Investment Summary

KKR Invests In Chill Sleep

On January 10, 2016, private equity firm KKR invested in consumer products company Chill Sleep

Investment Highlights
  • This is KKR’s 6th transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is KKR’s 79th transaction in the United States.
  • This is KKR’s 4th transaction in North Carolina.

Investment Summary
Date 2016-01-10
Target Chill Sleep
Sector Consumer Products
Investor(s) KKR
Deal Type Venture

Target

Chill Sleep

Mooresville, North Carolina, United States
Chill Sleep is a direct-to-consumer wellness company optimizing sleep through innovative hardware and software technologies. Chill Sleep is based in Mooresville, North Carolina.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

KKR

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1976
PE ASSETS 510.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.
KKR's office in Menlo Park, California.

KKR is a global investment firm founded by Jerome Kohlberg, Henry Kravis, and George Roberts. The Firm is separated into several business segments including private markets, public markets, capital markets, and other principal activities. KKR's private equity practice invests in management buyouts, take privates, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and partnerships with family-owned companies. KKR will invest in a broad range of industries and companies and will consider businesses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. Sectors of interest include chemicals, consumer products, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare, industrial, media/communications, retail, and technology. In addition to its traditional principal investment activity business, KKR also invests in infrastructure assets. KKR was formed in 1976 and is based in New York, New York.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 198 of 483
Sector (Consumer Products) 6 of 16
Type (Venture) 12 of 35
State (North Carolina) 4 of 7
Country (United States) 79 of 210
Year (2016) 4 of 25
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-05 Fleet Farm

Brainerd, Minnesota, United States

Fleet Farm is a value-based retailer of lifestyle merchandise serving suburban and farm consumers. The retailer has a diversified offering of merchandise across seven broad product categories, and also offers a number of services such as convenience stores, gas stations, car wash, and auto service. Fleet Farm was founded in 1955 and is based in Brainerd, Minnesota.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-28 Masan Consumer

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Masan is focused on the domestic consumption opportunity and has built leading businesses in the branded food and beverage sector and in the animal nutrition value chain.

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