Investment Summary

Lee Equity Partners Invests In Project Pie

On January 21, 2014, private equity firm Lee Equity Partners invested in restaurant Project Pie

Investment Highlights
  • This is Lee Equity Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is Lee Equity Partners’ 12th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Lee Equity Partners’ 1st transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Project Pie was sold to a strategic buyer in 2016.

Investment Summary

Date 2014-01-21
Target Project Pie
Sector Restaurants
Investor(s) Lee Equity Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) North Point Advisors (Financial)
Davis Wright Tremaine (Legal)

Target

Project Pie

Carlsbad, California, United States
Project Pie LLC is a casual pizza chain based in Carlsbad, California.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Lee Equity Partners

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 5.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Lee Equity Partners is a private investment firm that looks for buyout and growth capital investments across a range of industries. Lee Equity Partners seeks investments requiring $50 to $150 million of equity capital. Lee Equity Partners was formed in 2006 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 40
Sector: Restaurants M&A 2 of 2
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 1 of 6
State: California M&A 1 of 3
Country: United States M&A 12 of 34
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-18 MidCap Financial

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

MidCap Financial is a commercial finance company focused on providing debt solutions to middle-market healthcare companies. MidCap Financial was founded in 2008 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-02 Papa Murphy’s

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Papa Murphy’s is a franchisor and operator of the largest Take ‘n’ Bake pizza brand in the United States, selling hand-crafted, fresh pizzas for customers to bake at home. Papa Murphy’s operates over 1,400 franchised and corporate-owned stores in 37 U.S. states, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates. Papa Murphy’s core purpose is to help anyone with an oven and 15 minutes serve a scratch-made meal. In addition to fresh pizzas, the Company offers hand-crafted salads, sides, and desserts to complete the meal. Order online today at www.papamurphys.com for easy pick up everywhere, and find Papa Murphy’s on your favorite delivery apps in select markets.

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