Investment Summary

Gemspring Capital and Monroe Capital Invest In Residence

On June 12, 2025, private equity firm Gemspring Capital and lender Monroe Capital invested in digital media company Residence

Investment Highlights
  • This is Gemspring Capital’s 1st and Monroe Capital’s 3rd transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is Gemspring Capital’s 38th and Monroe Capital’s 128th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Gemspring Capital’s 8th and Monroe Capital’s 20th transaction in California.

Investment Summary

Date 2025-06-12
Target Residence
Sector Digital Media
Investor(s) Gemspring Capital
Monroe Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Evros Group (Financial)
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell (Legal)

Target

Residence

Los Angeles, California, United States
Residence is a global network of creative companies that provide premium design & animation, experiential activation design, digital engineering, analytics, UX/UI, and brand strategy. The company’s brands include BUCK, VTProDesign, Part and Sum, Giant Ant, Wild, and a group of community platforms that support and amplify creative talent, including It’s Nice That, Creative Lives in Progress, and If You Could. Residence was formed in 2022 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Gemspring Capital


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2015
PE ASSETS 3.8B 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 39 of 39
Sector: Digital Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 10 of 10
State: California M&A 8 of 8
Country: United States M&A 38 of 38
Year: 2025 M&A 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-05-22 Goodyear Chemical

Houston, Texas, United States

Goodyear Chemical is a synthetic rubber and chemical manufacturing company that produces polybutadiene rubber, SSBR, ESBR, and IR elastomers, serving the automotive aftermarket, consumer, and industrial sectors. Goodyear Chemical is based in Houston, Texas.

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Investor

Monroe Capital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Lender
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 14.1B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Monroe Capital is a provider of senior and junior debt and equity co-investments to middle-market companies in the US and Canada. Investment types include unitranche financings, cash flow and enterprise value based loans, asset based loans, acquisition facilities, mezzanine debt, second lien or last-out loans and equity co-investments. Monroe Capital is a generalist investor and will consider companies in the healthcare, technology, media, retail, consumer sectors. Monroe Capital was formed in 2004 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 129 of 134
Sector: Digital Media M&A 3 of 3
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 40 of 41
State: California M&A 20 of 20
Country: United States M&A 128 of 133
Year: 2025 M&A 8 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-05-19 Relevant

Houston, Texas, United States

Relevant is a compressed, oil-free air rental provider to end-users in refineries, petrochemicals, power generation, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, plastics, and other industrial settings. Its fleet can address a full spectrum of pressure and flow needs for its customers, who often operate in environments in which tailored solutions for oil-free air are required. Relevant was founded in 1984 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-06-30 Caputo Cheese

Melrose Park, Illinois, United States

Caputo Cheese is a manufacturer of the dairy products, crafts, processes, and blends high-quality cheeses. Caputo Cheese was founded year 1978 and is based in Melrose Park, Illinois.

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