Investment Summary

Quadrangle Group Invests In PGOA Media

On March 28, 2001, private equity firm Quadrangle Group invested in media company PGOA Media

Investment Highlights
  • This is Quadrangle Group’s 2nd transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Quadrangle Group’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Quadrangle Group’s 1st transaction in Tennessee.
Investment Fate
  • PGOA Media was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2007.
  • PGOA Media was sold to a strategic buyer in 2014.

Investment Summary

Date 2001-03-28
Target PGOA Media
Sector Media
Investor(s) Quadrangle Group
Deal Type Venture

Target

PGOA Media

Franklin, Tennessee, United States
PGOA Media is a media and marketing company providing value-added content to over 1,500 local newspaper partners in primarily suburban and tertiary markets throughout the United States. PGOA develops content in consumer interest categories including family, cooking, hometown/special interest, health and wellness, personal finance, and parenting. PGOA Media was founded in 1999 and is based in Franklin, Tennessee.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Quadrangle Group

New York, New York, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Quadrangle Group is a specialist private equity firm focused on the information and communications technology services sectors. Quadrangle was formed in 2000 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 25
Sector: Media M&A 2 of 7
Type: Venture M&A Deals 2 of 4
State: Tennessee M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 6 of 19
Year: 2001 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-01-01 Global Energy Decisions

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Global Energy Decisions, LLC provides integrated data, software, and analytics to the global energy markets which span the energy industry value chain. Global Energy delivers solutions that help energy industry professionals solve tough problems, reduce the complexity of managing their enterprises, and stay competitive. QCP is the majority shareholder of Global Energy.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-04-09 Pathfire

Irving, Texas, United States

Pathfire, Inc. operates in the emerging market for digitizing, distributing, and managing various types of media and entertainment content through a proprietary digital network linking the owners and producers of various types of content with the consumer of that content.

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