Semiconductor designs and manufactures custom, microcontroller-based chips, using ARM cores. indie is empowering the Autotech revolution with next-generation automotive semiconductors and software platforms. indie semiconductor was founded in 2007 and is based in Aliso Viejo, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-07-22 Ocean Media

Huntington Beach, California, United States

Ocean Media is an independent provider of data and technology-based media planning, buying and analytics services to its direct-to-consumer internet and consumer product client base. Ocean Media is based in Huntington Beach, California.

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