M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2025-04-15 |
| Target | Applied Adhesives |
| Sector | Distribution |
| Buyer(s) | Bertram Capital |
| Sellers(s) | Arsenal Capital Partners |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
| Advisor(s) | Houlihan Lokey Lincoln International (Financial) Sidley Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath (Legal) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| PE ASSETS | 3.0B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Bertram Capital is a private equity firm that targets buyout and growth equity investments in lower middle-market companies. Bertram looks for companies with revenues of $20 to $250 million and EBITDA of $5 to $35 million. Sectors of interest include healthcare services and infrastructure, industrial manufacturing, business and financial services, technology, and internet. Bertram will consider both control and non-control investments. Prospective transaction structures include management buyouts, shareholder liquidity events, acquisitions financing's, growth financing's, and PIPE. Bertram Capital was formed in 2006 and is based in Foster City, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 46 of 46 |
| Sector: Distribution M&A | 3 of 3 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 13 of 13 |
| State: Minnesota M&A | 4 of 4 |
| Country: United States M&A | 43 of 43 |
| Year: 2025 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-02 |
Best Version Media
Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States Best Version Media provides hyper-local, multi-channel advertising solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (“SMBs”) across the United States and Canada. The Company partners with independent publishers to produce curated local content that provides SMB clients across various end markets with the tools to connect with their communities and acquire high-value customers effectively. Best Version Media was founded in 2007 and is based in Brookfield, Wisconsin. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| PE ASSETS | 10.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Arsenal Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on middle-market healthcare, specialty industrial, and financial service companies. Specifically, Arsenal looks to acquire businesses in the areas of specialty chemicals, aerospace/defense, transportation, environmental services, business services, insurance, asset management, financial technology, medical products, healthcare IT, and healthcare contract research/manufacturing. The Firm typically seeks to commit $50 to $300 million per investment in profitable businesses with at least $10 million of EBITDA. Funds are generally used to support buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, consolidations, and divestitures. The Firm avoids investing in companies reliant on high levels of technology. Arsenal Capital Partners was formed in 2000 and is headquartered in New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 36 of 36 |
| Sector: Distribution M&A | 2 of 2 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 17 of 17 |
| State: Minnesota M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Country: United States M&A | 33 of 33 |
| Year: 2025 M&A | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-22 |
Accumen
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States Accumen is a healthcare performance partner providing end-to-end strategy and services to drive value and long-term sustainability for the clinical lab, outreach services, patient blood management, and imaging services. Accumen was founded in 2011 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-08 |
ThermoSafe
Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States ThermoSafe is a provider of temperature-controlled packaging solutions ensuring the safe and efficient transport of pharmaceuticals, biologics, vaccines, and other temperature-sensitive products. ThermoSafe is based in Arlington Heights, Illinois. |
Buy | $725M |
