M&A Deal Summary

RedBird Capital Partners Acquires United Football League

On August 3, 2020, private equity firm RedBird Capital Partners acquired media company United Football League

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is RedBird Capital Partners’ 5th transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is RedBird Capital Partners’ 23rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is RedBird Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Connecticut.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2020-08-03
Target United Football League
Sector Media
Buyer(s) RedBird Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

United Football League

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
United Football League is a spring football league that is the result of the merger of the XFL and USFL. United Football League is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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Buyer

RedBird Capital Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2014
PE ASSETS 10.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

RedBird Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in growth-oriented companies in the business services, financial services, sports/leisure/hospitality, and media/entertainment sectors. RedBird will consider opportunities throughout North America and has a particular interest in businesses at an inflection point with proven business models, strong management, and little debt. RedBird Capital Partners was formed in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 25 of 44
Sector (Media) 5 of 13
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 9 of 13
State (Connecticut) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 23 of 36
Year (2020) 4 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-08-01 Aquarian Holdings

New York, New York, United States

Aquarian Holdings is a diversified holding company with interests in businesses including insurance, asset management, real estate, and technology. The Company draws on its experience to provide debt and equity capital solutions that meet the objectives of our partners and portfolio companies. Aquarian Holdings is based in New York.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-09-01 Dream Sports

Mumbai, India

Dream Sports is a sports technology company with brands such as Dream11 (India’s largest online sports fantasy platform), FanCode, DreamX, DreamSetGo, and DreamPay in its portfolio. Dream Sports is based in Mumbai, India.

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