Investment Summary

Great Hill Partners and Digital Fuel Capital Invest In PuppySpot

On June 1, 2015, private equity firms Great Hill Partners and Digital Fuel Capital invested in e-commerce company PuppySpot

Investment Highlights
  • This is Great Hill Partners’ 4th and Digital Fuel Capital’s 2nd transaction in the E-Commerce sector.
  • This is Great Hill Partners’ 47th and Digital Fuel Capital’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Great Hill Partners’ 6th and Digital Fuel Capital’s 1st transaction in Florida.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-06-01
Target PuppySpot
Sector E-Commerce
Investor(s) Great Hill Partners
Digital Fuel Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

PuppySpot

Jersey City, Florida, United States
PuppySpot is an online marketplace for purebred and designer-breed puppies, connecting consumers with a screened and vetted network of thousands of responsible breeders nationwide. PuppySpot was founded in 2005 and is based in Jersey City, Florida.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Great Hill Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 12.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Great Hill Partners is a private equity firm focused on growth equity and recapitalization investments in well established public and private companies valued put to $1 billion. Great Hill targets companies within consumer services, business services, financial technology, healthcare, internet, logistics, media, communications, technology services, software and transaction processing. The Firm invests in the range of $25 to $500 million per transaction. Great Hill prefers companies located in the US, but will also consider opportunities in Europe and Latin America. Great Hill Partners was formed in 1998 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 55 of 97
Sector (E-Commerce) 4 of 7
Type (Growth Capital) 18 of 33
State (Florida) 6 of 9
Country (United States) 47 of 81
Year (2015) 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-01 Recruiting.com

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Recruiting.com is a provider of online recruitment services with a locally focused strategy. The company connects local employers and job seekers through multiple media platforms, including online job boards, career fairs, and related video programming content distributed on broadcast television, cable, and the Internet.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-30 AWL

Austin, Texas, United States

AWL is a provider of online marketing services to the insurance industry, leveraging a network of owned and affiliated websites to generate qualified consumer quote inquiries for their licensed agent, broker and carriers clients. AWL was founded in 2005 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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DESCRIPTION

Digital Fuel Capital is a private investment firm focused on investing in and acquiring companies involved in digital marketing. This includes e-commerce, digital marketing service companies, and advertising/marketing technology companies. Digital Fuel was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 18
Sector (E-Commerce) 2 of 7
Type (Growth Capital) 1 of 2
State (Florida) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 4 of 17
Year (2015) 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-09 LogoSportswear

Cheshire, Connecticut, United States

LogoSportswear, Inc. is an online provider of custom apparel to companies and teams. Logo Sportswear is differentiated by its breadth of premium merchandise, its quick-turn in-house production capabilities and its proprietary on-line designer. Logo Sportswear founded in 1995 and headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut.

Buy $11M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-06-10 Summit Sports

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, United States

Summit Sports, Inc. is a consumer sporting goods retailer, wholesaler, and manufacturer. Summit Sports was founded in 1990 and is based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

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