Investment Summary

Platte River Equity Invests In Tell Tool

On April 16, 2006, private equity firm Platte River Equity invested in aerospace company Tell Tool

Investment Highlights
  • This is Platte River Equity’s 2nd transaction in the Aerospace sector.
  • This is Platte River Equity’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Platte River Equity’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

Investment Summary

Date 2006-04-16
Target Tell Tool
Sector Aerospace
Investor(s) Platte River Equity
Deal Type Acquisition Financing

Target

Tell Tool

Westfield, Massachusetts, United States
Tell Tool, Inc. manufactures intricately machined, critical jet engine and jet hydraulics components for the aerospace industry. Through the use of state-of-the-art multi-axis machining centers, Tell Tool is a key supplier of flight critical parts to its customers.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Platte River Equity

Denver, Colorado, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 1.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Platte River Equity is a private equity firm focused on investing in small and middle-market private companies based in the US. Platte River generally invests $25 to $100 million of equity capital per transaction and looks for businesses that can benefit from the Firm's operating expertise. Sectors of interest include aerospace manufacturing and services, metals, chemicals, energy and energy services, natural resources, financial services, and communications. Platte River typically targets control investment situations, but will opportunistically pursue minority investments. Platte River Equity was formed in 2006 and is based in Denver, Colorado.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 34
Sector: Aerospace M&A 2 of 6
Type: Acquisition Financing M&A Deals 1 of 3
State: Massachusetts M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 33
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-01 Verus Aerospace

Anaheim, California, United States

Verus Aerospace is a precision manufacturer of flight critical components for the commercial aerospace and defense industries. Verus Aerospace was founded in 2010 and is based in Anaheim, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-03-14 Precision Machine Works

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Precision Machine Works, Inc., specializes in the manufacture and assembly of hard metal structural components for the commercial and defense aerospace markets. PMW has developed a core expertise in hard metal machining through its use of high-torque, low-speed, multi-spindle machining centers, which are ideally-suited for titanium and other hard metal parts.

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