Gemspring Capital Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Profile

In the last 3 years, Gemspring Capital has acquired 6 companies. It has also invested in 6 others.

Gemspring Capital’s most common sectors for investment are media (22%) and marketing (15%). The Firm’s most common investment types include growth capital (50%) and buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (22%). In total, Gemspring Capital has invested in 10 US states.

In the last 3 years, Gemspring Capital has exited 1 company. The Firm’s most common exit type is secondary buyout (100%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity15
    • M&A Buy Activity14
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 10
  • Total Countries Invested 1

Gemspring Capital LLC

54 Wilton Road,
Westport, Connecticut 06880
United States
(203) 842-8886
www.gemspring.com
info@gemspring.com

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 $25 to $250 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.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Business Services, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, Distribution, Healthcare Services, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Media, Retail, Software, Transportation

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

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

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue 25 250
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size - -
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 T
Buy (2.6/yr) # 1 1 4 4 2 2 14
Sell (0.2/yr) # - - - - 1 - 1
  15

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Wireless Vision LLC 2021-01-06 - Recapitalization
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · www.wirelessvision.com
Sigga Technologies 2021-01-05 - Growth Capital
Sugar Land, Texas · www.sigga.com
Therma Holdings LLC 2020-11-09 - Secondary Buyout
San Jose, California · www.thermaholdings.com
Cforia Software LLC 2020-07-27 - Growth Capital
Westlake Village, California · www.cforia.com
Skyline Displays, Inc. 2020-01-15 - Secondary Buyout
St. Paul, Minnesota · www.skyline.com
Shrieve Chemical Co. 2019-12-03 - Growth Capital
The Woodlands, Texas · www.shrieve.com
Crafty Apes VFX 2019-11-07 - Growth Capital
El Segundo, California · www.craftyapes.com
Rapid Displays, Inc. 2019-07-11 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Chicago, Illinois · www.rapiddisplays.com
Valant Medical Solutions, Inc. 2019-04-09 - Growth Capital
Seattle, Washington · www.valant.com
Bobit Business Media 2018-11-19 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Torrance, California · www.bobitbusinessmedia.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Media 3 (21%) - 3 (21%) -
Marketing 2 (14%) - 2 (14%) -
Software 2 (14%) - 2 (14%) -
Business Services 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
Chemicals 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
Financial Services 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
Information Technology 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
Insurance 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
Internet Software and Services 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
Retail 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
Total 14 - 14 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 14 (100%) - 14 (100%) -
  California 4 (29%) - 4 (29%) -
  Texas 2 (14%) - 2 (14%) -
  Washington 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
  New York 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
  Nevada 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
  Minnesota 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
  Michigan 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
  Illinois 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
  Idaho 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
  Florida 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
Total 14 - 14 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Growth Capital 7 (50%) - 7 (50%) -
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 3 (21%) - 3 (21%) -
Secondary Buyout 3 (21%) - 3 (21%) -
Recapitalization 1 (7%) - 1 (7%) -
Total 14 - 14 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Secondary Sale 1 (100%) -
Total 1 -

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
29%
4 (29%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
100%
1 (100%)

Investor Summary

Size

Middle-Market

PE Assets

350M USD

Established

2016

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Bret Wiener

Managing Partner

Jonathan Altman

Managing Director

Thomas Zanios

Managing Director

Malcolm Appelbaum

Managing Director & CFO

Kathy Calio

Director

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