Investment Summary

Alliance Consumer Growth and Stephens Capital Partners Invest In PDQ

On August 1, 2014, growth capital firm Alliance Consumer Growth and private equity firm Stephens Capital Partners invested in restaurant PDQ

Investment Highlights
  • This is Alliance Consumer Growth’s 1st and Stephens Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is Alliance Consumer Growth’s 11th and Stephens Capital Partners’ 41st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Alliance Consumer Growth’s 1st and Stephens Capital Partners’ 4th transaction in Florida.

Investment Summary

Date 2014-08-01
Target PDQ
Sector Restaurants
Investor(s) Alliance Consumer Growth
Stephens Capital Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Financial)

Target

PDQ

Tampa, Florida, United States
PDQ is a fast-casual restaurant company specializing in fresh, hand-battered chicken tenders, made-to-order chicken and turkey sandwiches, fresh-cut fries, hand-spun milkshakes and fresh salad chicken tenders, milkshakes, and fresh salads. PDQ was founded in 2011 and is based in Tampa, Florida.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Alliance Consumer Growth

New York, New York, United States

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2011
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Alliance Consumer Growth (ACG) is a private investment firm focused exclusively on high-growth consumer products and services companies. ACG looks to commit $10 to $50 million in businesses generating $5 to $50 million in sales. Specific areas of interest include food/beverage, health/beauty, household products, pet products, apparel, retail, restaurants, and education. Target companies typically possess differentiate products or services with strong brands and loyal customers. Alliance Consumer Growth was established in 2011 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 31
Sector (Restaurants) 1 of 4
Type (Growth Capital) 9 of 21
State (Florida) 1 of 3
Country (United States) 11 of 28
Year (2014) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-03-06 Ripple Brand Collective

Congers, New York, United States

Ripple Brand Collective LLC (barkTHINS) is a producer of various type of chocolates in US.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
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2015-01-09 Shake Shack

New York, New York, United States

Shake Shack is majority-owned by Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG), which includes many of New York City’s most celebrated restaurants: Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Blue Smoke, among others (www.ushgnyc.com). Shake Shack now has multiple locations in the greater New York area, as well as Miami, FL, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, PA, and internationally.

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Investor
DESCRIPTION

Stephens Capital Partners is the direct, private equity investment arm of financial services firm Stephens, Inc. Stephens Capital looks to acquire minority or majority stakes in mid-sized, profitable companies in partnership with management. The Firm will consider opportunities throughout the US valued between $50 and $200 million. Stephens Capital will not consider venture investments or turnaround situations. Stephens Capital Partners is based in Little Rock, Arkansas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 43 of 77
Sector (Restaurants) 1 of 1
Type (Growth Capital) 6 of 13
State (Florida) 4 of 4
Country (United States) 41 of 71
Year (2014) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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De Pere, Wisconsin, United States

MEGTEC Systems, Inc. is a provider of an exhaust-air purification systems and dryers and coating systems for the production of electrodes for lithium-ion batteries. MEGTEC Systems was founded in 1997 and is based in De Pere, Wisconsin.

Sell $155M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Hilton Head, South Carolina, United States

Hargray Communications Group, Inc. is a telecommunications provider serving southeastern South Carolina and northeastern Georgia. The company's operations include traditional telephone carrier services, internet services, cable television, wireless telephone, and a telephone directory publishing operation. Hargray Communications Group was founded in 1949 and is based in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

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