Investment Summary

Gemspring Capital and Everberg Capital Invest In Crafty Apes

On November 7, 2019, private equity firms Gemspring Capital and Everberg Capital invested in media company Crafty Apes

Investment Highlights
  • This is Gemspring Capital’s 2nd and Everberg Capital’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Gemspring Capital’s 8th and Everberg Capital’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Gemspring Capital’s 2nd and Everberg Capital’s 3rd transaction in California.

Investment Summary

Date 2019-11-07
Target Crafty Apes
Sector Media
Investor(s) Gemspring Capital
Everberg Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Crafty Apes

El Segundo, California, United States
Crafty Apes is a full-service visual effects company. Crafty Apes offers a full suite of VFX services, including set supervision, VFX consultation, 2D and 3D compositing, digital cosmetics and computer-generated imagery. Crafty Apes was founded in 2011 and is based in El Segundo, California.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Gemspring Capital


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2015
PE ASSETS 3.8B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Gemspring Capital is a private equity firm focused on making control equity investments and structured equity investments in lower middle-market companies headquartered in the United States and Canada. For platform investments, Gemspring targets companies with $5 to $500 million with strong competitive positions within sustainable market niches. Sectors of interest include business services, distribution/logistics, industrial services, media, technology, software, and niche manufacturing. Gemspring Capital is based in Westport, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 39
Sector: Media M&A 2 of 3
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 3 of 10
State: California M&A 2 of 8
Country: United States M&A 8 of 38
Year: 2019 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-07-11 Outform

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Outform is a provider of point-of-purchase displays and related services. Outform provides a comprehensive solution for custom point-of-purchase displays, including creative design, engineering, prototyping, production, and logistics. Outform was founded in 1938 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-03 Shrieve Chemical

The Woodlands, Texas, United States

Shrieve Chemical specializes in formulating and directly selling industrial chemicals, performance fluids, and specialty lubricants, offering value-added distribution services. Shrieve Chemical was founded in 1978 and is based in The Woodlands, Texas.

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DESCRIPTION

Everberg Capital is a private investment firm that looks to partner with family-owned businesses, entrepreneurs, and financial sponsors with capital for acquisition financing, leveraged buyouts, growth opportunities, and recapitalizations. Broad areas of interest include industrials, business services, consumer products/services, and healthcare. Everberg can invest across the capital structure and seeks to commit up to to $350 million per transaction. Everberg Capital was formed in 2019 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 25
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 4 of 12
State: California M&A 3 of 5
Country: United States M&A 8 of 23
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-06-19 Comar

Voorhees, New Jersey, United States

Comar is a manufacturing company that designs and manufactures plastic packaging and dispensing solutions, as well as contract manufacturing services for the medical and healthcare sectors, including diagnostics, surgical, and drug-delivery applications. The Company offers a range of molding technologies (injection, blow, etc.) and custom product development from concept through commercialization. Comar was formed in 1949 and is headquartered in Voorhees, New Jersey.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-03 HH Global

Leatherhead, United Kingdom

HH Global is an independent marketing execution partner to prominent brands in 44 countries. The company offers innovative and tailored solutions for the outsourced procurement of all types of printed marketing materials and creative production services. HH Global is based in Leatherhead, United Kingdom.

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