M&A Deal Summary

Main Street Capital Acquires Cafe Brazil

On January 1, 2004, private equity firm Main Street Capital acquired restaurant Cafe Brazil

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Main Street Capital’s 1st transaction in the Restaurants sector.
  • This is Main Street Capital’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Main Street Capital’s 3rd transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-01-01
Target Cafe Brazil
Sector Restaurants
Buyer(s) Main Street Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Cafe Brazil

Allen, Texas, United States
Café Brazil owns and operates seven full service restaurant/coffee houses in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Cafe Brazil also operates a wholesale bakery production facility which provides fresh breads, empanadas, pastries, cakes and other assorted hand-made bakery/desert items to each restaurant as well as wholesales products to local grocery stores. Cafe Brazil was founded in 1991 and is based in Allen, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Main Street Capital

Houston, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 3.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Main Street Capital Holdings is a public investment firm that invests in mid-market companies to support ownership transitions, recapitalizations, strategic acquisitions, business expansion and other growth initiatives. Main Street looks for businesses opearting in basic industries with positive cash-flow and and defensible competitive advantages. Main Street generally invests $5 to $75 million in companies with $10 to $150 million of revenue and EBITDA of $3 to $20 million. Investments are usually in the form of term debt and/or direct equity. Main Street Capital Corporation was formed in 1997 and is based in Houston, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 137
Sector (Restaurants) 1 of 2
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 3 of 31
State (Texas) 3 of 42
Country (United States) 3 of 137
Year (2004) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-01-01 Houston Plating and Coatings

Humble, Texas, United States

Houston Plating & Coatings is a provider of nickel plating and industrial coating services. The company primarily serves the oil field equipment and valve industries, but its services are applicable for many metal corrosion protection needs. Houston Plating and Coatings was formed in 1988 and is based in South Houston, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-04-01 iDriveonline

Houston, Texas, United States

iDriveonline, Inc. developed and provided customer loyalty and retention programs for the automotive industry.

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