Growth Capital • E-Commerce

ORIX Private Equity Solutions and Revolution Invest In Custom Ink

On November 15, 2016, mezzanine finance firm ORIX Private Equity Solutions and growth capital firm Revolution invested in e-commerce company Custom Ink

Investment Context
  • This is ORIX Private Equity Solutions’ 1st and Revolution’s 1st transaction in the E-Commerce sector.
  • This is ORIX Private Equity Solutions’ 16th and Revolution’s 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is ORIX Private Equity Solutions’ 1st and Revolution’s 2nd transaction in Virginia.
Investment Fate
  • Custom Ink was recapitalized in 2019.

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Investment Summary

Date November 15, 2016
Target Custom Ink
Sector E-Commerce
Investor(s) ORIX Private Equity Solutions
Revolution
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target Company

Custom Ink

Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Custom Ink provides custom apparel and accessories for groups, events, and special occasions. The company helps group organizers bring their families, friends, teammates, and colleagues together with inspired designs they are proud to wear. Custom Ink makes the customization process fun and easy with innovative design tools, caring customer service, creative design inspiration and high-quality merchandise. Custom Ink was founded in 2000 and is based in Fairfax, Virginia.
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Investors Overview 2

DESCRIPTION

ORIX Mezzanine & Private Equity is the direct investment arm of asset manager ORIX. ORIX Mezzanine & Private Equity looks to invest $10 to $20 million to support buyouts, acquisitions, growth capital needs, and sponsored led transactions of profitable (greater than $5 million of EBITDA) companies throughout North America. ORIX will consider a variety of investment structures, including subordinated and convertible debt to common, preferred and convertible preferred equity. ORIX Mezzanine & Private Equity is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 17 of 27
Sector: E-Commerce 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital 8 of 10
State: Virginia 1 of 1
Country: United States 16 of 25
Year: 2016 5 of 6
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-20 Venafi

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Venafi is a cybersecurity software platform that monitors, protects, and remediates an enterprise’s keys and certificates, which are required for secure communication, commerce, and mobility. Venafi provides its Global 5000 enterprise customers the ability to orchestrate the complete life cycle of all machine identity types, including TLS/SSL and SSH keys, and code-signing certificates. Venafi was founded in 2000 and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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2016-11-30 Domaille Engineering

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Domaille Engineering is a provider of polishing machines and fixtures, inspection equipment and associated engineered products for the fiber-optic cable market. The company also engineers and manufactures complex, mission-critical products for the defense, aerospace, national security, telecommunications, energy and medical sectors. Domaille Engineering was founded in 1990 and is based in Rochester, Minnesota.

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DESCRIPTION

Revolution Growth is the growth capital investment arm of Revolution, an investment firm that also pursues seed and venture opportunities. Revolution Growth looks to invest $25 to $50 million in US-based companies looking for a partner to help them scale and expand. Revolution Growth is based in Washington DC.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 10 of 19
Sector: E-Commerce 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital 6 of 8
State: Virginia 2 of 3
Country: United States 10 of 19
Year: 2016 2 of 2
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-04 KLDiscovery

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

KLDiscovery is a provider of tech-enabled information discovery and governance solutions. The Company’s solutions help clients to optimize outcomes in corporate litigation and regulatory investigations and to meet compliance requirements. KLDiscovery offers a comprehensive suite of E-Discovery services, which are powered by the Company’s proprietary technology. In addition, KLDiscovery offers select, complementary information governance solutions which allow clients to manage data in one comprehensive, unified solution. KLDiscovery was founded in 1985 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

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2017-02-01 Uptake

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Uptake is a predictive analytics SaaS platform that delivers solutions in major industries that increase productivity, reliability, and safety. Leveraging partnerships with industry icons, Uptake’s platform aggregates enterprise and external data and applies cross-industry data science to produce high-value, actionable insights. Uptake was founded in 2014 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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