LongWater Opportunities Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Profile

In the last 3 years, LongWater Opportunities has acquired 1 company.

LongWater Opportunities’ most common sectors for investment are apparel/textiles (25%) and building materials (25%). The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (88%) and stake purchase (13%). In total, LongWater Opportunities has invested in 5 US states.

The Firm’s most common exit type is secondary buyout (100%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity9
    • M&A Buy Activity8
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 1
  • M&A Advisors 1

LongWater Opportunities

2519 Fairmount Street,
Dallas, Texas 75201
United States
(469) 351-3471
www.longwateropportunities.com
info@lwopps.com

LongWater Opportunities is an operationally-focused private equity firm that targets control buyout equity investments in lower middle-market US-based manufacturing companies in partnership with family owner-operators and entrepreneurs. LongWater pursues profitable companies valued between $10 and $50 million. LongWater Opportunities was established in 2009 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Building Materials, Machinery, Manufacturing, Plastics

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 2 10
Investment Size - -
Enterprise Value 10 50
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 5 2 - 1 - - 8
Sell (0.0/yr) # 1 - - - - - 1
  9

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Kalisher 2018-02-23 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Carrboro, North Carolina · www.kalisher.com
Fox River Mills, Inc. 2016-11-15 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Osage, Iowa · www.foxsox.com
San Benito Shutter Co. Inc. 2016-04-05 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Hollister, California · www.sanbenitoshutter.com
Standard Merchandising Co. Inc. 2015-12-30 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Camden, New Jersey · www.standardmerchandisingco.com
M3 Glass Technologies 2015-11-10 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Irving, Texas · www.m3glass.com
Circuitronics, Inc. 2015-01-09 - Secondary Buyout
Irving, Texas · www.circuitronics.com
W-Tek, Inc. 2010-12-29 - Stake Purchase
Irving, Texas
Netvia Group LLC 2010-01-01 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Irving, Texas · www.netviagroup.com
Circuitronics, Inc. 2009-11-23 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Irving, Texas · www.circuitronics.com
View All >>

Portfolio M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Kalisher 2018-02-23 Soho Myriad 2019-11-21 1
Carrboro, North Carolina · www.kalisher.com Atlanta, Georgia · www.sohomyriad.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Apparel/Textiles 2 (33%) - 2 (25%) -
Building Materials 2 (33%) - 2 (25%) -
Semiconductors 1 (17%) - 2 (25%) -
Electrical Equipment - - 1 (13%) -
Manufacturing 1 (17%) - 1 (13%) -
Total 6 - 8 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 6 (100%) - 8 (100%) -
  Texas 2 (33%) - 4 (50%) -
  North Carolina 1 (17%) - 1 (13%) -
  New Jersey 1 (17%) - 1 (13%) -
  Iowa 1 (17%) - 1 (13%) -
  California 1 (17%) - 1 (13%) -
Total 6 - 8 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 5 (83%) - 7 (88%) -
Stake Purchase 1 (17%) - 1 (13%) -
Total 6 - 8 -

Exits by Deal Type

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

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC
 1

M&A Connections

Deals %
Exited to
PE Firm(s)
100%
2 100%

Investor Summary

Size

Small

Established

2009

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Jordan Bastable

Partner

Brooks Burgum

Partner

Will Dobbs

Partner

Bern Ebersole

Principal

Tim O'Keefe

Director of Investor Relations

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