M&A Deal Summary

Gemspring Capital Acquires Rapid Displays

On July 11, 2019, private equity firm Gemspring Capital acquired marketing company Rapid Displays

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Gemspring Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is Gemspring Capital’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Gemspring Capital’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-07-11
Target Rapid Displays
Sector Marketing
Buyer(s) Gemspring Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Rapid Displays

Chicago, Illinois, United States
Rapid Displays is a provider of point-of-purchase displays and related services. Rapid provides a comprehensive solution for custom point-of-purchase displays, including creative design, engineering, prototyping, production, and logistics. Rapid Displays was founded in 1938 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Buyer

Gemspring Capital

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2015
PE ASSETS 1.1B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Gemspring Capital is a private equity firm focused on making control equity investments and structured equity investments in lower middle-market companies headquartered in the United States and Canada. For platform investments, Gemspring targets companies with $5 to $500 million with strong competitive positions within sustainable market niches. Sectors of interest include business services, distribution/logistics, industrial services, media, technology, software, and niche manufacturing. Gemspring Capital is based in Westport, Connecticut.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 32
Sector (Marketing) 2 of 3
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 3 of 12
State (Illinois) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 8 of 32
Year (2019) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-09 Valant

Seattle, Washington, United States

Valant is a software-as-a-service organization serving the needs of the behavioral healthcare industry. Its disruptive technology solutions combine deep domain and technical expertise to improve behavioral healthcare quality by reinventing how electronic healthcare record (EHR) systems serve mental health providers and their patients. Valant was founded in 2005 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-11-07 Crafty Apes

El Segundo, California, United States

Crafty Apes is a full-service visual effects company. Crafty Apes offers a full suite of VFX services, including set supervision, VFX consultation, 2D and 3D compositing, digital cosmetics and computer-generated imagery. Crafty Apes was founded in 2011 and is based in El Segundo, California.

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