Crimson Investment Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

Crimson Investment’s most common sectors for investment areconsumer products (25%) and machinery (25%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (25%) and divestiture (25%). In total, Crimson Investment has invested in 3 US states.

In the last 3 years, Crimson Investment has exited 2 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (50%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity6
    • M&A Buy Activity4
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 4

Crimson Investment

601 California Street Suite 1450,
San Francisco, California 94108
United States
(415) 970-5800
www.crimsoninvestment.com
contact@crimsoninvestment.com

Crimson is a private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market businesses located in Asia and the US. Prospective companies typically have EBITDA of $5 to $20 million. Specific sectors of interest include life sciences, branded consumer, safety & security, water, and industrials. Crimson was formed in 1996 and has offices in California and Taipei.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Business Services, Consumer Products, Education, Electrical Equipment, Electronics, Healthcare Services, Life Science, Machinery, Manufacturing, Medical Products, Plastics, Safety/Security, Test/Measurement Equipment, Utilities

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital

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

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA 5 20
Investment Size - -
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 4 - - - - - 4
Sell (0.4/yr) # - - 1 - - 1 2
  6

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Telesis Technologies, Inc. 2022-07-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Circleville, Ohio · www.telesis.com
Milton Industries, Inc. 2019-11-22 - Secondary Buyout
Chicago, Illinois · www.miltonindustries.com
Aqua-Chem 2014-08-28 - Secondary Buyout
Knoxville, Tennessee · www.aqua-chem.com
Ameda, Inc. 2013-01-10 - Divestiture
Buffalo Grove, Illinois · www.ameda.com
Milton Industries, Inc. 2012-06-01 - Growth Capital
Chicago, Illinois · www.miltonindustries.com
TydenBrooks 2005-05-02 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Atlanta, Georgia · www.tydenbrooks.com
View All >>

Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Ameda, Inc. 2013-01-10 Creche Innovations - Penguin Nutritional Warming Products 2016-10-31 1
Buffalo Grove, Illinois · www.ameda.com Stilwell, Kansas
TydenBrooks 2005-05-02 Stoffel Seals Corp. 2010-10-04 2
Atlanta, Georgia · www.tydenbrooks.com Nyack, New York · www.stoffelseals.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Consumer Products 1 (33%) - 1 (25%) -
Machinery - - 1 (25%) -
Manufacturing 1 (33%) - 1 (25%) -
Safety/Security 1 (33%) - 1 (25%) -
Total 3 - 4 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 3 (100%) - 4 (100%) -
  Illinois 1 (33%) - 2 (50%) -
  Tennessee 1 (33%) - 1 (25%) -
  Georgia 1 (33%) - 1 (25%) -
Total 3 - 4 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 1 (33%) - 1 (25%) -
Divestiture 1 (33%) - 1 (25%) -
Growth Capital - - 1 (25%) -
Secondary Buyout 1 (33%) - 1 (25%) -
Total 3 - 4 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Secondary Sale 1 (50%) -
Trade Sale - Public Company 1 (50%) -
Total 2 -

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
25%
1 (25%)
Strategic(s)
25%
1 (25%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
50%
1 (50%)
Strategic(s)
50%
1 (50%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Middle-Market

PE Assets

850M USD

Established

1996

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

John-Paul Ho

Founder & Co-Managing Partner

Ian Morton

Co-Managing Partner

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