M&A Deal Summary

North Castle Partners Acquires Escape Game

On January 1, 2017, private equity firm North Castle Partners acquired leisure company Escape Game

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is North Castle Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is North Castle Partners’ 31st transaction in the United States.
  • This is North Castle Partners’ 1st transaction in Tennessee.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-01-01
Target Escape Game
Sector Leisure
Buyer(s) North Castle Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Escape Game

Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Escape Game is an operator of experiential escape games. Escape Game creates interactive game experiences featuring elaborately designed multi-room sets with a guiding narrative to focus customers on a thrilling mission to escape, save or solve through progressive puzzles that require awareness, logic, physical tasks, and teamwork. Escape Game is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

North Castle Partners

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

North Castle Partners is a specialist private equity firm that targets investments in consumer-driven product and service businesses. North Castle seeks control investments in companies that benefit from consumers looking to live 'healthier' lives as well as businesses that benefit from the baby boomer population. Specific areas of interest include aesthetics and personal care, consumer health, fitness and recreation, home and leisure, and nutrition. North Castle was formed in 1997 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 33 of 48
Sector (Leisure) 3 of 6
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 23 of 26
State (Tennessee) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 31 of 46
Year (2017) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-07 SLT

New York, New York, United States

SLT is a premier boutique fitness studio operator offering 50-minute workouts combining low-impact Pilates movements with intense cardio and strength training exercises designed to “Strengthen”, “Lengthen” and “Tone”. SLT is based in New York.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-10 Full Swing

Carlsbad, California, United States

Full Swing is a producer of golf and sports simulators, chosen as the official licensee of PGA tour and the official simulator of golf channel, it is the only simulator giving players patented dual-tracking technology to provide unmatched real ball flight. Users can dynamically experience more than 13 sports including golf, featuring the world's most iconic golf courses. Full Swing Golf was founded in 1986 and is based in Carlsbad, California.

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