Investment Summary

Tiger Infrastructure Partners and Barings Private Equity Invest In Tiger Cool Express

On October 23, 2013, private equity firms Tiger Infrastructure Partners and Barings Private Equity invested in transportation company Tiger Cool Express

Investment Highlights
  • This is Tiger Infrastructure Partners’ 1st and Barings Private Equity’s 2nd transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is Tiger Infrastructure Partners’ 1st and Barings Private Equity’s 31st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Tiger Infrastructure Partners’ 1st and Barings Private Equity’s 1st transaction in Kansas.

Investment Summary
Date 2013-10-23
Target Tiger Cool Express
Sector Transportation
Investor(s) Tiger Infrastructure Partners
Barings Private Equity
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Tiger Cool Express

Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Tiger Cool Express is a provider of intermodal solutions to deliver perishable and temperature-controlled commodities door-to-door using rail-based transportation. Tiger Cool Express was founded in 2010 and is based in Overland Park, Kansas.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Tiger Infrastructure Partners

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2009
PE ASSETS 2.8B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Tiger Infrastructure Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling stakes in infrastructure companies in the communications, energy, and transportation sectors. Tiger will consider opportunities throughout North America and Europe and looks to commit $25 to $100 million per transaction. Tiger Infrastructure Partners was formed in 2009 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 22
Sector (Transportation) 1 of 1
Type (Growth Capital) 1 of 14
State (Kansas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 13
Year (2013) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-01 FS

Lucas do Rio Verde, Brazil

FS produces 370 million gallons per year. The company has options on additional locations and will continue to add capacity in the region. Because the corn feedstock does not displace food-crops and the facility uses biomass energy, the company’s renewable fuels have one of the lowest carbon footprints of any transportation fuel produced at scale. FS is based in Lucas do Rio Verde, Brazil.

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Barings Private Equity

Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1991
PE ASSETS 5.7B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Barings Private Equity is the private equity arm of global asset management firm Barings. The Group looks to invest in mezzanine, distressed, and other private equity transactions including secondaries and funds. Sectors of interest include manufacturing, business services, distribution, consumer products, consumer services, food products, packaging, and healthcare. Barings Private Equity was originally established in 1991 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 34 of 53
Sector (Transportation) 2 of 4
Type (Growth Capital) 2 of 5
State (Kansas) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 31 of 48
Year (2013) 9 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-09-09 Engineering Planning and Management

Framingham, Massachusetts, United States

Engineering Planning and Management, Inc. is a provider of safety related engineering services and software to nuclear facilities and other commercial facilities across the globe.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-19 Drew Marine

Whippany, New Jersey, United States

Drew Marine is a global manufacturer and provider of advanced performance chemicals and safety solutions to virtually every sector of the international maritime and offshore markets. Drew Marine has 100 distribution locations in more than 50 countries. Drew Marine is based in Whippany, New Jersey.

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