Investment Summary

Warburg Pincus Invests In BlueGrace Logistics

On August 9, 2016, private equity firm Warburg Pincus invested in transportation company BlueGrace Logistics for 255M USD

Investment Highlights
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 10th transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 32nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 159th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 5th transaction in Florida.

Investment Summary
Date 2016-08-09
Target BlueGrace Logistics
Sector Transportation
Investor(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Growth Capital
Deal Value 255M USD
Advisor(s) Hyde Park Capital Advisors LLC (Financial)

Target

BlueGrace Logistics

Riverview, Florida, United States
Blue-Grace Logistics is a third-party logistics (3PL) provider of transportation management services in North America. BlueGrace helps businesses manage their less-than-truckload and truckload spend through industry leading technology, high level freight carrier relationships and superior insight of the complex $750 billion U.S. freight industry. BlueGrace was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Riverview, Florida with over 60 corporate and franchise locations across the US.

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Investor

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 313 of 482
Sector (Transportation) 10 of 12
Type (Growth Capital) 102 of 158
State (Florida) 5 of 12
Country (United States) 159 of 237
Year (2016) 22 of 32
Size (of disclosed) 32 of 47
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