M&A Deal Summary

Seawall Capital Acquires Kent Outdoors

On January 7, 2021, private equity firm Seawall Capital acquired consumer products company Kent Outdoors

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Seawall Capital’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Seawall Capital’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Seawall Capital’s 1st transaction in Ohio.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-01-07
Target Kent Outdoors
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Seawall Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Houlihan Lokey (Financial)
Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter
Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston (Legal)

Target

Kent Outdoors

New London, Ohio, United States
Kent Outdoors is a diverse platform of action sports brands with a broad product set spanning personal flotation devices, wakeboards, water skis, towable tubes, snowboards, and more. Kent Outdoors was founded in 1959 and is based in New London, Ohio.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Seawall Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2020
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Seawall Capital is a private investment firm that looks to acquire founder led companies in search of an exit or liquidity. The Firm looks to commit $25 to $100 million per transaction and seeks businesses with at least $20 million of revenue. Sectors of interest include consumer goods, consumer services, consumer technologies, leisure, and distribution. Seawall Capital was formed in 2020 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector (Consumer Products) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 2 of 2
State (Ohio) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 4
Year (2021) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Woodland Hills, California, United States

Lime Crime is a provider of makeup and hair color brand for women who are unapologetically themselves. Lime Crime was founded in 2008 and is based in Woodland Hills, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-08-22 Sports Endeavors

Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States

Sports Endeavors is an operate soccer, baseball, softball and volleyball retailer. Sports Endeavors brands include SOCCER.COM, 431 Sports and WorldSoccerShop. Sports Endeavors was founded in 1984 and is based in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

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