M&A Deal Summary

Vroom Acquires United Auto Credit

On December 14, 2021, Vroom acquired financial services company United Auto Credit from Pine Brook Partners for 300M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vroom’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Vroom’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Vroom’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Vroom’s 2nd transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-12-14
Target United Auto Credit
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Vroom
Sellers(s) Pine Brook Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 300M USD
Advisor(s) Raymond James - Investment Banking (Financial)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Legal)

Target

United Auto Credit

Fort Worth, Texas, United States
United Auto Credit is an automotive finance technology-enabled non-prime auto lender serving the independent dealer market. UACC has made significant investments in developing proprietary technology that has enabled it to adapt to the ever-changing market, scale efficiently and generate operating leverage. United Auto Credit is based in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Vroom

Houston, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees1,675
Revenue 893M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Vroom is an online car store in the US that helps customers save time, hassle and money by bringing all three aspects of the car buying process – buying, financing and selling – online in an easy, transparent and affordable way. Vroom offers thousands of high quality, refurbished, pre-owned vehicles with free delivery to customers’ doors across the US. Vroom was founded in 2012 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Financial Services) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
State (Texas) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2021) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-16 Texas Direct Auto

Stafford, Texas, United States

Texas Direct Auto is an online platform to buy and sell cars, trucks, sport cars and vans.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Pine Brook Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2006
PE ASSETS 6.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Pine Brook Road Partners is a private equity group focused on growth capital investments in the energy and financial services sectors. Specific areas of interest within the energy sector include exploration, oilfield services, transportation/storage, power generation/distribution/transmission, and biofuel/renewable resources. Specific areas of interest within financial services include insurance, banks, asset management, specialty finance, and servicing/distribution/origination. Pine Brook generally acts as the lead/control investor in newly-formed or established businesses. The Firm has a special interest in 'underappreciated or overlooked' opportunities. Pine Brook Road Partners was formed in 2006 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 21 of 25
Sector (Financial Services) 8 of 8
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 11
State (Texas) 11 of 13
Country (United States) 16 of 19
Year (2021) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-10-21 FSF

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

FSF has focused on providing products that improve the financial future of customers via leading-edge technology and proprietary, analytics-based underwriting. FSF was founded in 2016 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

Sell $750M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-02-02 ATX Energy Partners

Austin, Texas, United States

ATX Energy Partners is an exploration and production company focused on the acquisition and development of acreage positions in unconventional domestic oil and liquids resource plays. ATX Energy Partners was founded in 2017 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Sell -