Posts by Brian Levin:
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Welcome to Our Inaugural Issue of The Intrepid Foodie
Welcome to the first edition of Intrepid’s Food, Beverage & Agriculture (FBA) quarterly industry report. When I joined Intrepid in the fall of 2019 to head up the FBA practice,… Read more »
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Uncertain Environment Provides Unique Growth Opportunity for Direct-to-Consumer Brands
First, we hope our network is all staying safe and healthy! At Intrepid, our Lifestyle Brands team is thinking about what the world might look like post-pandemic. To provide our… Read more »
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Deal Execution Is A Team Sport
What Every Business Owner Needs To Know About Preparing For and Executing an M&A Transaction In the M&A business, we often use a football field analogy to describe the various stages… Read more »
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Game Changer: Why Toy Companies Are Consolidating
Toymakers are known for their creativity, innovation, and ability to connect families, but did you know that many toymakers are also family-founded and family-owned? Toy industry giants such as Lego,… Read more »
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M&A Activity Follows Strong 2014 with an Even Stronger 2015
Fueled by a very strong second quarter, M&A in the Toys & Giftware sector in 2015 significantly outperformed 2014. The year saw robust interest from strategic and financial acquirers across… Read more »
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Smart Play: Innovative Tech Toys Are a Hit with Strategic and Financial Acquirers
Playing with toys has always been an essential part of kids’ development, but today’s kids now have one gamechanging thing at their fingertips: technology. This new generation is inundated with… Read more »
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Intrepid Advises Wild Planet Entertainment on Sale of Spy Gear Brand to Spin Master
Intrepid, a leading middle-market investment banking firm, announced the sale of substantially all of the assets of Wild Planet Entertainment, Inc. (Wild Planet), including the popular toy brand Spy Gear,… Read more »
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Intrepid Advises CAbi in its Recapitalization
Intrepid today announced the recapitalization of CAbi, LLC. The transaction closed on August 31, 2012. Intrepid acted as the exclusive financial advisor to CAbi in connection with the transaction. CAbi,… Read more »