Watervale Equity Partners Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Profile

In the last 3 years, Watervale Equity Partners has acquired 2 companies.

Watervale Equity Partners’ most common sectors for investment are electrical equipment (50%) and manufacturing (50%). The Firm’s most common investment types include buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (50%) and recapitalization (50%). In total, Watervale Equity Partners has invested in 1 US state.

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity2
    • M&A Buy Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 1

Watervale Equity Partners

29525 Chagrin Blvd. Suite 100,
Cleveland, Ohio 44122
United States
www.watervalepartners.com
grow@watervalepartners.com

Watervale Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on control investments in growing lower middle-market companies. The Firm will consider profitable companies throughout North America valued up to $50 million. Sectors of interest include manufacturing, distribution, and consumer/industrial products. Watervale prefers market leading companies with high barriers to entry and conservative capital structures. Watervale Equity Partners is based in Cleveland, Ohio.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Aerospace, Beverages, Building Materials, Consumer Products, Defense, Distribution, Food, Manufacturing, Test/Measurement Equipment, Utilities

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Recapitalization, Special Situations/Distressed

Geographic Preferences: East US, Midwest US, South US, West US, Canada, United Kingdom

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - 6
Investment Size - 25
Enterprise Value - 50
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # - - 1 - 1 - 2
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  2

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Duke Manufacturing 2020-03-02 - Recapitalization
Willoughby, Ohio · www.duke-mfg.com
EMX Industries, Inc. 2018-10-01 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Cleveland, Ohio · www.emxinc.com
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M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Electrical Equipment 1 (50%) - 1 (50%) -
Manufacturing 1 (50%) - 1 (50%) -
Total 2 - 2 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 2 (100%) - 2 (100%) -
  Ohio 2 (100%) - 2 (100%) -
Total 2 - 2 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 1 (50%) - 1 (50%) -
Recapitalization 1 (50%) - 1 (50%) -
Total 2 - 2 -

Investor Summary

Size

Small

Established

2017

Specialist/Generalist

Generalist

Leadership

Eric Bacon

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Jim Guddy

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Mike Faremouth

President & Co-Founder

Alex Campau

Vice President

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