Growth Capital • Transportation

Huron Capital Invests In Direct Connect Logistix

On May 9, 2018, private equity firm Huron Capital invested in transportation company Direct Connect Logistix

Investment Context

This is Huron Capital’s 3rd transaction in the Transportation sector.
This is Huron Capital’s 44th transaction in the United States.
This is Huron Capital’s 2nd transaction in Indiana.

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Investment Summary
Date	May 9, 2018
Target	Direct Connect Logistix
Sector	Transportation
Investor(s)	Huron Capital
Deal Type	Growth Capital

Target Company

Direct Connect Logistix

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Direct Connect Logistix is a nationwide transportation and logistics services company led by co-founder and CEO Roger Singh, co-founder and President Greg Humrichouser and Vice President John Leininger. DCL is a premier provider of domestic brokerage services for shippers across the U.S. Direct Connect Logistix was founded in 2009 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Investor Overview 1

Investor

Huron Capital

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Investor Investor

Category	Private Equity Firm
Founded	1999
PE ASSETS	2.0B USD
Size	Large
Type	Sector Agnostic

DESCRIPTION

Huron Capital Partners is a private equity firm that seeks to acquire or recapitalize niche manufacturers, value-added distributors and specialty service companies. Prospective transaction situations include management buyouts, corporate spin-offs, recapitalizations, family successions and consolidations. Huron prefers opportunities located in the US and Canada. Target companies typically have revenues between $20 and $200 million and EBITDA of at least $5 million. Huron can commit up to $10 million and $50 million of equity capital per transaction. Huron Capital Partners was formed in 1999 and has offices in Detroit, Michigan and Ontario, Canada.

Deal Context for Investor	#
Overall	47 of 61
Sector: Transportation	3 of 3
Type: Growth Capital	8 of 12
State: Indiana	2 of 3
Country: United States	44 of 58
Year: 2018	3 of 5

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2018-03-01	B&B Roadway and Security Solutions Carrollton, Texas, United States B&B Roadway and Security Solutions is a manufacturer of roadway safety, traffic control and perimeter security solutions. B&B Roadway and Security Solutions was founded in 1925 and is based in Carrollton, Texas.	Buy	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2018-03-01

B&B Roadway and Security Solutions

Carrollton, Texas, United States

B&B Roadway and Security Solutions is a manufacturer of roadway safety, traffic control and perimeter security solutions. B&B Roadway and Security Solutions was founded in 1925 and is based in Carrollton, Texas.

Buy

FOLLOWING DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2018-06-07	GSM Outdoors Irving, Texas, United States GSM Outdoors specializes in developing and marketing innovative products for the hunting, sport shooting, and rugged outdoor enthusiast market. GSM owns 20+ industry-leading brands including stealth cam, walker’s, muddy outdoors, birchwood casey, hawk, cyclops, western rivers, american hunter, HME, and SME among others. GSM Outdoors was founded in 1999 and is based in Irving, Texas.	Sell	-

DATE

TARGET

DEAL TYPE

VALUE

2018-06-07

GSM Outdoors

Irving, Texas, United States

GSM Outdoors specializes in developing and marketing innovative products for the hunting, sport shooting, and rugged outdoor enthusiast market. GSM owns 20+ industry-leading brands including stealth cam, walker’s, muddy outdoors, birchwood casey, hawk, cyclops, western rivers, american hunter, HME, and SME among others. GSM Outdoors was founded in 1999 and is based in Irving, Texas.

Sell

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