Investment Summary

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Invests In Ideas United

On March 13, 2019, asset manager Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors invested in media company Ideas United

Investment Highlights
  • This is Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors’ 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors’ 145th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors’ 2nd transaction in Georgia.

Investment Summary

Date 2019-03-13
Target Ideas United
Sector Media
Investor(s) Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Ideas United

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Ideas United is a content creation agency that leverages a crowd-sourced filmmaker network to serve top-tier brands in both branded and original content. Ideas United helps solve the shortage of diverse video content that exists today by leveraging a mix of internal resources and crowd-sourced creators for brands, media companies, and non-profits. Ideas United was founded in 2001 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Category Asset Manager
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 36.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors is an alternative investment management firm focused on hedge funds, public funds, energy private equity, growth private equity, real estate private equity, and mezzanine finance opportunities. Kayne's energy private equity group focuses on $20 to $100 million investments in high-growth exploration and production, midstream and oilfield service companies. The energy group considers both majority or minority stakes in public and private businesses. Kayne's growth private equity practice involves structured investments in public and private companies looking for capital to finance expansion. This group will also consider middle-market leveraged transactions and management buyouts. Kayne's real estate private equity group invests in established, cash-flow generating projects. Areas of interest include student housing and campus-oriented retail properties, amongst other opportunistic investments. The Group looks for acquisitions of $25 to $100 million. Kayne's mezzanine team looks to provide $20 to $35 million of capital for mid-market businesses with $100 to $500 million of sales and $10 to $50 million of EBITDA. Kayne Capital Advisors was formed in 1984 and is based in Los Angeles with additional offices in Armonk, New York; New York City, and Houston.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 160 of 177
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Growth Capital) 43 of 51
State (Georgia) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 145 of 160
Year (2019) 4 of 8
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Decisiv is the provider of the largest asset service management ecosystem for the commercial vehicle industry. Through Decisiv’s SRM platform, different customers and participants in the service event are able to track service requests, receive updates, understand delays, route vehicles more efficienty to repair shops, and provide estimates of costs and warranty coverage associated with the repair. Decisiv was founded in 2001 and is based in Reston, Virginia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-12 Munch s Supply

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Munch's Supply is an HVAC distributor and third-generation family business focused exclusively on supplying heating and cooling industry contractors with quality products. Munch's Supply was founded in 1956 and is based in Hillside, Illinois.

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