M&A Deal Summary

Lantern Capital Partners Acquires Lantern Entertainment

On July 13, 2018, private equity firm Lantern Capital Partners acquired media company Lantern Entertainment

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Lantern Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Lantern Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Lantern Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-07-13
Target Lantern Entertainment
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Lantern Capital Partners
Deal Type Special Situations/Distressed

Target

Lantern Entertainment

Dallas, Texas, United States
Lantern Entertainment is an independent film and television production company. Lantern Entertainment includes a library of over 270 films, unreleased and highly anticipated movies and a slate of impressive scripted and unscripted television titles. Lantern Entertainment is based in Dallas, Texas.

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DESCRIPTION

Lantern Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on providing equity and debt capital to mid-sized US-based companies valued up to $1 billion. The Firm looks to invest $15 to $150 million to fund a variety of transaction situations including divestitures, turnarounds, recapitalizations, and restructurings. Sectors of interest include real estate, technology, manufacturing, financial services, energy, industrial, auto, consumer, transportation, and life science. Lantern Capital Partners was established in 2014 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Special Situations/Distressed M&A Deals 1 of 2
State: Texas M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-09-15 School Specialty

Greenville, Wisconsin, United States

School Specialty is a provider of online educational products and services to the Pre-K- 12th grade market in the U.S. and Canada. The company designs, manufactures and distributes a broad assortment of furniture & equipment, educational technology, general and specialty classroom supplies, facility supplies, safety and security products, and core and supplemental curriculum for science, math and English language arts. School Specialty was founded in 1959 and is based in Greenville, Wisconsin.

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