Investment Summary

Graham Partners Invests In BrightSign

On October 15, 2021, private equity firm Graham Partners invested in technology hardware company BrightSign

Investment Highlights
  • This is Graham Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Graham Partners’ 46th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Graham Partners’ 11th transaction in California.

Investment Summary

Date 2021-10-15
Target BrightSign
Sector Technology Hardware
Investor(s) Graham Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

BrightSign

San Jose, California, United States
BrightSign provides digital signage media players, cloud networking, and presentation authoring solutions for the commercial digital signage industry. BrightSign was founded in 2002 and is based in San Jose, California.

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Investor

Graham Partners

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 6.8B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Graham Partners is a private equity that targets middle market industrial and manufacturing companies. The Firm seeks to invest in businesses based in the US and also consider investments in Canada and Western Europe. Graham Partners focuses on strong growth potential companies with high return on invested capital, led by experienced management teams in revenues between $30 - $500 million and EBITDA between $5 million and $50 million. The firm typically invests between $10 million and $100 million in equity and the balance via debt and can invest higher than $100 million through co-investments. Broad areas of interest include building products, water management, medical products, consumer products, packaged food & beverage, packaging, aerospace/defense, agriculture, capital equipment, energy related products, home and outdoor, sports and leisure, and transportation services. Prospective transaction types include MBOs, recapitalization and growth capital financing. Graham Partners is an affiliate of The Graham Group was formed in 1988 and is based in Newton Square, Pennsylvania.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 49 of 60
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 3 of 5
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 6 of 8
State: California M&A 11 of 11
Country: United States M&A 46 of 52
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-08-18 Myers EPS

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

Myers EPS is a designer and manufacturer of backup power solutions for emergency lighting and uninterrupted power supply systems for the cable, traffic, and rail end markets. Myers EPS products include centralized and mini inverters, which supply power to critical end markets during an outage. Myers EPS is based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-11-30 Medbio

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Medbio is an outsource manufacturer specializing in clean room injection molding of plastic components for medical and biotechnology devices, as well as mold tooling, device assembly, and packaging. The company manufactures single use, disposable products for high growth end markets and is differentiated by its ability to serve as a one-stop-shop for outsourced manufacturing. Medbio’s niche position has resulted in longstanding customer relationships in an industry that is benefiting from multiple conversion tailwinds and attractive macro healthcare trends. Medbio was founded in 2007 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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