Ballast Point Ventures Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Growth Capital Firm Profile

Ballast Point Ventures’ most common sectors for investment arelife science (19%) and communications (15%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include growth capital (67%) and venture (26%). In total, Ballast Point Ventures has invested in 9 US states. Its largest (disclosed) acquisition occurred in 2000 when it acquired Knology for $559M.

In the last 3 years, Ballast Point Ventures has exited 2 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (36%). Ballast Point Ventures’ largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 1997 when it sold Arbor Health Care for $432M.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity58
    • M&A Buy Activity27
    • M&A Sell Activity31
  • Total Sectors Invested 11
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 23

Ballast Point Ventures

401 East Jackson Street, Suite 2300,
Tampa, Florida 33602
United States
(813) 906-8500
www.ballastpointventures.com
info@ballastpointventures.com

Ballast Point Ventures is a private investment firm that targets growth businesses located in the South US. Ballast Point looks to commit $1 to $5 million of equity capital per transaction and looks for businesses in markets with annual revenues of at least $100 million. Sectors of interest include healthcare, information technology (IT), financial services, communications, business services, and consumer products/services. Ballast Point Ventures was formed in 2001 and is based in St. Petersburg, Florida.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Business Services, Communications, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, Distribution, Electronics, Financial Services, Healthcare Services, Information Technology, Leisure, Life Science, Media, Medical Products, Real Estate, Restaurants, Software

Target Transaction Types: Growth Capital, Recapitalization

Geographic Preferences: East US, Midwest US, South US, West US

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size 5 12
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 26 1 - - - - 27
vol $567M $567M
Sell (0.4/yr) # 29 - 1 1 - - 31
vol $967M $967M
  58

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
PowerDMS, Inc. 2020-12-14 - Merger
Orlando, Florida · www.powerdms.com
HotSchedules, Inc. 2019-07-10 - Secondary Buyout
Austin, Texas · www.hotschedules.com
PowerDMS, Inc. 2018-01-25 - Growth Capital
Orlando, Florida · www.powerdms.com
Innocutis Medical LLC 2015-04-13 46M USD Add-on Acquisition
Charleston, South Carolina · www.innocutis.com
KBI Biopharma, Inc. 2015-03-31 - Secondary Buyout
Durham, North Carolina · www.kbibiopharma.com
Florida Bank Group, Inc. 2015-03-02 90M USD Add-on Acquisition
Tampa, Florida · www.flbank.com
Y-Prime, Inc. 2013-08-28 - Growth Capital
Malvern, Pennsylvania · www.y-prime.com
Tissuetech, Inc. 2013-08-22 - Growth Capital
Miami, Florida · www.tissuetech.com
HotSchedules, Inc. 2013-06-03 - Growth Capital
Austin, Texas · www.hotschedules.com
KeyView Labs, Inc. 2013-01-11 - Growth Capital
Sarasota, Florida
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Life Science 3 (38%) - 5 (19%) -
Communications - - 4 (15%) 559M (99%)
Healthcare Services 1 (13%) - 4 (15%) -
Information Technology 1 (13%) - 3 (11%) -
Medical Products 1 (13%) - 3 (11%) -
Software 1 (13%) - 3 (11%) -
Manufacturing - - 1 (4%) 8M (1%)
Consumer Services - - 1 (4%) -
Financial Services - - 1 (4%) -
Internet Software and Services - - 1 (4%) -
Retail 1 (13%) - 1 (4%) -
Total 8 - 27 $567M

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 8 (100%) - 27 (100%) 567M (100%)
  Florida 3 (38%) - 11 (41%) -
  Texas 2 (25%) - 5 (19%) -
  Georgia 1 (13%) - 4 (15%) 559M (99%)
  North Carolina - - 2 (7%) 8M (1%)
  Pennsylvania 1 (13%) - 1 (4%) -
  Oregon 1 (13%) - 1 (4%) -
  South Carolina - - 1 (4%) -
  Illinois - - 1 (4%) -
  Arizona - - 1 (4%) -
Total 8 - 27 $567M

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Growth Capital 8 (100%) - 18 (67%) -
Venture - - 7 (26%) 8M (1%)
Stake Purchase - - 1 (4%) 559M (99%)
Secondary Buyout - - 1 (4%) -
Total 8 - 27 $567M

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
IPO 10 (32%) -
Trade Sale - Public Company 9 (29%) 967M (100%)
Trade Sale 7 (23%) -
Secondary Sale 3 (10%) -
Merger 1 (3%) -
Recapitalization 1 (3%) -
Total 31 $967M

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $559M
< $100M 1 $8M
TOTAL $567M
Largest Knology, Inc.
$559M (2000-02-01)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $832M
< $100M 2 $136M
TOTAL $967M
Largest Arbor Health Care Co.
$432M (1997-09-30)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
4%
1 (4%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
13%
4 (13%)
Strategic(s)
39%
12 (39%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Growth Capital Firm

Size

Middle-Market

PE Assets

360M USD

Established

2001

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Drew Graham

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Paul Johan

Co-Founder & Partner

Matt Rice

Partner

Robert Faber

Partner

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