M&A Deal Summary

Endeavour Capital Acquires Umpqua Feather Merchants

On January 1, 1995, private equity firm Endeavour Capital acquired consumer products company Umpqua Feather Merchants

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Endeavour Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Endeavour Capital’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Endeavour Capital’s 1st transaction in Colorado.
Investment Fate
  • Umpqua Feather Merchants was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 1998.
  • Umpqua Feather Merchants was sold to a financial buyer in 2003.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1995-01-01
Target Umpqua Feather Merchants
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Endeavour Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Umpqua Feather Merchants

Louisville, Colorado, United States
Umpqua Feather Merchants, Inc. sells the brand of fishing flies in the U.S.

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Buyer

Endeavour Capital

Portland, Oregon, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1991
PE ASSETS 925M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Endeavour Capital LLC is a private equity firm that targets service and manufacturing companies headquartered in the Western United States. Endeavour looks to invest with and an enterprise value of $25 -$250 million with an EBITDA of $5-$50 million. Prospective companies are generally profitable with at least $5 million of EBITDA. Supported investment situations include growth capital financings, industry consolidations, management acquisitions, recapitalizations, and ownership transfers. The firm invests in the range of $25-$150 million per transaction. Areas Endeavour will not invest include real estate and emerging technology. Endeavour Capital was formed in 1991 and is based in Portland, Oregon with additional offices in Seattle, Washington, and Los Angeles, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 59
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 2 of 5
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 3 of 28
State: Colorado M&A 1 of 4
Country: United States M&A 3 of 57
Year: 1995 M&A 1 of 1
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