Investment Summary

RLH Equity Partners Invests In Creative Circle

On October 1, 2008, private equity firm RLH Equity Partners invested in staffing company Creative Circle

Investment Highlights
  • This is RLH Equity Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Staffing sector.
  • This is RLH Equity Partners’ 12th transaction in the United States.
  • This is RLH Equity Partners’ 10th transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Creative Circle was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2012.
  • Creative Circle was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2015 for 570M USD.

Investment Summary
Date 2008-10-01
Target Creative Circle
Sector Staffing
Investor(s) RLH Equity Partners
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Creative Circle

Los Angeles, California, United States
Creative Circle LLC is a specialized staffing agency representing advertising, marketing,graphic communication, and interactive professionals. The Company currently lists many of the top advertising agencies, design firms, and corporations as clients.

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Investor

RLH Equity Partners

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1982
PE ASSETS 1.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

RLH Equity Partners is a private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market companies throughout North America. RLH look for market leaders generating sales of $25 to $200 million with high growth potential. General areas of interest include business services (including IT services), high value-added manufacturing, specialty distribution, healthcare, and financial services. The Firm invests in the range of $30 to $100 million per transaction. Prospective transaction situations include growth equity financings, shareholder liquidity, recapitalizations, and management buyouts. RLH Equity Partners was formed in 1982 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 27
Sector (Staffing) 2 of 2
Type (Stake Purchase) 3 of 3
State (California) 10 of 12
Country (United States) 12 of 27
Year (2008) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-01 maxIT Healthcare Holdings

Westfield, Indiana, United States

maxIT Healthcare Holdings, Inc. is a healthcare Information Technology consulting firm. maxIT Healthcare services and solutions primarily to commercial hospital groups and other medical delivery organizations.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-10-08 Bradshaw

Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States

Bradshaw is a designer, marketer, and category manager of high-quality kitchen tools and gadgets, bakeware, cookware, food storage, and home cleaning products to retailers across North America. The Company sells over 7,000 products under nationally recognized brands including: Good Cook, Casabella, Evercare, Mr. Clean, Clorox, and Dawn, in addition to supporting retailers’ private label programs. Bradshaw was formed in 1969 and is based in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

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