Investment Summary

L Catterton Partners Invests In AmaWaterways

On March 4, 2024, growth capital firm L Catterton Partners invested in leisure company AmaWaterways

Investment Highlights
  • This is L Catterton Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is L Catterton Partners’ 131st transaction in the United States.
  • This is L Catterton Partners’ 24th transaction in California.

Investment Summary

Date 2024-03-04
Target AmaWaterways
Sector Leisure
Investor(s) L Catterton Partners
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

AmaWaterways

Calabasas, California, United States
AmaWaterways offers river cruise experiences with 25 custom-designed ships sailing. The company is renowned for its warm and welcoming crew, innovative and sustainable ship design, wellness activities (including a wide choice of included small group shore excursions featuring biking and hiking options). AmaWaterways was founded in 2002 and is based in Calabasas, California.

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Investor

L Catterton Partners

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 37.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

L Catterton is a private equity firm that targets investments in consumer-related companies located throughout North America. L Catterton looks for businesses with identifiable brands and operating in 'defensible and extensible' positions within growth industry segments. Specific sectors of interest include branded consumables, food/beverages, consumer services, restaurants, media and marketing, household durables, specialty retail, mass merchant retail, and luxury/apparel. Prospective transactions include management buyouts, recapitalizations, turnarounds, and growth financings. L Catterton was formed in 1990 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 218 of 223
Sector: Leisure M&A 2 of 2
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 13 of 13
State: California M&A 24 of 25
Country: United States M&A 131 of 134
Year: 2024 M&A 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-02-11 TOD S

Sant'Elpidio a Mare, Italy

TOD'S is a shoemaker and producer of luxury consumer accessories. TOD'S was founded in 1970 and is based in Sant'Elpidio a Mare, Italy.

Buy €512M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-10 TAXA Outdoors

Houston, Texas, United States

Taxa Outdoors is an outdoor lifestyle company formed to design and manufacture high-performance adventure equipment that helps people reach their goal of connecting with the outdoors. TAXA Outdoors was founded in 2014 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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