Investment Summary

Riverside Invests In Toolport

On September 6, 2019, private equity firm Riverside invested in consumer products company Toolport

Investment Highlights
  • This is Riverside’s 10th transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Riverside’s 12th transaction in Germany.

Investment Summary

Date 2019-09-06
Target Toolport
Sector Consumer Products
Investor(s) Riverside
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Toolport

Norderstedt, Germany
Toolport is a European online provider of professional tents and spare parts for the consumer and industrial markets. The company operates an online direct-to-consumer model supported by a specialized and high-quality customer service team. Toolport was founded in 1984 and is based in Norderstedt, Germany.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Riverside

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1988
PE ASSETS 5.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm that seeks investments in profitable lower middle-market companies valued under $400 million. Riverside looks to invest in growth businesses headquartered in North America, Europe, and Asia (primarily Japan and South Korea), that have been in operation for at least five years. Riverside targets investments in a wide array of industries including distribution, automotive, healthcare, education, manufacturing, software, consumer services, plastics, publishing, food, communications, marine, and business services. Riverside was formed in 1988 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 247 of 295
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 10 of 11
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 51 of 65
Country: Germany M&A 12 of 16
Year: 2019 M&A 9 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-03 HSI

Frisco, Texas, United States

HSI provides a comprehensive set of health and safety solutions to help its customers meet their training and compliance requirements. HSI offers more than 780 training courses for emergency care, workplace safety, health & safety services, and professional responders. HSI also provides hands-on training via 51,300 authorized affiliate instructors and 13,200 third-party training centers in the U.S. and Canada. HSI also offers a proprietary management system platform that tracks customers’ health & safety programs and employee compliance. HSI was founded in 1978 and is based in Frisco, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-09-11 European Panel Company

Blandain, Belgium

European Panel Company (EPCO) specializes in making panels for overhead doors. The company makes sandwich panels for residential, commercial and industrial sectional overhead doors. EPCO’s product suite includes traditional panels for industrial doors and finger-safe panels for residential garage doors sold across Europe. European Panel Company (EPCO) was formed in 2008 and is based in Blandain, Belgium.

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