Investment Summary

Caltius Structured Capital and LLR Partners Invest In BrightHeart Veterinary Centers

On August 1, 2007, mezzanine finance firm Caltius Structured Capital and private equity firm LLR Partners invested in consumer services company BrightHeart Veterinary Centers

Investment Highlights
  • This is Caltius Structured Capital’s 2nd and LLR Partners’ 1st transaction in the Consumer Services sector.
  • This is Caltius Structured Capital’s 26th and LLR Partners’ 27th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Caltius Structured Capital’s 2nd and LLR Partners’ 4th transaction in New York.
Investment Fate
  • BrightHeart Veterinary Centers was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2011 for 50M USD.

Investment Summary

Date 2007-08-01
Target BrightHeart Veterinary Centers
Sector Consumer Services
Investor(s) Caltius Structured Capital
LLR Partners
Deal Type Acquisition Financing

Target

BrightHeart Veterinary Centers

Armonk, New York, United States
BrightHeart Veterinary Centers is a national network of advanced-care specialty/emergency veterinary hospitals across the U.S. and Canada.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Caltius Structured Capital

Los Angeles, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Mezzanine Finance Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 1.4B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Caltius Structured Capital is an investment firm focused on providing junior debt and minority equity to lower middle-market companies throughout North America. The Firm looks to invest between $7 to $50 million in companies with revenues of $15 to $250 million. The Firm pursues a variety of transaction types, including management buyouts, growth financings, and acquisition financings. Sectors of interest include business services, consumer products/services, healthcare services, manufacturing, tech-enabled services, and staffing. Caltius Structured Capital was formed in 1997 and is based in Los Angeles, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 26 of 53
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Acquisition Financing M&A Deals 3 of 5
State: New York M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 26 of 53
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-08 Radiant Research

Tempe, Arizona, United States

Radiant Research is a comprehensive clinical research and development company serving the biopharmaceutical and medical device industry. Radiant employs over 500 clinical research professionals exclusively focused on providing professional, high quality study conduct and drug development services. In the past four years, Radiant has conducted more than 8,000 clinical trials across 18 therapeutic specialties.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-05 Pacific Crest Securities

Portland, Oregon, United States

Pacific Crest Securities is a investment bank focused exclusively on technology. The firm is a full-service investment bank providing research, institutional sales and trading, and investment banking services to technology investors and companies worldwide.

Buy $30M
Investor

LLR Partners

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 6.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

LLR is a private equity firm that makes growth capital, buyout, and recapitalization investments in mid-sized growth companies with sustainable competitive advantages. LLR looks to invest $30 to $150 million per transaction and will consider both control and minority situations. Target companies generally have at least $10 million in annual sales and are valued up to $250 million. Broad industry sectors of interest include general business services, financial services, healthcare services, education, manufacturing, consumer/retail and information technology/software. LLR will consider investments throughout the US with an emphasis on opportunities located in the Eastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the US. LLR Partners was formed in 1999 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 27 of 129
Sector: Consumer Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Acquisition Financing M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: New York M&A 4 of 11
Country: United States M&A 27 of 128
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-07-23 Taratec Development

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Taratec Development Corp. is a provider of integrated business, information technology and regulatory compliance services and solutions to the highly regulated life sciences industry.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-13 Princeton Softech

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Princeton Softech, Inc. is a provider of enterprise-scale data management solutions for Global 3000 companies.

Sell -