M&A Deal Summary

Apogem Capital Acquires FTJ FundChoice

On February 27, 2017, asset manager Apogem Capital acquired financial services company FTJ FundChoice from Seaport Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Apogem Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Apogem Capital’s 57th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Apogem Capital’s 1st transaction in Kentucky.
Investment Fate
  • FTJ FundChoice was sold to a strategic buyer in 2018.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-02-27
Target FTJ FundChoice
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Apogem Capital
Sellers(s) Seaport Capital
Deal Type Recapitalization

Target

FTJ FundChoice

Hebron, Kentucky, United States
FTJ FundChoice is an SEC Registered Investment Advisor, provides advisors access to independent asset allocation strategies and model trading functionality. FTJ FundChoice assists advisors in simplifying their business by absorbing back office tasks, such as trade reconciliation, account administration, fee billing, and performance reporting, allowing the advisor to spend more time on client relationship-building activities.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Apogem Capital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 39.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Apogem Capital is a diversified alternative investment manager and subsidiary of insurance provider, New York Life. Apogem manages a variety of investment strategies including private equity, private credit, and real assets. Within private equity, the Firm looks to make fund, direct, and secondary investments, as well as acquire GP stakes. Within its direct investing activity, Apogem targets mid-sized companies valued up to $250 million and will consider businesses throughout North America and Europe. Apogem Capital formed as the result of New York Life combining PA Capital, Madison Capital Funding, and Goldpoint Partners into one entity. Apogem Capital is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 57 of 70
Sector: Financial Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals 8 of 10
State: Kentucky M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 57 of 70
Year: 2017 M&A 3 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-14 Race Winning Brands

Mentor, Ohio, United States

Race Winning Brands is a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of branded automotive aftermarket and powersports aftermarket products for enthusiast and racing consumers. RWB consists of a 12-brand portfolio of high-performance aftermarket product categories, with applications across a diverse group of automotive and powersports vehicle segments. According to industry research, the enthusiast powersport segment has seen annualized growth of 10-15 percent over the last 18 months with forecasted growth of six to eight percent over the next 12 months. Racing Winning Brands is based in Mentor, Ohio.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-08 Champion

Ocala, Florida, United States

Champion is a designer and manufacturer of seating products for the healthcare market. Champion's product portfolio primarily consists of highly engineered medical recliners sold to outpatient, post-acute medical facilities for treatments such as hemodialysis, where patient comfort is of critical importance. Champion was founded in 1992 and is based in Ocala, Florida.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Seaport Capital

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Seaport Capital is a private equity firm that targets equity and mezzanine investments in private middle-market companies. Funds are generally used to support late-stage growth opportunities, as well as buyouts and recapitalizations. Seaport prefers businesses with high margins and recurring revenues. Sectors of interest include marketing services, publishing, media, communications, business services, education, software, cable, and information services. Seaport seeks private companies valued between $25 and $150 million and looks to commit up to $40 million of equity per transaction. Seaport requires board representation and typically holds investments for three to seven years. Seaport Capital was formed in 1997 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 31
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Recapitalization M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Kentucky M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 21 of 29
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-15 LogicWorks

New York, New York, United States

LogicWorks is a cloud automation and managed services provider. Through its Managed Hosting, Private Cloud, and InfiniCloudTM dynamic compute services, Logicworks offers its diverse client base unmatched access to technology expertise. LogicWorks was founded in 1993 and is based in New York City.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-20 Keg Logistics

Centennial, Colorado, United States

Keg Logistics is an outsourced keg management provider that services over 1,100 craft brewers, wine, cider and other draught beverage producers in the U.S., Canada, and U.K. Keg Logistics provides a lease-to-own model whereby craft breweries can lease kegs for up to eight years with buyout options. Keg Logistics was founded in 2011 and is based in Centennial, Colorado.

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