Investment Summary

Clearlake Capital Invests In Crash Champions

On July 14, 2022, private equity firm Clearlake Capital invested in automotive company Crash Champions

Investment Highlights
  • This is Clearlake Capital’s 7th transaction in the Automotive sector.
  • This is Clearlake Capital’s 80th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Clearlake Capital’s 2nd transaction in Illinois.

Investment Summary
Date 2022-07-14
Target Crash Champions
Sector Automotive
Investor(s) Clearlake Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Crash Champions

Westmont, Illinois, United States
Crash Champions is an independent collision repair company operating 218 state-of-the-art centers across 20 states including California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin as well as Washington, DC. Crash Champions was founded in 1999 and is based in Westmont, Illinois.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Clearlake Capital

Santa Monica, California, United States
Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 72.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Clearlake Capital Group is a private equity firm that focuses on corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, buyouts, restructurings, rescue financing, growth capital, turnarounds, and other equity investments. Clearlake seeks to partner with strong management teams by providing long-term capital and operational expertise. Areas of interest include technology, industrials, and consumer. Clearlake Capital Group was formed in 2006 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 84 of 88
Sector (Automotive) 7 of 7
Type (Growth Capital) 7 of 7
State (Illinois) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 80 of 83
Year (2022) 9 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-06-27 Brightly Software

Cary, North Carolina, United States

Brightly Software is a provider of cloud-based operations management software to the education, government, healthcare, and manufacturing verticals. Brightly Software was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-11-03 Knight Energy Services

Houston, Texas, United States

Knight Energy Services is an oilfield rental tool company. It supplies a wide offering of rental equipment and services for drilling, completion, and well control activities serving a diverse base of oil and natural gas E&P operators. Knight Energy Services is based in Houston, Texas.

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