RLH Equity Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, RLH Equity Partners has acquired 1 company. It has also invested in 3 others.

RLH Equity Partners’ most common sectors for investment areinformation technology (24%) and business services (20%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (43%) and growth capital (35%). In total, RLH Equity Partners has invested in 12 US states.

In the last 3 years, RLH Equity Partners has exited 2 companies. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (50%). RLH Equity Partners’ largest (disclosed) exit occurred in 2012 when it sold maxIT Healthcare Holdings for $473M.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity46
    • M&A Buy Activity26
    • M&A Sell Activity20
  • Total Sectors Invested 12
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 12
  • M&A Advisors 2

RLH Equity Partners

10900 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 850,
Los Angeles, California 90024
United States
(310) 405-7200
www.rlhequity.com
clewis@rlhequity.com

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.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Agriculture, Apparel/Textiles, Business Services, Consumer Products, Consumer Services, Defense, Distribution, Financial Services, Healthcare Services, Information Technology, Internet Software and Services, Life Science, Manufacturing, Plastics, Retail, Staffing, Technology Hardware

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Recapitalization, Stake Purchase

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

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue 25 200
Target EBITDA 5 20
Investment Size 30 100
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 T
Buy (1.0/yr) # 21 1 - 1 3 - 26
Sell (1.0/yr) # 15 3 1 1 - - 20
vol $1.0B $1.0B
  46

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
IMRE LLC 2021-10-13 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Baltimore, Maryland · www.imre.com
Keystone Strategy LLC 2021-08-04 - Growth Capital
New York, New York · www.keystonestrategy.com
Astound Commerce Corp. 2021-05-12 - Growth Capital
Oakland, California · www.astoundcommerce.com
MCA Connect, LLC 2020-07-14 - Growth Capital
Denver, Colorado · www.mcaconnect.com
Clarity Insights Group LLC 2020-01-16 - Trade Sale - Public Company
Chicago, Illinois · www.clarityinsights.com
The Chartis Group LLC 2019-05-09 - Recapitalization
Chicago, Illinois · www.chartis.com
Biorasi, LLC 2018-12-11 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Miami, Florida · www.biorasi.com
Mondo International LLC 2018-12-10 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.mondo.com
Avella Specialty Pharmacy, Inc. 2018-11-14 - Unknown
Phoenix, Arizona · www.avella.com
Total Woman Gym+Spa 2018-02-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Irvine, California · www.totalwomanspa.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Information Technology 3 (33%) - 6 (23%) -
Business Services 2 (22%) - 5 (19%) -
Distribution - - 2 (8%) -
Healthcare Services 2 (22%) - 2 (8%) -
Life Science 1 (11%) - 2 (8%) -
Marketing 1 (11%) - 2 (8%) -
Staffing - - 2 (8%) -
Apparel/Textiles - - 1 (4%) -
Consumer Services - - 1 (4%) -
Engineering - - 1 (4%) -
Food - - 1 (4%) -
Software - - 1 (4%) -
Total 9 - 26 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 9 (100%) - 26 (100%) -
  California 2 (22%) - 12 (46%) -
  Florida 2 (22%) - 3 (12%) -
  Illinois - - 2 (8%) -
  Washington 1 (11%) - 1 (4%) -
  Texas 1 (11%) - 1 (4%) -
  New York 1 (11%) - 1 (4%) -
  Maryland 1 (11%) - 1 (4%) -
  Colorado 1 (11%) - 1 (4%) -
  Virginia - - 1 (4%) -
  Vermont - - 1 (4%) -
  Indiana - - 1 (4%) -
  Arizona - - 1 (4%) -
Total 9 - 26 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 3 (33%) - 11 (42%) -
Growth Capital 5 (56%) - 9 (35%) -
Stake Purchase 1 (11%) - 3 (12%) -
Recapitalization - - 2 (8%) -
Consolidation - - 1 (4%) -
Total 9 - 26 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale - Public Company 8 (40%) 1.0B (100%)
Secondary Sale 4 (20%) -
Trade Sale 4 (20%) -
IPO 1 (5%) -
Merger 1 (5%) -
Recapitalization 1 (5%) -
Unknown 1 (5%) -
Total 20 $1.0B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Guggenheim Securities
 1
The Spartan Group LLC
 1

Deal Values

sell # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $924M
< $100M 1 $100M
TOTAL $1.0B
Largest maxIT Healthcare Holdings, Inc.
$473M (2012-07-17)

M&A Connections

Deals
Exited to
Investor(s)
25%
5 (25%)
Strategic(s)
50%
10 (50%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Large

PE Assets

1.0B USD

Established

1982

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

J. Christopher Lewis

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Adam Frankinburger

CFO & CCO

Kevin Cantrell

Managing Director

Michel Glouchevitch

Managing Director

Murray Rudin

Managing Director

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