Investment Summary

Growth Catalyst Partners, Monroe Capital and ABRY Partners Invest In Opus Agency

On October 6, 2015, private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners, lender Monroe Capital and private equity firm ABRY Partners invested in marketing company Opus Agency

Investment Highlights
  • This is Growth Catalyst Partners’ 1st, Monroe Capital’s 2nd and ABRY Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is Growth Catalyst Partners’ 1st, Monroe Capital’s 58th and ABRY Partners’ 91st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Growth Catalyst Partners’ 1st, Monroe Capital’s 1st and ABRY Partners’ 1st transaction in Oregon.

Investment Summary
Date 2015-10-06
Target Opus Agency
Sector Marketing
Investor(s) Growth Catalyst Partners
Monroe Capital
ABRY Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI) (Financial)
Tonkon Torp (Legal)

Target

Opus Agency

Beaverton, Oregon, United States
Opus Agency is a provider of corporate event solutions with a focus on market-leading technology sector clients. Opus Agency provides event marketing, management, and production solutions to Fortune 1000 companies. Opus Agency was founded in 1993 and is based in Beaverton, Oregon.

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Investor(S) 3

Investor

Growth Catalyst Partners

Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2015
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Growth Catalyst Partners is a private equity firm focused on growth capital investments in lower middle-market service companies. The Firm was formed in 2015 and is based in Chicago. Growth Catalyst Partners is formerly known as Fan Creek Capital.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 14
Sector (Marketing) 1 of 2
Type (Growth Capital) 1 of 5
State (Oregon) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 12
Year (2015) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-05 Beachfront

New York, New York, United States

Beachfront is a programmatic mobile video advertising company, meeting the video distribution and monetization needs of publishers and advertisers across screens. Beachfront's mobile-first platform enables user experiences in today's demanding mobile video environment. Beachfront was founded in 2007 and is based in New York City.

Buy -
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.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 58 of 115
Sector (Marketing) 2 of 3
Type (Growth Capital) 27 of 36
State (Oregon) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 58 of 114
Year (2015) 8 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-23 Autotronic Controls

El Paso, Texas, United States

Autotronic Controls Corp. is a designer, developer and manufacturer of automotive products including ignition controls, fuel injection systems, coils, timing accessories, spark plug wires and accessories.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-03 West World Media

Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States

West World Media LLC is a provider of global movie showtimes, information and other services for the media and information industries.

Sell -
Investor

ABRY Partners

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 12.8B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

ABRY Partners is a media and communications focused private equity investment firm. Specific areas of interest include television, publishing, convention/trade shows, for-profit training, couponing, monitoring services, telephone companies, communications towers, music libraries, database providers, wireless communications, and in-store advertisers. ABRY can provide both equity and mezzanine capital, typically committing $20 to $200 million of equity or $15 to $50 million of mezzanine capital per transaction. Prospective transaction situations include buyouts, expansion financings, platform acquisitions, consolidations, and recapitalizations. ABRY Partners was formed in 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 103 of 171
Sector (Marketing) 3 of 7
Type (Growth Capital) 16 of 44
State (Oregon) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 91 of 145
Year (2015) 10 of 11
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-10 International Medical Group

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

International Medical Group, Inc. is a provider of medical insurance products and assistance services. IMG offers a full line of international medical insurance products, as well as trip cancellation programs, medical management services and 24/7 emergency medical and travel assistance all designed to provide members Global Peace of Mind® while they’re away from home. International Medical Group, Inc. was established in 1989 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-22 One Source Networks

San Antonio, Texas, United States

One Source Networks, Inc. is a provider of global data, Internet, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking and managed communication services to Fortune 1000 companies.

Sell $175M
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